COACHING IS THE PROCESS OF GETTING CLEAR ON THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST, AND THEN TAKING BOLD, HEART-CENTERED ACTION IN SERVICE OF WHAT YOU UNCOVER.
Coaching provides a container that’s different than any of the other containers you have in your life. It’s a safe, fiercely loving, and laser focused opportunity to focus on you - who you are, what you desire, your unique brilliance, and your bold vision for your work, your life, and your leadership.
Many clients report that the process of coaching is different than anything they’ve ever experienced in their lives. Several have reported that they’ve received more clarity in a single coaching session than in years of therapy.* (*coaching is not a replacement for therapy, of course!)
I specialize in coaching four types of individuals:
Leaders
Founders
Entrepreneurs
Passionate Professionals Considering a Career Pivot*
*Pivot might mean pursuing a new role within your company; exploring a new company or new industry; starting a side hustle, or launching a new business.
…Along with high-impact systems, such as:
Co-Founders
Teams of Leaders and Executives
Partners
Zing Collaborative clients are passionate, talented, driven individuals who are doing incredible things in the world.
They are remarkable humans who believe in continuous growth and expansion as humans and as leaders. They believe in doing what’s right and not what’s easy. They are high achievers who are interested in creating excellence and alignment across all parts of life.
Leaving coaching sessions, common phrases include, “holy $hit!", “that was amazing,” and “I feel so much lighter.”
This is the power of coaching.
Coaching often leads to transformation - in how we show up in the world, in how we approach our work, and in what we believe is possible.
Tactically speaking, it can also:
Help you to make space to prioritize the things that matter most
Help you uncover who you are, your values, vision, and unique genius - and how to apply these things in a concrete, tactical way
Give you the courage you need to follow the inner whisper that’s been calling to you for awhile now and getting louder and louder…
Give you the confidence to take on new roles, and help you navigate the transition with grace and confidence
Support you in growing and scaling with your company and expanding your capacity to lead
Help you to create alignment across all of the parts of your life
Provide you with a much needed sounding board and source of accountability
Support you in defining, clarifying and then moving toward making the kind of impact you want to make in the world
Help you get clear on what you want to say yes to, and what you want to say no to
Help you to finally do those things that you’ve been thinking about doing for….awhile now….through a container of partnership, accountability, and forward momentum
Together, we will likely focus on one or more of the following areas:
LEADERSHIP IN ALL AREAS OF WORK & LIFE
Tuning into your most authentic and compelling way of leading - your team, your company, or perhaps your family - and working together to increase your positive impact in a way that feels aligned and alive.
CO-FOUNDER STRATEGY & THOUGHT PARTNERSHIP
As your company grows and evolves at a rapid rate, so do you. Often, the pace of growth that’s needed is beyond anything you’ve faced before. Together, we look at what’s needed - both from you as an individual leader within the company, and from the co-founders as a leadership unit, and collaboratively partner to make it happen.
AUTHENTIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Growing a successful business in a way that is 100% aligned with who you are and how you work best. Stripping away the things that aren't serving you or your business, and sharing your message with the world in a way that is uniquely you. Or, perhaps burning it all down and starting anew when you realize that you’ve built a wildly successful business…that you’ve grown to hate.
IMPACT & CAREER TRANSITION
Tuning into the voice of the inner whisper that is telling you you’re meant to do something else…even when you don’t quite know what that “something else” is. Getting clear on your gifts, your values, and your vision for the future -and then working together to make that vision a reality.
ALIGNMENT & ALIVENESS
Creating greater alignment across all parts of your life. Letting go of the idea that one area needs to suffer to support another. Bringing more joy and aliveness to your leadership and your life. Simplifying, prioritizing, and clarifying.
At the end of the day, coaching helps us to get clear on what matters most – and then align our actions accordingly.
Is Coaching Right For You?
We may be a great fit to work together if:
You care deeply about creating positive impact in the world.
You are highly committed to your own growth and learning.
You are passionate, talented, and creative.
You feel an ongoing tension between appreciating what exists in the current moment, and wanting to create positive change for the future.
You are all in and ready to commit to the coaching process, and both the discovery - and accountability - that goes with it.
Fun Facts:
Ideal-fit clients typically identify as one or more of the following: driven, compassionate, heart-centered, and creative.
Members of the Zing Collaborative Community are (very) high achieving and get incredible results.
Many clients work intuitively which means that rigid structures can feel confining.
Many are visual and connect deeply to images or metaphors in addition to tactics and actions.
The Zing Collaborative coaching community also happens to be comprised of a higher-than-average percentage of dog lovers, with a whole lot of rescue pup parents in the mix.
Many clients say yes to coaching together after a mix of tactical, tangible research and intuitive clarity.
Testimonials
Getting Started – How the Process Works
We’ll talk briefly via phone and/or email about your goals FOR THE PROCESS
Together, we’ll determine which program best suits your needs
You’ll do a bit of pre-worK, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH SELF-REFLECTION AND SELF-ASSESSMENT
We’ll jump in and get started
TACTICAL DETAILS
We’ll meet in person (post-COVID…whenever that might happen), via phone, or via video chat - whatever best serves you.
(Note: I find that phone is often more impactful for clients than video chat, as it allows us to really drop in to the coaching, away from screens. That said, I’ll happily honor your preference for video chat if desired).
Most clients in the Madison area enjoy meeting in person at my office, which is a light-filled space in the Quarry Arts Building (off of University Avenue, on the near-west side). Here, clients share that they can exhale a bit more deeply than they can during their day to day moments in the office.
For clients outside of the Madison area, or who prefer to meet virtually, we’ll meet via phone or video chat.
To gain the most from the process, most clients find it helpful to start with a more structured approach (typically a three or six month program) before moving to as-needed/ad hoc coaching after establishing this solid foundation. Many clients have been coaching with me on and off for over six years -with more intensity up front, and ad hoc sessions as needed.
TRUSTED COACHING REFERRAL PARTNERS
I am grateful to partner with a small, incredible group of coaches as trusted referral partners for Zing Collaborative. These trusted referral partners are:
Coaches who I respect, admire, and think the world of
Coaches who operate with an impeccable level of integrity
Coaches who are deeply trained - not only in the skill of coaching, but also in complementary modalities that supplement their work as coaches
Coaches who “raise the collective tide” not only of our business at Zing Collaborative, but of the coaching world at large
We will work with you to find the right match based on your goals and intentions for the coaching process, fit and alignment, and timing and availability across our group.
toral
Sometimes, the universe conspires for someone to be in your life. This was the case with Toral.
Over and over again, trusted colleagues, friends, and partners told me, “you really need to meet Toral - I think you will really connect.”
The universe (and these trusted humans) were onto something. Meeting Toral felt like I was meeting someone who I had known my whole life. We say often that we are “each other’s people” and I am beyond grateful that this is the case!
Words to describe Toral and, in turn, her coaching style are: presence, love, groundedness, grace, compassion, truth in the most kind and feather-light and unattached way, integrity, commitment to her values and way of being in the world, two feet solidly on the ground.
Toral’s background is in the government, non-profit, corporate, and higher education worlds, where she provided organizational development, team management, and client relations to advance environmental, social, and educational causes.
Today, in addition to creating transformative containers for her coaching clients, she both studies, and teaches, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. She is masterful at weaving together mindfulness and coaching.
She is passionate about making coaching accessible and brings a spirit of service and compassion to all that she does. When she’s not partnering with her amazing and talented clients, she enjoys spending time with family, friends and the outdoors - playing board games, camping, kayaking, and hiking.
HELEN
Helen is one of those people who lights up every room that she enters with her energy, her spirit, her wit, and her radiant smile. I was lucky enough to be in one such room, back in 2014, when Helen and I met during a year-long leadership program in Northern California.
Helen and I quickly bonded over a shared, fierce love of two things - chocolate and sunshine - in addition to our passion for leadership, supporting women, getting really curious about the deep systemic issues of our country and our society, and navigating the world as fiercely independent women.
Words to describe Helen and, in turn, her coaching style are: joy, wit, delight, passion, humor, pure sunshine, radiance, bright, globally citizen, globally informed and inspired, ambitious, sassy, optimistic, in service of supporting incredible, ambitious women who also identify as global citizens.
Helen has lived and worked all over the world, working for organizations such as UNICEF, the United Nations, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) and, in the private sector, for Reuters and Sotheby’s. She is also pursuing her doctorate in Adult Learning from Columbia University.
Today, she specializes in coaching women who are ambitious, accomplished female global citizens who want to transition into their desired dream life through 1:1 coaching and Boost Camps.
When she’s not working with clients or working on her doctorate, she’s often running along the Hudson River or indulging in a hot chocolate.
READY TO CO-CREATE MAGIC?
Thank you for your interest in working together!
We are likely a great fit if: you see yourself as a leader; you are fiercely committed to your growth as a leader in all parts of work and life; and if you are ready and willing to invest the time, energy, and money to create powerful results through the coaching process.
“Words to describe my coaching relationship with Sarah: thought-provoking, powerful, daring, audacious, thoughtful, deep and insightful. Bold, fun, vibrant, energized, enthusiastic, positive, inviting, fearless. Sarah has an incredible ease in forging genuine relationships that transform to meaningful conversations. Her ability to hone in on the issue at hand, to guide, thoughtfully and with passion, the thinking process is truly remarkable. She holds the client in the moment and in truth, she engages from a place of deep love and commitment to the work for the client. In my case, she not only cheered me on with incredible insight and enthusiasm and held me to my vision but also offered a wealth possibilities and invaluable tools and resources that I had not explored prior to our engagement. Other words to describe our time together: structured, organized, seamless, impactful. Sarah was also highly adaptive during our conversations, moving from small picture to vision and back again, always closely following my senses. Sarah is fearlessly focused on ensuring clients reach their highest potential.”
- Helen Krug Von Nidda, With-Helen