Me
Meet Sarah
Executive Coach
Speaker
Bestselling Author
The official bio
Sarah Langslow is an executive coach, leadership development specialist and international bestselling author of Do Sweat the Small Stuff: Harness the power of micro-interactions to transform your leadership.
She integrates leadership lessons from a sporting career as a rower, including competing twice in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat race, a 15-year corporate career across consulting and finance, and experience as an entrepreneur with her own leadership development business.
With more than two decades of hands-on experience building leadership skills and behaviours, and over 3000 hours coaching experience, she is a sought-after coach and trusted advisor for senior leaders. Known for her truth-telling and ability to offer challenge with a lightness of touch, Sarah helps current and future leaders build the self-awareness, confidence and skills to be exceptional.
She is a respected and engaging speaker on topics including effective leadership, thriving in uncertainty and leading under pressure, and has spoken internationally.
Sarah has an MA and an MBA from the University of Cambridge and is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC).
When not coaching, you’ll find Sarah on the river umpiring rowing regattas, or lifting heavy weights with friends at her local gym. She lives in London, UK with her mischievous cat Matilda.
But that’s not all…
The real me
We all have our version of an official bio. The one where we list our credentials and try and sound as impressive as possible. It’s important and necessary, but it’s definitely not all. So what else is there to know about me?
I love to laugh. At myself, at situations, and about the weird stuff we make up about ourselves and the world. The most common feedback I receive from clients is that they have fun working with me.
I’m an extroverted introvert. I love being with people and it exhausts me so I need time by myself afterwards to recover.
I’m not good at filtering what happens in my brain to stop it appearing on my face. This can be unhelpful when I’m coaching…
I can be a bit sweary.
And I’ve felt lonely and isolated. I’ve struggled to ask for support, and I’ve been harder on myself than anyone else ever could be. I reached a point mid career where I was doing my best to convince everyone around me that life was great and I had everything handled, but inside I felt stuck and trapped. I had lost confidence in my abilities but felt unable to ask for help.
The turning point was finally sharing with a friend how I felt. She asked me the question that set me on the path I’m on today:
Have you ever thought of working with a coach?
So I did. I discovered the immense power of having someone in your corner. I realised I didn’t have to do it all by myself. I shifted my perspectives, got into action, and made some big changes. I discovered and developed my own unique flavour of leadership. I became clear on the impact I want to have, and started to communicate authentically and build deeper and stronger relationships.
Above all, I became more comfortable in my own skin and grew my confidence in how I show up to lead others. All of which made me a more effective and much happier leader.
Why I do what I do
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Professional degrees and certifications
Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Accomplishment Coaching Certified Coach (ACCC)
MA from the University of Cambridge
MBA from Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Meet Sarah
“It was such a valuable and helpful experience. Sarah always put me at ease and I never felt judged – but equally, she didn’t shy from asking me difficult questions and really challenging me to think about things differently.
I will be eternally grateful for Sarah’s support and encouragement.“
P.A., Managing Director
Small Stuff, Big Impact
Around a core of longer, deeper conversations, a huge proportion of our day-to-day interactions are short, apparently inconsequential. Not interactions into which we put a great deal of thought, planning or intention. Interactions that happen largely on autopilot.
I believe those micro-interactions matter far more than we realise; they impact our success and efficacy as leaders in subtle yet profound ways. They may feel insignificant in the moment, but the cumulative impact is far greater.
And most of us aren’t paying them nearly enough attention.
I want to amplify the conversation around this “small stuff”. It’s why I wrote my book and why I started this Substack.
My weekly posts, delivered to your inbox, aim to help you learn about your impact, acknowledge the power you have to influence others, even unintentionally, and use that awareness to become a better leader, and better human.
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