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Sandy Lewis

Positive Shift Coaching

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Standard
First name
Sandy
Last name
Lewis
Organization
Positive Shift Coaching
Phone
802-238-0788
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Job Information

Job title
President, Positive Shift Coaching
Bio
Sandy is an international business and executive coach through her firm, Positive Shift Coaching. An engaging coach, consultant and facilitator, her programs support increased engagement, effectiveness and productivity with individuals, teams and organizations by utilizing the science of Positive Psychology and skills gleaned from over 20 years of human resource and business leadership in life sciences & biotech, finance, sales, intellectual property, and non-profit firms. Sandy currently coaches and advises early to mid-stage start-ups and fast growing global firms in domain spaces including healthcare, high-tech, medical devices, biotech, pharmaceuticals and contract research and manufacturing.
Sandy is one of the first 80 people in the world with a Master’s of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a certified coach through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She is also a certified Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner through the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry at Champlain College. Sandy has taught Psychology and Positive Psychology at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont and Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio and Human Resources at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She has also contributed to several books, most recently “Character Strengths Matter-How to Live a Full Life” and “Making Hope Happen-Create the Future You Want for Yourself and Others”.
 

Professional Information

Degrees
BA, Psychology; Master's of Applied Positive Psychology
Expertise
  • Change Management
  • Coaching
  • Communication
  • Conflict Management
  • Consulting
  • Culture Change
  • Executive Coaching
  • Facilitation
  • Human Resource Management
  • Leadership Development
  • Organizational Alignment
  • Performance Management
  • Strategy Development
  • Talent Development
  • Team Development
  • Training
  • Human Resources
  • Talent Management
Special Expertise
Business and Executive Coaching
Professional Certifications
Professional Certified Coach, Senior Human Resources Professional, Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner
Industry Experience
  • Engineering
  • Financial
  • High Tech
  • Higher Education
  • Human Resources
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing
  • Nonprofit
  • Operations
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Small Business
  • Telecommunications
Years in the Field
25
Consultant Type
External
Professional Summary
Even though I was told that I 'could not do it,' I always wanted to pursue higher education and psychology.

Now that I’ve spent 20 years working in positive psychology - if this isn’t irony, I’m not sure what is. I think a lot of us know what it’s like to be told we can’t do something. We’ve been told we can’t start a business. We’ve had jobs with managers who didn’t motivate us. We’ve been a part of unhealthy work cultures. And we’ve seen stress and stagnation in our own careers, our dysfunctional teams, and the bottom lines of our companies.

But in the course of my career, I’ve learned that it doesn’t have to be that way. We don’t have to settle for it. “No” and negativity don’t have to rule the day, and in fact, these are often the mindsets that break down communication, create toxic work environments, and cause our businesses to fail.

This is why I founded Positive Shift Coaching in 2014 – to help you shift towards an authentic and positive future.

I’ve helped transform a wide variety of organizations from major Silicon Valley companies like VMware to growing family-led small businesses.

I’ve developed the leadership strengths of C-level and other top executives, and business owners struggling with expansion.

With every client, I’ve walked the path of showing what a human-led, positive approach can do to transcend that broken “business as usual” mentality.

Whether the work I do is coaching, consulting, conducting assessments, speaking or training – it comes down to the magic of unlocking the potential you already have: the possibility that exists within you, if only someone would listen and help you channel it. In this special work, I love being a part of helping you finally find that possibility and seeing what you accomplish with it.

Whatever it is that you’ve been told or have told yourself that you “can’t do,” I’m here to show you the way of possibility. There is a path towards the healthiest and best direction you can set for yourself and your business. So we’re not going to let “no” stop us this time, right? Let’s do it - let’s shift towards what matters.
Group participation
  • Appreciative Inquiry SIG
  • Change Management SIG
 

Publications

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Journal Articles
Cahill, J. & Lewis, S. (2009). Minimizing loss of vital assets when downsizing. Intellectual Asset Magazine, (35), 72-76. Lewis, S. (2007). Enhancing the wellbeing of incarcerated females: a pilot st
Radio shows or podcasts
Favorite books
Making Hope Happen by Shane Lopez

Profit from the Positive: Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost Productivity and Transform Your Business by Margaret Greenberg and Senia Maymin
 

Social Media

Twitter
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