Speaking
I don't play it safe. I speak to what's actually happening.
Beneath the symptoms, behind the posturing, & inside the systems we've normalized.
I speak to people and teams who are tired of surface-level advice and disconnected solutions.
Founders. Teams. High performers on the edge. I meet people in the mess and bring sharp insight, grounded empathy, and pattern recognition honed through growth, burnout, and complexity.
My talks name the real tension in the room, then help you do something useful with it.
Whether the issue is misalignment in the business or burnout in the people driving it, I help audiences see clearly, think strategically, and move forward with grounded confidence.
Available as keynotes, team sessions, workshops, or facilitated conversations.
Speaking Topics
Strategy & Operations
For founders, execs, and growth-stage teams navigating complexity, misalignment, or change.
Why high-performing teams stay stuck solving the wrong problems
A clarity reset for teams running in circles or chasing misaligned growth. This talk helps leaders spot friction points across delivery, operations, pipeline, and leadership, so they can break out of reactive mode.
Culture & Leadership
For retreats, offsites, DEI spaces, and human-centered leadership events.
What to Expect
About Sadie Shepard
Sadie helps businesses and their leaders navigate complex growth, organizational shifts, and high-stakes decision points. With 15+ years of experience in business strategy, scaling teams, and diagnosing what’s actually broken—from misaligned systems to leadership burnout—she brings both operational expertise and deep human insight to complex challenges.
Her superpower is pattern recognition: she sees connections and root causes several layers deeper than most, whether in business systems, team dynamics, or decision-making patterns.
As a neurodivergent leader who has moved through corporate environments, personal crises, and rapid organizational change, Sadie brings a deeply human lens to her practice.
She creates space for people to see clearly, lead differently, and build solutions that work.
Sadie helps leaders shift from reactive problem-solving to strategic clarity and forward momentum, making her a uniquely trusted voice in rooms where breakthrough thinking is required.
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Schedule a brief introductory conversation to explore what's possible together.