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Sara Lobkovich, J.D., NBC-HWC
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Get the book: https://youareastrategist.com

Author of “You Are a Strategist.” Speaker, strategy facilitator, and OKR expert. Obsessed with making strategy ✨actually useful.✨ Get the book at my link in bio! 📘

Team Principal, @cwmoto 🏍️I
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The goal isn't perfection; it's continuous improvement in how you align your team's efforts with your most important outcomes. Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/Ahd02 #OKRs #StrategicPlanning #NoBSOKRs
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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LOL so much for that

(Also cute that Clarity Support replied to my initial post in Threads saying they were there to help then never replied to my actual question OR multiple support requests. Not sure how I’m going to resolve it.)
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November 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Confusion kills strategic progress way faster than "bad" ideas.

The antidote? → Clear expectations.

They're the most fundamental responsibility of a leader. But they’re not just top-down — they’re something every single person can create for themselves, too.

#Leadership #LeaderDevelopment
A blue door with a sign that reads, "Clear expectations are a leader's love language." A small electrical warning sign is also visible on the door.
October 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Your organization’s greatest strategic assets may be hiding in plain sight.

That’s the heart of my upcoming talk at the World OKR Summit:

"Unblocking Your Team’s Inner Strategists: No-BS OKRs for Neurodivergent and 'Square Peg' Professionals"

#Strategy #WorldOKRSummit #OKR #LeadershipDevelopment
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October 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Treating KPIs and Key Results as the same thing? That's one of the fastest ways to completely undermine your goal-setting efforts. Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/AiQQ3 #OKRs #StrategicPlanning #GoalSetting
September 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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“No one pays for strategy.”

For a long time, I heard this over and over again — so much that I believed it.

I talk about the journey from there to here on Paula Burns' podcast, "The True You."

This one's for my fellow career square pegs. ❤️

https://findrc.co/3EQshGd

#podcast #selfemployed
A quote card in black on a white background reads: "My work is rebellious enough that I had to create the space to do it for myself... I let people tell me for 15 years that you can't make a living in strategy independently. ‘No one pays for strategy. That's not a thing.’ I ultimately had to get intensely creative to find a way to do what fits me."
September 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Safe travels, kids. May the force be with you. 📚💙

#IBPA #IBPAAwards #selfpublishing #selfpublishedauthor #AmWriting #Booksky
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September 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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I haven’t broken my “other place” habit (not the bird app, the other one) yet because so many good friends are still there, but having to delete a “WTF” post about PDX because it was achieving escape velocity might just be the clincher
A threads post reading: Deleted my first post about the ridiculousness of you know what happening you know where because it was achieving exit velocity and attracting unwanted attention from you know who and if I’m going to get you know whatted by you know who it will damn sure be because of something *actually activist,* not a perplexed Saturday morning WTF post about you know where
September 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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"KPIs tell you how you're doing. Key results challenge you to make things better." Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/AjAKu #OKRs #StrategicPlanning #GoalSetting
September 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Your KPIs are the vital signs you're monitoring. Your Key Results are the specific targets you're actively pursuing during a goal period. Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/AjAHd #OKRs #StrategicPlanning #GoalSetting
September 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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How can mindfulness help manage the overwhelming stress and anxiety of modern life? Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/AiyqE #Mindfulness #StressReduction #Overthinkers
September 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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KPIs are like your business vital signs—the metrics you monitor to make sure everything's functioning properly.

Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Aiyo4

#OKRs #StrategicPlanning #GoalSetting
September 16, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Identify 2-3 key results that would objectively demonstrate progress toward your objective. Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/Ahd0w #OKRs #StrategicPlanning #NoBSOKRs
September 14, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Why Build Quiet Communities: Community spaces that don't demand constant engagement and allow people to participate on their own terms. Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/Ahdu4 #SocialAnxiety #Belonging #Community
September 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Criticism doesn't mean you're wrong. It might mean you're doing something bold.

Find out why Thinkydoers guest Charles Spinosa says haters can be a sign of progress in Episode 48.

Is there critical feedback you've received lately that means you're doing something different, not wrong?

#podcast
Quote card with the text: “Hearing from critics and naysayers says you're doing something different enough for people to have naysaying to do about it.” Thinkydoers Podcast, Episode 48: Leading Leaders Toward Masterpiece Creation.
September 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) are a goal-setting framework designed to boost clarity, focus, and alignment in organizations. Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/Ahdwk #OKRs #StrategicPlanning #Objectives
September 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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In this candid, lo-fi episode, Sara Lobkovich shares battle-tested methods for maintaining strategic momentum when everything around you is in flux. Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/Ahdvl #Podcast #leadership #LeadershipDevelopment
August 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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As a nationally board-certified health and wellness coach with decades of executive leadership experience, I've seen how evidence-based motivation science can transform workplace culture.

https://lttr.ai/Ah8yD

#EmployeeMotivation #LeadershipDevelopment #ChiefOfStaff
August 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Key results should measure the change you want to create, not the work you plan to do. Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/Ahd0y #OKRs #StrategicPlanning #NoBSOKRs
August 17, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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We don’t win races because of a plan. We win because of what we do—when it matters most.

That’s true for our race team. And it’s just as true in your team.

I wrote "You Are a Strategist" to help people connect goals to behavior—so strategy becomes real, not performative.

#Leadership #Booksky
In the background is a photo of an orange motorcycle seen from the front, with the number 79 as a race number. Above is a bright blue sky. Squatting down to the side of the motorcycle, Sara is applying a tire sticker, required for qualifying and race sessions. She has short curly dark blonde hair and is wearing a black and yellow Dunlop hat and a blue and orange crew shirt.
August 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Strategy isn’t a plan. It’s a shift in behavior.

This is the part most orgs miss.

They focus a ton of time on creating strategy… but never ask: “What should actually change in how people work?”

#AmReading #BusinessBook #LeadershipDevelopment #Strategy #StrategicPlanning
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August 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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In this Thinkydoers episode, Carrie shares practical advice for both community participants and those considering building their own communities. Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/Ahduu #SocialAnxiety #Belonging #Community
August 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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🚨 What if "goal setting" is sending your brain in the wrong direction?

If you've ever felt like you’re chasing someone else’s definition of success…
If “productive” feels like pressure, not possibility…
If the word "goal" makes your body tense up a little…

This episode is for you.
In the background is bokeh that's blue and gold and orange. In the foreground is the quote: What if it's not goal setting? What if it's just becoming, what are you becoming?
August 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Instead of creating strategic plans that are resilient from occasional disruption, now we're focused on creating strategic plans and creating strategic goals that survive chaos. Read more ‘‰ https://lttr.ai/Ahdvg #Podcast #leadership #LeadershipDevelopment
August 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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The best strategy in the world won’t move your team forward, unless it changes how people behave, and the decisions they make.

You don’t need another planning session.
You need systems that create clarity, focus, and aligned behavior.

More info: youareastrategist.com

#AtWork
Sara stands on the motorcycle race grid, with her arms out (waiting to catch the bike). She stands next to a teammate holding a bike stand. She's in a blue, orange, and grey team uniform and baseball cap. She's smiling, broadly. People are surprised when they find out I work in motorsports. Even more surprised when they hear me talk about my role as a Team Principal. Because what I do at the track? It’s the same thing I do in the boardroom. We don’t perform our best because of a perfect plan. We perform our best because the crew knows exactly what to do, when to do it, and why it matters. That’s behavior. That’s execution. That’s strategy in action. It’s the same whether I’m in the race paddock, or facilitating a strategy workshop. 📘 I wrote “You Are a Strategist” to help more teams operate like this. Because the plan doesn’t drive progress—behavior does. DM me if your org’s in motion but not making progress. Or head to the link in bio to grab my book to learn the full framework.
August 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM