Working with Sandra for the past year or so has changed me personally and professionally. On a personal level, I’ve gained such invaluable communication and conflict resolution skills I find myself using on a weekly basis. By taking a deep dive into my own personality and looking at what makes me tick, she helped me understand both my own and other people’s intentions and motivations better. I have a new sense of calm, most days anyway, and a new sense of how I want to show up for the people I care about in my life.
On a professional level, Sandra has completely changed the way I view being a true “leader.” I started working with her during a very tense time in a transitional phase of our family business, and she navigated the tricky dynamics like a pro and helped guide us to greener pastures. Her business and HR background is extremely helpful, and her expertise brought us some much needed structure and formal training we were severely lacking as we were looking to take our business to the next level. She caters the coaching sessions around your own personality and working style, which I found particularly helpful in that she was hyper-focused on my priorities, direct, and honest. With the skills I’ve gained, I know exactly the type of leader I want to be and how to motivate and inspire my employees better. We’ve worked on so much in one year—defining our hierarchical structure, personality assessment training, ways to navigate change, new interview and hiring practices, ways to improve our business culture, a leadership workshop —and it feels like we’re just getting started! I sincerely look forward to every call or session with her, and I look forward to working with her for many, many years to come. Thanks Sandra!
I have had the pleasure to have worked with Sandra very closely over the past 6 years. As my business coach, Sandra has provided tremendous value to my executive growth by learning my style to provide relevant direction and insight for my personal development. As a mentor, Sandra has been instrumental in facilitating my navigation of a complex team scenario allowing me to grow as a leader in my organization. In both scenarios, Sandra utilized a personable and grounded approach whereby I was able enhance my career, meet specific objectives, and become a more valuable asset to my organization.
Sandra has been a true blessing in my life. Her extensive background in HR and business, coupled with a deeply compassionate, caring, skilled, and honest approach to coaching makes her the perfect choice. She provides a safe and comfortable environment, be it virtual or in person, which allowed me to dig deep and make meaningful progress in whatever issue I was working on. I loved how each time we talked she always managed to get me to those “ah ha” moments before the end of our time together. Now I reach out to her when I need a touch-up and it amazes me how she quickly she can help me get back to functioning from a peaceful, centered place.
You came highly recommended to me by someone I trust and take advice from. I must admit that I was skeptical in making the initial contact with you. Knowing that I was at a point in time where I really did need some personal and professional guidance, I made the contact with you.
Since our first in person meeting, I felt a good connection with you. You took the time to get to know who I was and at the same time I was discovering who you are, sincere and genuine.
As we started to get into some nuts and bolts of things and there were a number of sensitive issues that you were able to keep real and help me see things from various perspectives. Positive actions have taken place based on findings and outcomes of our meetings and conversations.
As an individual and in my business, I am in a better place today as a direct result of our spending time together. You are a knowledgeable person with business structure and more importantly, you are a good and caring individual. I have always felt that by surrounding myself with good people will help lead to good things and Sandra, you fit right in.
Working with Sandra has been transformative. Her approach to coaching was purposeful and we worked through real life scenarios that allowed for immediate benefits. Good leaders are created in an atmosphere of trust, honesty and integrity, and those three attributes are the benchmark of Sandra Long’s Achievements Through Coaching.
She introduced me to skills that would allow me to be “authentic” while still being “me”. Working with Sandra helped me to sharpen my communication, reach individuals I was having trouble reaching, and showed me ways to get the job done without being dismissive.
Sandra saw the best in me and allowed me to build a plan to put those strengths and passions to work in my career. All of this, in addition to her friendship and kindness, makes recommending Sandra to others such a pleasure.
Sandra has made a true impact on my life both professionally and personally. I came to Sandra in a state of anxiety, confusion, and extreme stress. I had been the President of a Software Company for 15 years and needed to make changes. I was unable to make some life changing moves on my own, so I reached out to Sandra for help. I can honestly say she gave me a whole new lease on life. Sandra helped me to have a paradigm shift in thinking that allowed me to see life through a different set of lenses. Through her coaching I was able to develop a business plan for my life and execute that plan to achieve happiness. Sandra has the intellect and compassion required to be an amazing coach. I look forward to every session with her because she always provides such valuable insight. If you need the courage to make a big move in your life, I highly recommend you reach out to her…. she is simply amazing!