PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sahar is devoted to helping organizations, leaders, and high-performance teams work together more
effectively and skillfully. Her focus is on the growth and development of professionals in order to
cultivate long-term excellence in performance including strategy, productivity and communication.
Clients report many of the following outcomes:
• Improved capacity to inquire, listen, respond and lead others with respect, empathy and
compassion
• Greater skill in building trust and credibility with executive leadership team or board, team,
colleagues and customers
• Deeper, more centered leadership presence, particularly amidst conflict or challenge
• Improved ability to build powerful networks of support and influence others
• Increased capacity for creativity and innovation
As founder of Anthos Solutions, Sahar brings a deep background of nearly twenty years
management and executive level leadership experience in sales, marketing and business development
to her coaching, facilitation, training, and workshops. She is a Professional Certified Coach with the
International Coach Federation, certified Integral Coach® from New Ventures West, Leadership
Embodiment Associate and certified in The Leadership Circle Profile and Polarity Thinking.
Sahar works with emerging to executive level leaders in biotech/pharma; medical
device/diagnostics; healthcare; hospitality; technology; insurance, professional and financial services;
non-profit; academia; and social enterprises. She is focused on improving organizational capabilities
and culture, developing leaders who are aligned with purpose, improving communication across
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teams and within organizations, fostering deep listening to build trust, and cultivating emotional
intelligence to foster collaboration across teams.
She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California,
Berkeley. Sahar is a lifelong learner and committed to personal and professional development in
order to best serve her clients and the world. She is fluent in English, Farsi and Turkish. Her
upbringing and extensive world travel have cultivated and enabled cross-cultural awareness and
appreciation. She is a long-time student of Eastern and Western traditions, philosophy and poetry—
particularly Plato, Rumi and David Whyte. She is also a mindfulness practitioner, avid traveler, and
lover of music.
APPROACH TO COACHING
Today’s business environment is demanding and rapidly changing. There is more responsibility and
pressure to achieve results quickly and at lower cost with limited resources. Most leaders have
limited opportunity to devote time and energy to their own development. I experienced this
firsthand in my own roles and hear from my clients regularly that the responsibility to oversee the
day-to-day needs of their team and business overshadow their ability to step back and reflect on the
bigger picture.
The primary development needs of senior and executive leaders are the ability to communicate more
skillfully and the capacity to hold more complexity because of their position in the organization.
Skillful communication is needed to build trust, inspire teams and coordinate action towards a
shared vision. For these reasons, my approach to working with executives and their teams is integral
and developmental. An integral approach leaves nothing out in reference to the client or their world.
The whole person and their unique gifts are seen, acknowledged and appreciated throughout the
process. An integral approach also draws from many disciplines and traditions for the sake of a
more complete and true understanding of the client. I integrate various coaching and assessment
models like the Enneagram and somatic or embodied practices into customized leadership
development plans to support my clients’ development.
A developmental approach to coaching shifts the way the client makes meaning of and engages with
the world, which can open up new possibilities for relationship, vision, strategy, and execution. I
find that this supports long-term change with clients. As my clients deepen in their development,
they
• report being able to respond to situations that were previously stressful with more skill and
ease
• notice a greater sense of empathy and appreciation for their team members, thus deepening
trust and relationships
• have more access to creative and innovative strategies to meet and exceed their goals
My intent in coaching clients is to help them flourish by identifying and expressing their unique
contribution to the world.