SPEAKING & EVENTS
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Dr. Sarai Koo, Ph.D. · Speaker · Author · Leadership Strategist
See What Others Miss.
When the same challenges keep returning, the real issue may be deeper than what appears on the surface. Dr. Sarai Koo helps leaders, teams, and organizations recognize patterns, understand misalignment, and move toward greater clarity and more effective action.
- Leadership Clarity
- Team Alignment
- Human Systems
- Organizational Performance
- Since 2002 Leadership and organizational experience
- 300+ Speaking, teaching, and training engagements
- Human Systems An integrated perspective on people, leadership, and organizations
There's More Than One Way to Begin.
Whether you're planning an event, supporting your organization, navigating a personal transition, or exploring a collaboration, there's a place to start. Choose what feels closest to your needs.
ORGANIZATIONS & LEADERSHIP
Understand What's Happening Beneath the Surface.
When leadership, culture, communication, or performance challenges keep returning, the next step may begin with a deeper understanding of the system.
PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL
Find Clarity for What Comes Next.
Facing a transition, difficult decision, recurring pattern, or a season of change? Explore support for greater clarity, alignment, and direction.
RESEARCH & COLLABORATION
Explore a Meaningful Collaboration.
Have a research idea, media inquiry, academic opportunity, or potential partnership? We'd welcome the chance to learn more about your proposal.
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EDUCATION · CREDENTIALS · PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Professional Depth Behind the Work.
Credentials matter when they strengthen judgment, interpretation, and the quality of the work—not when they become the work.
Dr. Sarai Koo's professional preparation spans education, executive coaching, leadership, assessment, organizational change, human capital, mediation, conflict resolution, business, communication, and human development. This page presents selected areas of study and professional training rather than an exhaustive résumé.
FORMAL EDUCATION
Study Across Human Development, Education & Leadership.
Dr. Koo's academic and executive-development background combines the study of people, learning, leadership, behavior, organizations, and professional practice.
Academic Education
- Ph.D. in Education
- M.A. in Human Development
- B.A. in Human Development
- Advanced graduate and executive coursework
Executive + Leadership Development
- Executive Leadership Coaching — Georgetown University
- Leadership development and executive coaching training
- Leadership communication and influence
- Teamwork, collaboration and negotiation
- Mentoring and leader development
LEADERSHIP + ASSESSMENT
Tools for Seeing Leadership From More Than One Angle.
Dr. Koo has professional training across leadership development, multi-rater feedback, personality, emotional intelligence, communication, change, interpersonal dynamics, and related assessment approaches.
Leadership Assessments
CCL and other leadership feedback instruments supporting leadership development, executive growth, and multi-rater insight.
Hogan Assessments
Professional personality assessment supporting leadership, performance, potential, values, and development conversations.
EQ-i 2.0 + EQ 360
Emotional-intelligence assessment and multi-rater feedback used in leadership and professional development.
Everything DiSC
Behavioral-style insight supporting communication, self-awareness, teams, and collaboration.
FIRO-B + MBTI
Assessment approaches addressing interpersonal needs, preferences, communication, and working relationships.
Change + Influence Instruments
Professional assessment tools addressing change preferences, transition, influence, communication, and adaptability.
MEDIATION · CONFLICT · HUMAN DYNAMICS
Training for Difficult Conversations and Complex Human Dynamics.
Professional development in mediation and conflict gives Dr. Koo additional tools for understanding communication, disagreement, interpretation, high-emotion situations, and relational patterns.
Mediation Skills + Process
Training in structured mediation, process, communication, listening, and conflict navigation.
Cultural Issues in Mediation
Training addressing culture, interpretation, difference, and the ways context can affect conflict.
High-Emotion Conflict
Professional development focused on navigating emotionally charged conflict and difficult interpersonal situations.
BUSINESS · HUMAN CAPITAL · ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Preparation Beyond Coaching Alone.
Strategy + Project Leadership
Professional study includes strategic management, initiating and planning projects, and managing project risks and change.
Talent + Workforce Systems
Strategic workforce planning, succession, talent development, people analytics, employee engagement, and organizational development.
Diversity, Equity + Inclusion
Professional training includes strategic diversity, equity and inclusion and continuing development in organizational culture and inclusive leadership.
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Credentials Are Context. Your Situation Is the Starting Point.
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Experience Matters Most When It Helps Make Your Situation Clearer.
If you are navigating a leadership challenge, organizational issue, transition, speaking opportunity, assessment need, relationship concern, or another complex question, you do not need to know which service or framework fits before reaching out.
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