The Strategy Execution Advantage

From vision to front-line execution — align every decision and action with what matters most.

Traditional consultants charge six figures to build you slides. The Strategy Execution Advantage delivers continuous alignment, on-call decision support, and the means to finally enable every person in your organization to “be more strategic,” for a fraction of the cost.

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Why Strategy So Often Fails in Execution

  • Traditional tools like costly offsites and long strategic planning decks and docs don’t actually change behavior.

  • Leaders achieve “alignment” in the board-room, but then don’t translate the strategy into what teams need to actually execute.

  • Teams wind up stuck in inefficiency, with unclear priorities, and the frustration of: “How can we do more than we’re already doing when we’re already under water?”

  • Those high-effort strategic plans often crumble when the operating environment shifts.

If somewhere between 67 and 90% of well-formulated strategies fail due to poor execution, how can you ensure yours is on the right side of that equation?

You don’t need more strategy, or another plan. You need a decision-making advantage that actually holds when reality happens.

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Operate More Strategically (Even During Business Unusual)

I help CEOs, C-suite leaders, and their Chiefs of Staff (and force multipliers):

✅ Drive measurable results on important and difficult human-impact outcomes.

✅ Reduce wasted effort and both free capacity for and upskill team members for higher-value work.

✅ Build lasting ownership, accountability, and more strategic behavior that sticks.

This is not consulting or executive coaching “as usual.”

It’s an ongoing advantage in how your organization executes.

Research shows that executive coaching is associated with significant progress toward self-set goals; and, adopting new behaviors.

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Why This Approach Outperforms Traditional Strategy Models

✅ Organizations that implement structured decisionmaking frameworks consistently outperform their peers — including achieving higher financial results (source).

✅ 95% of CEOs report that implementing specific, clear accountability practices increase confidence in strategic plan achievement (source)

✅ It was specifically developed to address the real strategy-execution blockers I’ve observed among 2,000+ leaders and force multipliers in 300+ organizations worldwide.

I won’t deliver you a plan.

Together, we’ll embed more strategic thinking, decisionmaking, and efficiency into your organization’s ways of working—until it sticks.

Research shows that executive coaching is associated with significant progress toward self-set goals; and, adopting new behaviors.

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Month-to-Month Pricing: Simple and Transparent

Now booking the Q4 cohort: Only four (4) slots available this quarter!

Tools That Accelerate Your Success

The Connected Strategic Stack

Bridge the gap between vision and results with a one-page strategy you’ll actually use.

No-BS OKRs

Create clear expectations and an inspired objective definition of progress and success, that your whole organization can align to.

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“You Are a Strategist” Bulk Book Bundles

Equip anyone in your organization with powerful mental models and field-tested execution habits that work: from the C-Suite to the summer intern.

The answer for any leader who wants their employees to “be more strategic.”

What Leaders Like You Have to Say

Meet Sara Lobkovich

Strategic Planning Facilitator, OKR Facilitator, Author

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Sara is a strategy coach, OKR activist, professional speaker, advocate for workplace inclusion and strategy democratization, and author of You Are a Strategist: Use No-BS OKRs to Get Big Things Done.

As a former "frustrated changemaker" who struggled to get strategic insights heard in traditional environments, I know exactly what it's like to see how things could be better but lack frameworks (and authority) to make change happen.

That's why, as a strategic planning facilitator, I've designed practices that specifically benefit Chiefs of Staff and force multipliers who are tired of being the ones who see the problems—and are ready to become the architects of solutions.

Sara’s Certifications and Credentials

  • Trained 2,000+ OKR coaches across 300+ organizations globally

  • Bestselling author of "You Are a Strategist: Use No-BS OKRs to Get Big Things Done"

  • National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach (behavior change expertise)

  • Advanced training in conflict management and facilitation

  • Fortune 500 strategic transformation experience

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Sara is Kilmann Diagnostics certified, having completed the advanced TKI training and certification in conflict handling modes and conflict resolution.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • I get it—they've probably sat through plenty of events with astrategy consultant who talked theory but couldn't deliver practical results. That's exactly why I focus on creating tools your team will actually use, not just admire.

    Most consultants deliver answers; I guide your people to create solutions together, building buy-in so they leave with clear agreements and skills for implementation.

  • Strategy consultants typically create beautiful reports your team won't use. I facilitate your team to develop a one-page framework they'll reference daily.

    The difference? Your strategy comes from your people's expertise, with my facilitation, ensuring you reach practical, implementable conclusions.

  • That's exactly why this facilitation exists. My approach surfaces and resolves real blockers using proven conflict resolution techniques. I'm trained in advanced conflict management and facilitate high-stakes situations with skill and diplomacy.

  • Compare the cost: a typical strategy consultant may charge six figures for months of work that produces reports and leads to a services renewal.

    Working with me, for as little as $10k, you get immediate clarity and alignment plus 90 days of follow-up support. Most importantly, you'll finally have a strategy framework your organization actually uses.

  • As the person tasked with making strategic initiatives work, you're the perfect champion for this investment.

    Position it as solving the execution gap that's been frustrating leadership. I can provide additional resources and executive briefing materials to support your internal advocacy!

  • No! No-BS OKRs are not the only tool in Sara’s toolkit. She is an expert OKR facilitator, so they come up often as a tool for focus, clarity, and alignment — but Sara also supports events focused on leadership development and other strategy topics that don’t require OKR creation or adoption.

  • Sara is an accomplished professional speaker, available for keynote and other event speaking. Find more information about Sara’s professional speaking services here.

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Cancel Anytime. No Long-Term Obligation.

The Strategy Execution Advantage includes a level of service and support that has traditionally been reserved for six-figure engagements OR with a mid six-figure onboarding commitment.

I am so confident about the practices and value this offer provides, that I’m making it available for you on a month-to-month basis. Stay as long as your participation is driving progress for your team. Transition to a lower-cost “maintenance mode” for lightweight support once your team is meeting independent operation benchmarks. Or leave if the program stops being useful, or you get what you need from it. It’s that simple.

Snag one of the four (4) pilot slots for Q4, and know that you’ll have annual planning support on lock!

Secure The Strategy Execution Advantage for Q4

I am not a fear-uncertainty-doubt-based seller, but I do want to let you know:

  • My capacity and availability is prioritized for Strategy Execution Advantage participants, so direct service availability will be limited for non-members.

    • Keynote services, offsite facilitation, some training, and on-demand products will remain available to the general public (based on availability);

    • OKR onboarding, OKR coaching, Connected Strategic Stack support, and my other high-touch consulting and coaching offers will not be guaranteed available to the general public.

  • Once available slots are full, enrollment closes until a spot opens up!

Have questions? Book a “Fit Check” call before you apply!

On the fence?

Have questions? Open the chat in the lower right corner to get answers directly from Sara!

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Reinforce your team’s learning

by bundling Sara’s books

with your event experience!

Download this free excerpt from You Are a Strategist: Use No-BS OKRs to Get Big Things Done to do a vibe-check, and see how practical frameworks can turn your vision into measurable progress—starting today.

Curious if Connected Strategy + No-BS OKRs will work for your team?

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Trusted by clients for strategic planning and executive strategy support

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Executive strategy support in a global education and publishing company with OKR implementation, live OKR facilitator services, and strategy achievement implementation support, detailed in an OKR Mentors Case Study.

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Increase leadership team focus and alignment for an innovator in electric vehicle manufacturing with live, in-person culture change, strategy, and OKR facilitator and virtual OKR core team support.

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Improve efficiency and effectiveness of quarterly business reviews for a major US airline through a full-system OKR audit and analysis of QBR behaviors to yield new OKR review practices.

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Achieve clarity, focus, and alignment for a non-profit education access organization through a blend of in-person and virtual OKR facilitation.

*Most client agreements require strict confidentiality; references are available by request!

Get Access to an Example Workshop Output

Want to see what teams walk away with after a facilitated strategic planning collaboration with me? I’ll give you access to a live Miro where you can see an example Connected Strategic One-Pager and No-BS OKRs, and see a bit of how the end product gets made.


Get The Book Excerpt:

Read the first 20 pages of You Are a Strategist: Use No-BS OKRs to Get Big Things Done to see if Connected Strategy and No-BS OKRs sound like a potential solution to your organization’s challenges.

Still have questions?

Click the red “chat” circle in the lower right corner of this page to open a chat directly with Sara. When she’s at her desk, she’ll respond instantly; if she’s not, she’ll respond the next time she’s online!