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"I have been working with Sally for almost 20 years.  She is thoughtful, strategic, efficient and the results of her involvement are impactful.  She is excellent at pinpointing problems and then working towards a solution.  She has worked with our executive team on teambuilding workshops and she has provided executive coaching to several of our executives. Everyone enjoys the process and looks forward to the opportunity to work with her. I view Sally as a trusted advisor and an integral member of my team!"
Julie Fleshman, JD, MBA
President and CEO
PanCAN


”I worked with Sally Phillips for many years as a Leadership Coach and recommend her regularly to anyone at the firm who wants coaching. She has been my go-to person to guide me in formulating—and attaining—my professional and personal goals. Sally sees me as a whole person and is an excellent sounding board. Her experience working with law firms and as an attorney and executive in her own right make it easier for her to cut to the key issues and keep me on track."   
Carla Christofferson
Chief Risk Officer DXC
Previously Co-Owner WNBA Los Angeles Sparks

Managing Partner O’Melveny & Myers, LLP


"I have retained Sally several times to assist my clients, mostly to conduct internal workplace investigations and provide strategic guidance on thorny corporate issues. I've brought Sally in to handle sensitive or highly political situations, particularly involving senior executives or boards of directors. Sally is a knowledgeable and insightful leadership consultant. She has a tremendous sense of interpersonal office relationships, supervisor/staff interactions and leadership skills and assessments. Sally has an innate ability to get to the core of a workplace conflict and to develop creative solutions. She fosters comfort and trust in others from staff through executives levels. At the same time, she is skilled at presenting direct and unwavering recommendations. I would trust Sally with any of my clients."
 Karen Gabler
 Partner/Founder LightGabler LLP


“Sally Phillips is in a class of her own as a corporate advisor and strategic consultant. She has my highest
recommendation.”

Cliff Michaels
CEO Cliff Michaels.com
Broker, Strategist
Author, The  4 Essentials of Highly Successful People

 







"I've worked with many consultants, but few who are as effective as Sally. A former Assistant General Counsel who has also served as an EVP of Human Resources, she has spent her career working with senior management in addressing real issues faced in companies. That practical work experience translates perfectly as she coaches our most senior executives, whether on organizational issues or leadership. She is very balanced in her approach…straightforward, results oriented yet empathetic.”
Kiko Washington
EVP, Worldwide Human Resources  (retired)
Warner Bros. Entertainment

"Sally is a genius at creating and implementing collaborative and adaptive HR strategies which meet the needs of our team while assuring the overall success of our endeavor. She is an admired and trusted coach and the first person our staff turns to share and solve problems. Sally is also a highly-respected and integral part of our leadership team and a mentor to all of us. TMT could not have a better strategic HR partner!"
David Goodman
Chief Operating Officer
TMT Observatory Corporation


 "With her remarkable insight, Sally helped me quickly identify and correct some of my weaknesses as an executive. More importantly, our work made me a much more conscious, thoughtful and effective leader of both projects and people.”
Craig Hunegs
(former) President, Disney Television Studios
Previously President, Business & Strategies

Warner Bros. Television Group

"The human resource function in our company was lagging strategically behind our operations. It was holding us back. Sally quickly helped us identify our problem areas; put together a realistic HR strategy aligned with our business strategy and helped us find the right person to lead the HR department going forward. Sally's understanding of the inner-workings of the corporate world, coupled with her legal know-how, made her invaluable during this process."
Mark Dean
CEO JJMD Marketing LLC
BDS Marketing Co.



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