Sandy Lewis

Even though I was told that I 'could not do it,' I always wanted to pursue higher education and psychology.

Now that I’ve spent 20 years working in positive psychology - if this isn’t irony, I’m not sure what is. I think a lot of us know what it’s like to be told we can’t do something. We’ve been told we can’t start a business. We’ve had jobs with managers who didn’t motivate us. We’ve been a part of unhealthy work cultures. And we’ve seen stress and stagnation in our own careers, our dysfunctional teams, and the bottom lines of our companies.

But in the course of my career, I’ve learned that it doesn’t have to be that way. We don’t have to settle for it. “No” and negativity don’t have to rule the day, and in fact, these are often the mindsets that break down communication, create toxic work environments, and cause our businesses to fail.

This is why I founded Positive Shift Coaching in 2014 – to help you shift towards an authentic and positive future.

• I’ve helped transform a wide variety of organizations from major Silicon Valley companies like VMware to growing family-led small businesses.
• I’ve developed the leadership strengths of senior vice presidents and other top executives, and business owners struggling with expansion.
• With every client, I’ve walked the path of showing what a human-led, positive approach can do to transcend that broken “business as usual” mentality.

Education

• Master's of Applied Positive Psychology, Psychology University of Pennsylvania (2006 - 2007)
• Bachelor's Degree, Psychology Trinity College of VermontTrinity College of Vermont
• Global Team Coaching Institute (GTCI) (2020.02 — 2020.02)
• Higher Ground Leadership® COACH Certification The Secretan Center (2019.10 — 2019.12)
• Life Purpose Institute Inc (2018.01 — 2018.03)

Companies

• President, Business and Executive Coach Positive Shift Coaching (2014)
• Executive Coach Silicon Valley Change Executive Coaching (2014 — 2021)
• Executive Coach Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business (2018 — 2019)
• Vice President of Human Resources Illumina (2010 — 2014)
• Adjunct Professor of Applied Psychology Champlain College, Burlington Vermont and Franklin University, Columbus Ohio (2008 — 2014)
• Director of Human Resources ipCapital Group (2001 — 2010)
• Senior Consultant Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP (2000 — 2001)
• Vice President, Employee Relations Chittenden Bank (1993 — 2000)