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Sarah Cornally

Sarah Cornally is an expert in leadership effectiveness and cultural transformation, how to get the best from the people you lead.

Sarah Cornally enables leaders to create results that really matter with high levels of engagement, performance and achievement, getting the best from the people they lead.

Since 1983 Sarah has been a trusted leadership advisor to senior executives on leadership effectiveness and cultural change repeatedly achieving outstanding results especially in addressing challenging scenarios. She has practiced leadership herself taking on roles that enable her to face the challenges her clients do from the inside out.

Sarah is a pragmatist. She is interested in what works, and what doesn't, in the real world. She brings that insight and experience to her presentations ensuring her audiences benefit from her knowledge and experience across a rich and diverse range of clients from industry, commerce and government from the shop floor to the boardrooms of Australia. Her focus is to give real takeaway strategies and ideas with adequate insight to make them work.

As a member of the AICD faculty for the advanced diploma, 'Mastering the Boardroom', she facilitates high level learning experiences. In 2006, she received the Nevin Award, National Speakers Association of Australia's highest award for outstanding contribution to the speaking industry. She has coauthored several books including Lessons in Leadership, 'Turning Strategic Intent into Real Results' and Awakening the Workplace 2 'Courageous Conversations'.

Sarah earned her Applied Science in OT degree from Cumberland College of Health Sciences and her Masters degree in Safety Science from UNSW. She is a Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors and Associate Fellow, Australian Institute of Management. She certifies consultants in The Leadership Circle, leadership transformation technology in the Asia Pacific region.