About Me
Co-Founder of TH!NK, Sarah Kalicki-Nakamura is a leadership coach, speaker, writer, teacher, and consultant who works with business managers and executives to create engaging and productive workplaces. Through TH!NK, she provides training and services in: Change Management, Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Team Building, Strategic Planning, Training, HR Consulting, and management consulting for her clients to achieve a more balanced work/life environment, so they can lead with vision and strategy.
Having received her Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism from Arizona State University and a Masters in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix, her body of work includes numerous courses, articles, and books. Her writings focus on communications, being a momentreprenuer, effective leadership, productive conflict, cohesive teaming, strategic planning that sticks, crucial conversations, and virtual facilitation.
Since 2000, Sarah has helped organizations achieve their goals by engaging their clients in helping them dream, Big. As a professional in people's behavior and performance, she guides organizations to strengthen teams, maximize individual talents and improve communication. She accomplishes this by looking at the entire organization through assessments, focus groups, surveys, research, and current organizational data. A pro tip she shares is: “Remain curious. Questions are your most powerful tool.”
People. Connectivity. Results. People are Sarah’s passion and at the heart of what she does. When working with Sarah at TH!NK she’ll provide guided assistance in onboarding employees, so they feel connected and purposeful at work; equipping employees and leaders with the interpersonal skills it takes to be an agile communicator and leader; creating high-performing, cohesive teams.
In addition to running a successful training company, Sarah teaches Training and Development and Organizational Behaviour at University of Hawaii’s Shidler College of Business MBA and MHRM programs. As an experienced business coach and speaker, Sarah draws on her many years of experience as a small business owner, hospitality manager, and organizational development consultant to provide insight, strategies, and support to her students.
Even with a busy career, Sarah finds time to help make Hawaii a better place for future generations. She is an active board member at the Nu’uanu YMCA and served as the co-creator of the Nu’uanu YMCA’s Alliance Board. Sarah has served on the ATP at Kamehameha Schools, Board Member of Diverse Arts, and is an Advisory Board Member for MHRM.Sarah was born and raised in Illinois. Sarah resides in Honolulu with husband Malcolm, their two sons Trey and Wyatt, and fur baby Ikaika.
Certifications include:
• Kirkpatrick Four Levels of Evaluation
• Certified Everything DiSC Facilitator, 2018
• PXT Select Certification, 2018
• Accredited Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team Facilitator, 2019