Sarah Kleinman is a distinguished organizational strategy leader with extensive expertise helping clients set and achieve their value agendas through improved individual leadership and team performance. She bridges the critical gap between strategy development and operational execution by blending structured, top-tier strategy consulting approaches with hands-on executive leadership coaching and development. She is known for translating complex organizational challenges into actionable, value-driven solutions for senior executives.
Sarah has counseled countless CEOs, board members and senior government officials on connecting their strategic objectives to their operating models and leadership systems. She was also a C-suite executive at multiple organizations, including a 25,000-person NGO operating in 50+ countries. Sarah combines analytical rigor with an entrepreneurial mindset, making her a formidable partner for organizations and leaders seeking to navigate periods of significant change and accelerate their impact.
Bridging strategy and execution to drive performance transformation
- As a partner at McKinsey & Company, Sarah advised senior executives and boards on strategy, organization design, and performance and culture transformation. During her decade there, she authored multiple articles about how senior leaders can transform their performance through improved organizational effectiveness.
- Sarah served as president of a political non-profit and chief strategy officer of the International Rescue Committee, overseeing strategic planning, executing complex mission-driven initiatives and leading risk reduction efforts while aligning leadership systems with organizational goals.
- Sarah launched and led an independent consultancy, SK Impact Advisory, focused on helping clients set and achieve ambitious strategies through organizational and leadership transformation.
Sarah is a Rhodes Scholar with a Ph.D./D.Phil. and M.Phil. in international relations from Oxford University. She also earned an M.A. in sociology from Stanford University, receiving the Dornbusch Award for Outstanding Graduate, and a B.A. in history, graduating with high honors and Phi Beta Kappa.