What clients say…

“As part of our Pride Month programming, #Aramark #Pride held a session with Sarah A. Scala, M. Ed, PCC 🏳️‍🌈 titled “LGBTQ Emotional Intelligence”, which was extraordinarily engaging and educational. This session was not only relevant to our group but to everyone, especially allies. To boot, working with Sarah was a breeze, she's clearly very experienced and her expertise in hosting virtual learning events was evident.  #emotionalintelligence #pride2023.” - Michael A. Brown, Pride ERG Co-Chair, ARAMARK

“Thank you, Sarah, for an amazing Psychology Safety workshop! The workshop was highly interactive and thought provoking. Our staff of nearly 100 were very pleased. Staff learned the importance and benefit of a psychologically safe workplace culture. A psychological safe workplace is imperative for an organization such as ours to help meet our mission. Thank you for helping guide our organization, we look forward to working with you for future workshops.”
- Nathan Bailey, WIC Administrator, Marion County Public Health

“I first heard Sarah present one of her workshops at Out & Equal Workplace Summit 2021. From there, our Pride & Veterans ERG co-sponsored her Psychological Safety in the Workplace workshop. She was able to tailor the content to not be specifically for the LGBTQIA+ community, but to include diverse communities in general. I would recommend you take a look at all the workshops Sarah offers and see to bring her into your organization as well. Siemens Pride and Siemens Veterans Network co-sponsored an event on the topic of “Psychological Safety at Work” with Sarah. It was an excellent opportunity to discuss a very important topic that does not get near the focus it deserves. Thank you to Sarah for presenting and to the wonderful DEI network at Siemens for allowing our ERG's to sponsor such events!” - Jessica L. Everest, USA National LGBTQ+ ERG Chair, Siemens USA

"Sarah A. Scala, M. Ed / OD, ACC provided the audience with practical perspectives on making sure we are obtaining psychological safety for ourselves and how to advocate for others. Well done!" - Nichelle Grant, CDE, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Siemens USA

“I'm extremely lucky to have seen Sarah speak a couple of times over the past few years. Her most recent session on Neuro Coaching and Behavior Change in Organizations for the Central Mass Association for Talent Development (CMATD) chapter was an absolute masterpiece. Sarah was interactive and engaging throughout the course of the program and the information she shared was relevant, interesting, and immediately applicable to my work. In setting up the session, Sarah was organized and easy to work with. I highly recommend partnering with Sarah if you have the opportunity.”
- Ryan Rosiello, President, Central MA Association of Talent Development

“Sarah skillfully pivots on a dime! Our ATD Chapter was excited to have Sarah speak about Mentoring, but then we were faced with the COVID-19 crisis, it made all of us Stop-Drop&Roll--or in this case Stop and Go Virtual! We found out less than one week before her presentation. When I asked Sarah if she'd be comfortable with that change, she said, "Sure." Cool as a cucumber! AND her presentation was GREAT! She was comfortable with the medium, managed the room, kept participants engaged, and provided us with a terrific workshop!”
- Dawn Walker-Elders, Adult Learning Manager at Girl Scouts of Maine

“Sarah is a fantastic presenter when it comes to LGBTQ+ topics and understanding emotional intelligence. She also gracefully handled tech issues that we faced while running her session. I can't recommend her enough for organizations looking to teach their employees how to be fantastic allies across the board.” - Alexandra Illarionov, Co-Chair LGBTQ+ Pride, Hitachi Solutions North America

“Sarah’s expertise in leadership development, coaching and change management, combined with her authentic and open sharing and storytelling makes her an amazing speaker and partner. Experience, honesty and candor, and authenticity made Sarah’s engagement in our LGBTQ work an incredible asset.”
- Guillermo Gutierrez, Former Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Medline Industries

”#Kudos I really appreciate all that you do. #ThankYou to Sarah Scala for facilitating an informative workshop on LGBTQ + and Emotional Intelligence at Work as part of Ocean Spray's June Pride Festival. Given that our organization is in the midst of a Return to Office campaign, this topic could not be more relevant for both leaders and team members alike as they prepare to come back to our headquarters. Thank you again Sarah for sharing your research, your knowledge and the gift of your time with us! Stay in touch!!!"
- Brian Shea, Senior Program Leader, Talent Management at Ocean Spray

“Sarah cuts through the clutter surrounding learning and development to help you create a vision and a plan for helping others. Incredibly organized and proficient with the platform/facilitation. Her openness to questions that could have taken the presentation off on a tangent. She acknowledged them, but didn't go down the rabbit hole. Extremely knowledgeable, clear and concise. Well done! Sarah is clear, inspired and a fresh voice in advocating for productive change!” - Participants, Maine Association of Talent Development

"Thanks so much Sarah. You did an excellent job!!! I could listen to you for hours!! And as someone who's trained and facilitated for 40+ years, I don't say that often." - Rocco, Granite State Learning & OD member

“Sarah was a pleasure to work with. She came prepared, knowledgeable, and full of ideas to enhance our Pride Month webinar. Her flexibility ensured we had a personalized engagement that resonated with our teammates. I enthusiastically recommend Sarah to add expertise, perspective, and passion to your next LGBTQ+ resource group initiative.” - Jack Ellis, Healthcare Operations, SCA Health

"Thank you, Sarah for sharing such great insights on formal, informal, and peer mentorship. I walked away clearer on how to better specify mentorship program outcomes and be more intentional on how to build connections within an organization!" - Vini Varughese, Organization Development Network Global 2021 Conference Participant

“Sarah gave a presentation on Optimism, Resilience, and Grit to our SHRM Chapter Group - HR Assoc of Southern Maine. Sarah was a pleasure to work with throughout the planning part of the presentation, as well as well prepared and a wonderful and knowledgeable speaker. She was engaging and dynamic and got the whole room involved on a topic that is very important! We had a great discussion and thoroughly enjoyed welcoming Sarah to our chapter. We hope she'll be back! Thank you, Sarah! - Lucy Peterson, SHRM-CP, HRASM Programming Committee Leader

“Thank you so much for facilitating the Optimism and Resilience workshop to the SATD round table group. We really appreciated your time and knowledge. I know I’m going to keep the 10 habits of optimists close by to reference. These are difficult times, but we know that its temporary and setbacks occur. We need to be resilient and stay positive for the future. You were immensely helpful. Thanks again!” - Michele Cyr - Senior Learning Systems Analyst, Sheboygan Area Trainers Round Table

“Sarah, Thank you so much for facilitating discussion and presenting ROI Mentoring programs to the SATD round table group. We really appreciated your time-sharing experiences and knowledge. I know I am going to keep the ROI handout close for future reference. Polling showed members would like to have you return for a workshop to learn how to build a sustainable mentoring program. Thanks Again!” - Michele Cyr - Senior Learning Systems Analyst, Sheboygan Area Trainers Round Table

“Today Siemens Pride and Siemens Veterans Network co-sponsored an event on the topic of “Psychological Safety at Work” with Sarah A. Scala, M. Ed / OD, ACC . It was an excellent opportunity to discuss a very important topic that does not get near the focus it deserves. Thank you to Sarah for presenting and to the wonderful DEI network at Siemens for allowing our ERG's to sponsor such events!” - Jessica L. Everest, USA National LGBTQ+ ERG Chair, Siemens North America.

“I worked with Sarah Scala when she facilitated a workshop for our firm’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative about “The Real Costs of Getting Workplace Diversity & Inclusion Wrong.” Her compassionate, open, and energetic style invited engagement, questions, and insight for all participants. Sarah’s approach showed clearly why diversity and inclusion is not simply a “check the box” activity, but has real, bottom-line impact. She showed simple, commonsense ways to build more diversity within an organization, and more importantly, how to create an inclusive environment where diverse individuals can be who they authentically are. Sarah was also great to work with! She was a consummate professional who kept her commitments and was also flexible and understanding in meeting our needs and concerns. I highly recommend her to anyone who wants to open a conversation about building diversity, equity, and inclusion in their organization.” - Former Communications Lead, Michael Baker International

“Sarah Scala recently presented on Building Performance with Optimism, Resilience, and Grit to our Greater Merrimack Valley Human Resource Association membership and it was fantastic. She is highly energetic while presenting, the presentation was engaging, everyone attending could relate and it received rave reviews from our membership community. Sarah is an amazing speaker who we have enjoyed working with over the years. We look forward to working with her again with future programs.” - Amy Sabato, Vice President, Operations, Borislow Insurance, President of Greater Merrimack Valley HR Association

"Sarah, you brought a lot of energy to this morning’s HR Assoc of Greater Concord meeting! The work you’ve done is impressive." - Rhoda McVeigh, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Regional Director, NH/MA, KMA Human Resources Consulting, LLC, Participant in Optimism, Resilience, and Grit workshop.

“Your message was so well put together and right on target with a lot of things I'm working on with my Pathmaker. Thanks for volunteering your time!”
- Christina Bologna Community Relations Officer - The Community Bank of Cape Cod, Participant and Mentor in WECAN’s Pathmaker program

"Shout out to Sarah A. Scala (She/Her) who spoke today on "Optimism, Resilience, and Grit" at the LGBTQ+ Networking Group of Cape Cod meeting. It was nice to hear a positive outlook on our current way of life. Thank you!" - Saraphina Churchill, Cap Cod Pride, Head of Social Media Communications

“Demonstrated expertise, shared resources that we of utility. Sarah is an engaging speaker. Sarah designed and facilitated an engaging session full of novel, effective strategies for leading mentorship programs. I appreciated how these ideas were coupled with real examples of metrics used to demonstrate ROI.”
- 2021 Organization Development Network Global Conference Participant

“The presentation was right on point. The information you share resonated well with the women in the forum. I look forward to working with you again on future endeavors.”
- Deborah Evans, Chief People Officer, Greater Hartford YMCA

“Sarah is a gifted presenter and truly knowledgeable in her field. She is well prepared to meet the needs of her audience as well as flexible. One of the most dynamic presenters I have worked with to date. ”
- Clinical Leader, Greater Nashua Mental Health Center

“Thanks for the wonderful and very professional job. The time flew by quickly (one of my personal metrics for a great presentation), and I think everyone in the room left with wonderfully new or reinforced insights about the key cornerstones to rock solid coaching.”
- Jerry Brightman, President, The Leadership Group

“Thank you for presenting today. As always it exceeded our expectations; and was a great interactive, learning experience allowing time to "practice" the concepts you shared. The workbook was a great compliment and "takeaway." - Lee Ann Black, Vice President of Programs, ATD Maine Chapter

"I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with Sarah recently on a mentoring education program through the Association for Talent Development. Sarah delivered an outstanding session. Her expertise and experience in designing effective and lasting corporate mentoring programs were clearly demonstrated as she led the attendees through a journey of understanding of the concepts and practical advice to be successful in their own launches. I would recommend Sarah as a highly capable consultant and change agent for talent development."
- Laura Silva, Director, Global Talent Development, Smith & Nephew

“I appreciate your examples and the workshops to talk with others”. “More clarification on formal and informal mentoring”. “I appreciated the break out discussions of formal and informal Mentoring benefits!” “It was good to see your stages in the formal mentoring process”. “Simplicity, but benefit heavy, of informal mentoring”. “That there needs to be ROI and meeting others in this area”. “I have been kicking around the idea of reaching out to someone in the community and asking if they'll be a mentor … this course motivates me to put spurs to the horse and reach out.” - Participant Participants

“Sarah ‘s fast-paced, interactive style of presentation, laced with just the right amount of humor, held the attention of the participants, with minimal lecture and lots of time for small-group discussion. Sarah was well-informed and backed up her information with documentation and a list of resources for further reference. Sarah’s workshop left the participants feeling energized and uplifted.  Some comments from participants included: “Sarah Scala was fantastic!”“Perfect presentation. This is probably the best presentation ever!””
- Mary Jaynes, Former Program Director, WE CAN Corp.

“Sarah spoke at our event on a variety of topics including conflict management and active leadership styles. The research examples shared were helpful to put names to behaviors that we all encounter in the workplace. The breakout sessions to talk with peers in the class was a fun way to practice the topics learned. “
- Doug Halpert, P.E., Chair of Planning, New England Institute of Transportation Engineers

“I just wanted to take a moment and thank you, and tell you how much I enjoyed your presentation at Tuesday's GNHRA lunch. The topic was something I believe all of us in HR hold near and dear to our hearts - but beyond that, the presentation itself was very engaging. A good presenter/speaker can make the most boring of topics interesting, and although your topic was not boring, I believe you could do just that. An optimistic attitude, resilience and grit were the 3 primary components to my "survival" -- you clearly hit the nail on the head!”
- Becky Henderson, Participant, Greater Nashua HR Association

“Sarah did a fantastic job leading a career workshop in my business course, Mastering Self Leadership. She engaged the students in several hands-on activities that developed their networking and LinkedIn skills. ” – Matt Mayberry, Former Business Department Chair, Green Mountain College

“Sarah is a dynamic presenter able to provide the necessary key components of situational leadership and vulnerability in a manner that is exciting and concise. She demonstrates knowledge and passion of the material presented making it easier to absorb. “
- Clinical Leader, Greater Nashua Mental Health Center

“I appreciated your explanation of these topics, and your personal reflection on things ie: how positive you consider yourself. Loved the break out rooms and getting to know my colleagues a little more today!” “Truly appreciated the flow - loved hearing from my peers! Would like to learn more about helping others to develop GRIT... it's as important.” “SLII, worked with model through my corporate career. It was a great refresh. Great new resources to check out. (MOOC). Never thought about defining grit before. Would like to learn more about helping others to develop GRIT... it's as important.” - Program Participants, Cape Cod and Islands Association of Realtors

“Sarah presented to Cape Cod Human Resources Association on the topic of Mentoring: Formal, Informal, and Impactful. She helped define and frame how mentoring programs work and how to develop a program to fit the needs of your individual organization. CCHRA has a diverse membership representing different industries of different sizes, and Sarah was able to present in such a way that there was valuable information to all attendees.”
– Vikki Morris, President, CCHRA

“I have had the privilege and benefit of learning from Sarah through her presentations. We recently collaborated on a presentation on the topic of coaching and found the experience of working with her both energizing and personally enriching. As my informal mentor, I can attest that she possesses a genuine and caring presence and has an authentic generosity in sharing her depth of experience and knowledge. One of her greatest gifts is her ability to open the door to allow for group dialogue, be present, and share feedback that is honest and transformative. She creates visions and can frame the possibilities which makes her a true champion of people and expert in the field of Organizational Development and Coaching.”
- Sharon Kritkausky, CCTC, HR - Talent Advisor, Concord Hospital

Thank you for presenting. As always it exceeded our expectations; and was a great interactive, learning experience allowing time to "practice" the concepts you shared. The workbook was a great compliment and "takeaway."
- Lee Ann Black, Vice President of Programs, ATD Maine Chapter

“Demonstrated expertise, shared resources that we of utility. Sarah is an engaging speaker”
”Sarah designed and facilitated an engaging session full of novel, effective strategies for leading mentorship programs. I appreciated how these ideas were coupled with real examples of metrics used to demonstrate ROI.”
- OD Network 2021 Global Conference Participants