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“I have been working 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
    EVP & General Counsel AECOM
    Previously Co-Owner WNBA Los Angeles Sparks

    Managing Partner O’Melveny & Myers, LLP


"Sally is a very capable and versatile coach. I
have referred her to leaders for one-on-one coaching. She provides savvy,
actionable advice. Sally is an excellent business confidant, and helps people
leverage their strengths, identify and improve gaps and be more impactful as
leaders in the long-term."

    Liz  Schwalbach
    Vice President, Human  Resources at Nestle USA

"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  
    Warner Bros. Entertainment

 
“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
    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
    Chief Executive Officer
    BDS Marketing Co.



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