Feb 5, 2020
Sarah Friedell O'Connell is an executive coach and the owner of Change Point Advisors, a firm dedicated to helping senior executives navigate career changes. She has been coaching C suite executives for over 10 years and has worked with hundreds of people across a variety of industries and functions. Sarah brings a unique perspective and deep expertise to her work advising senior leaders. Part of Sarah's uniqueness and success as a coach stems from the expertise she gained in her first career in corporate communications and later in public relations.
Sarah has over 20 years of experience in communications, and public relations, serving as a spokeswoman at Fidelity Investments and also for the president of Harvard University. She brings her real-world business experience, as well as her expertise and communication strategy, marketing, branding and messaging to her work coaching executive clients. Sarah understands what it takes to work in a high-pressure environment. As the owner of her firm, ChangePoint Advisors, she partners with her clients to clarify their goals, create customized action plans, and teach them to communicate strategically and effectively to accomplish their goals. Whether they are seeking a new job planning for an active retirement, exploring Board of Director's seeds, or launching entrepreneurial pursuits, Sarah has a proven process to help her clients succeed.
In this episode we discuss:
- Sarah attended the College of William and Mary and knew she wanted to live in Washington D.C. after she graduated.
- How her early work experiences gave her the foundation she needed for future career success.
- Sarah served as a spokeswoman at Fidelity Investments and subsequently for the President of Harvard University.
- While serving as a spokeswoman at Harvard, Sarah was taking weekend courses to become a life coach.
- When her work as a spokeswoman became increasingly demanding, she made the choice to take a brief sabbatical to get clear about her next career move.
- Sarah believed she would return to communications work, but discovered opportunities in the outplacement field.
- She took the entrepreneurial leap and now brings her business experience and her expertise in communications strategy, marketing, branding, and messaging to coach executives.
Listen, subscribe and read show notes at www.tammygoolerloeb.com/podcasts/ - episode 060