Sarah L. Manley Robertson, SCMP®, Prosci®
Available to Speak:
Virtual and in-person
About Sarah
Sarah is a senior communications strategist who works with CEOs and executive teams on the moments that matter most — leadership transitions, transformations, system rollouts, culture shifts, and the initiatives that have to land or the business pays for it. She works across industries — pharmaceuticals, healthcare, business services, manufacturing, global consumer brands, and the not-for-profit sector — and brings more than twenty years of in-house executive experience inside complex global organizations.
Her signature question — “What if that weren’t true?” — pushes leaders to test their assumptions about why teams are stalling, why strategy isn’t translating into action, and why the same messages keep producing different results across the organization. Executives leave Sarah’s sessions with sharper diagnoses, specific next steps, and language they can use the next morning.
Available to travel for in-person engagements in Ontario and the Maritimes. Virtual delivery available across Canada and internationally.
Areas of Expertise
Sarah has delivered three signature sessions for MacKay groups:
From Resistance to Results: Leading Change Through Purposeful Communications (for CEOs)
Leading Change You Didn’t Design (for executives)
From Strategy to Action: Engaging Your Leadership Superpowers for Effective Communication
- Change and transformation communications: trust, alignment, and adoption
- Internal and employee communications strategy
- Executive thought leadership and presence
- Strategic communication for leaders without dedicated comms teams
Types of Events
Best for CEO forums, executive peer groups, board sessions, and leadership off-sites where leaders want practical frameworks they can apply immediately — and the kind of direct conversation that does not happen in their own boardrooms. Sarah expertly leads working sessions, workshops, and facilitates peer discussion.
Common Engagements
- CEO and executive peer group sessions
- Leadership off-sites and retreats
- Half-day and full-day workshops
- Panel moderation
- Facilitated Q&A and roundtable sessions
