Sabine Smith

About

With 20+ years as a Fortune 500 leader navigating complex organizational cultures from the inside, Sabine partners with organizations to strengthen the effectiveness of high-potential leaders and teams when the stakes, visibility, and expectations are high. Sabine’s leadership portfolio spans Fortune 500 companies, including Oracle, Adobe, and UBS, as well as national, state, and local mission-driven organizations and government agencies working in areas such as housing, education, arts and culture, and child welfare. During her corporate career, she partnered with executives across five continents during periods of significant organizational change and growth. That breadth of experience gives her a distinct advantage in understanding the realities leaders and teams face inside complex organizations, including the unspoken cultural dynamics that shape decisions and what it takes to build alignment, expand influence, and drive results. Today, Sabine serves as a strategic partner who champions and challenges leaders and teams to elevate their effectiveness. Drawing on Fortune 500 leadership experience, mission-sector knowledge, and advanced training in executive coaching, neuroscience, and trauma-informed practice, she helps leaders surface what is actually getting in the way and navigate it so they can create greater value for the organizations and communities they serve. While Sabine works successfully with leaders from all backgrounds, her lived experience as a Black woman and working mother in senior leadership gives her particular insight into the experiences of women leaders and leaders of color as they navigate visibility, credibility, and influence in organizations where they are underrepresented.

Service Offerings

1. 1Executive & Leadership Coaching. Individual coaching for high-potential and senior leaders navigating high-stakes leadership moments, including expanded responsibility, greater visibility, stakeholder complexity, leadership transitions, or significant change.
2. 2Leadership Workshops & Facilitation. Interactive experiences focused on emotional intelligence and human-centered leadership, leading through change and uncertainty, influence and stakeholder effectiveness, identity, visibility, and influence, and strengthening workplace culture and psychological safety.
3. 3Leadership Advisory & Team Support. Targeted advisory, transition support, and coaching for teams navigating pivotal moments, including cultural change, leadership succession, or significant transformation.

Specialties