INNER COMPASS FOR LEADERS
A quiet place to hear yourself think
Workshops for leaders who need space, clarity, and a grounded companion in their work.
These sessions are for the people who carry too much, lead too hard, or feel pulled in ten directions at once.
Each workshop gives you structured time to reset, write, and understand what is actually going on beneath the surface of your work life.
You do not need to prepare anything. You only need to show up.
Attend if you’re . . .
✦ Successful on paper but sensing something’s missing
✦ Navigating burnout, restlessness, or constant change
✦ Facing a tough decision you’ve been avoiding
✦ Living through a season of change, transition, or quiet questioning
✦ Craving energy, clarity, and relief from the noise
✦ Carrying emotional weight that no one sees
✦ Working in a culture where you feel flattened or erased
What to expect
Each session is sixty minutes- a mini retreat for your workday.
We use short writing prompts and strengths-based feedback to explore what you are wrestling with at work. Writing slows you down enough to see what is true and what is noise. You leave with clarity you can feel in your body and one next step that belongs to you.
Starting in 2026, I am charging a small fee for these sessions to help me manage attendance and commitment. If you attend, I am happy to refund the full amount- just ask. This keeps the sessions accessible and also ensures that the space is used by people who genuinely want to be there.
Upcoming Workshops
Each month, we will work through different themes. Register for as many as you like!
The March Work Pause
Q1 moves quickly. Goals tighten, expectations rise, and the year starts to shape itself.
This session gives you a quiet place to reflect before you slide into Q2 on momentum alone. You’ll use focused writing time to look at what’s formed so far, what’s stretched you, and which patterns you don’t want to repeat. You’ll leave with one insight that helps the next quarter feel more intentional.
The Leadership Identity Audit
You've changed. Your role may have changed. Your experience, your values, maybe even what you want has probably all changed even though the way you show up at work may still be running on an older version of you.
This session is a structured look at the gap between who you've become and how you're still leading. Through timed writing exercises, you'll examine the identity you've outgrown, the one quietly emerging, and the shifts you've been circling but not quite making.
What You’re Carrying That Isn’t Yours
You're good at your job. You're also good at absorbing other people's problems, smoothing things over before they escalate, and quietly taking on more than is actually yours to carry.
This session helps you look honestly at the difference between real support and over-functioning. What is the cost of confusing the two? Through timed writing exercises and coaching, you'll trace where your boundaries slip, what drives you to take on more than is yours, and what a healthier pattern could actually look like in practice.
Register to explore how your world boundaries could need to change
The June Work Pause (the Halftime Review)
Q2 has a way of arriving before you have fully processed Q1. The year is no longer new, but the pace has not slowed down . By now you know which of your goals were realistic and which were optimistic, which relationships at work are energizing you and which are quietly draining you, and which problems from January are still sitting on your desk.
Take space to actually reckon with what you have learned. Look at what is working, what you have been avoiding, and what a strong second half of the year actually requires from you.
The Q3 Work Pause: The Exhale
By Q3, most leaders have stopped asking whether the year is going well and started just trying to get through it. The early energy has worn off, the calendar is full, and somewhere along the way, you may have stopped noticing how you actually feel about any of it.
This session gives you a chance to surface before Q4 arrives. Through guided writing prompts, you will take stock of what the year has cost you, what has quietly shifted, and what you want to be true about how you finish.
The Year-End Work Pause (the Clearing)
December has a way of moving fast and feeling heavy at the same time. There is pressure to finish strong, show up for everything, and somehow also reflect meaningfully on the year — usually in a ten-minute window between back-to-back meetings.
This session is that window, done properly. Through guided writing prompts, you will look honestly at what 2026 required of you, what it revealed about you, and what you are ready to stop carrying into the new year.
If there’s a topic you’d like to see in a future session of Inner Compass for Leaders, please email me at sarah@sasdavisorygroup.com to suggest it!
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About Sarah
I'm a Work Doula for go-to-market leaders. With 25 years of experience in business growth, GTM strategy, and organizational development, I blend sharp operational insight with the calm, grounded presence of a seasoned executive coach.
I partner with founders, leaders, and executives who are navigating change, chasing growth, or simply trying to lead with more clarity and heart.
As an executive coach, I help high-performing leaders slow down, reflect, and reconnect with what really matters—because even the most capable people need space to think, feel, and decide.
My coaching style is heart-centered but deeply practical, drawing on my lived experience across startups, scale-ups, and enterprise organizations. Whether you're leading through uncertainty, stepping into a new role, or redefining what success means to you, I create the kind of supportive, unflinching space where transformation actually happens.
I am certified in the GTM Operating System. I've worked with everyone from federal agencies and Fortune 500s to bootstrapped startups and billion-dollar scale-ups. My GTM advisory work is tailored, actionable, and always human-first—because strategy is only as good as the people carrying it out.
Over the years, I've had the chance to collaborate with leaders like Madeleine Albright, Adam Grant, Claes Fornell, and Sangram Vajre—and I've learned just as much from the scrappy founders who’ve built something from nothing.
I bring curiosity, compassion, and candor to every engagement—and I believe deeply that when leaders are well-supported, they don’t just perform better. They create better companies, too.