Lead a bigger organization without losing your life to it.

A CEO's dream isn't a bigger job. It's a bigger impact, a team that runs itself, and enough of yourself left over to enjoy it.

WORK WITH SARAH

—— MEET SARAH

—— FUN FACT

I've joyfully systematized my way into a 16hr work week.

I'm Sarah Olivieri.

My clients call me brilliant.

My friends call me a badass.
My child calls me annoying.
My sailing crew calls me captain.

I'm a #1 international bestselling author, the host of the Inspired Nonprofit Leadership podcast, I race a J/80 sailboat, I'm a single mom to a neuro-spicy teenager, and I'm super allergic to gluten. I have a BA from the University of Chicago in International Studies and an MPS from SUNY New Paltz in Humanistic Multicultural Education.

For over two decades I've built and run all kinds of organizations, including multiple nonprofits, a café and art supply store, a video production company, a co-working space, and a marketing agency. Along the way I developed the Impact Method®, a leadership system that address team, strategy, and operations as one integrated whole and thus lets organizations grow without sucking the life out of their leaders.

I love building systems that help make a bigger impact and bring joy to the people who benefit from them. Weather it's a comprehensive leadership system or just a simple tweak in a daily routine, I'm into it.

But at the end of the day, my real impact and passion isn't systems... it's brining focus, clarity, and trust to leaders who's organizations matter and who aren't willing to compromise.

Are you playing leadership
Whac-A-Mole?

—— SOUND FAMILIAR

You go to fix an operations problem, but begin to think perhaps it's the team that's the problem. So you work on your team, you do some training, maybe shift roles a bit, only to realize it might actually be a strategy problem.

—— OPERATIONS

You want to expand but your operations feel a bit messy.

You're ready to expand and deliver your important mission to a larger audience, but it seems like some systems and processes need to be clarified first.

But great systems can't save you if you don't have the right people or the right strategy. In fact, without the right people, how will you even know if you have the right systems in place?

—— TEAM

You have a leadership team, but they aren't quite leading.

You are not a micromanager. In fact, you're the opposite. You want an incredible team who gets things done without you having to lead it all. However, you can't quite get your leaders to take ownership the way you wanted, and staffing issues keep popping up.

But, do you really have the wrong people? Or is it the way you are operating that's holding them back? And without the right strategy in place, how can you even know if your team is succeeding or not?

—— STRATEGY

You set some big goals, now you have to accomplish them.

You know strategy is important, you know that flying by the seat of your pants isn't going to cut it anymore, and you know where you want to go.

But you aren't sure exactly how to get there or how to break it all down for your team. Or if you even have a team that is ready or operations that can grow on the journey with you.

—— YOU

You know that overwhelm is a symptom, and that if you don't fix it, you will burn out.

You aren't willing to accept that you have to sacrifice your big goals in order to address burnout. You know there has to be a better way.

Maybe you've tried hiring the right people, or creating a strategy, or writing up SOPs...

But still the overwhelm remains.

—— THE WAY OUT

The One System Truth.

Your team, your strategy, and your operations are one integrated system. Not three. Fix them one at a time and you're playing Whac-A-Mole. Lead them as one system and the whole organization starts to work, without giving up the rest of your life to do it.

INTRODUCING

THE IMPACT METHOD®

A BUSINESS OPERATING SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR IMPACT

The Impact Method® is my signature system and it's the backbone of all my teaching and programs. It includes a suite of tools and frameworks that will help you get out of the weeds of your business, rapidly pivot away from the ineffective and create a coordinated, systemised way to execute your strategy effectively, so you can have more impact.

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"THE IMPACT METHOD® IS THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL THING WE HAVE EVER DONE FOR OUR NONPROFIT"

Jennifer Crews
Executive Director

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