If I had to sum it all up in one sentence, it would be this: as soon as I realized you didn’t have to choose between business results and a healthy culture, I was sold on pivoting my career to help workplaces achieve both.
But here’s the longer version.
After graduating with a degree in Psychology and English (and realizing I was too sensitive to be a child psychologist), I joined the University of Michigan as a research assistant in the Psychology Department, supporting Ph.D. students in various Organizational Psychology studies. And after a year of nothing but reading white papers and journal articles, with minimal collaboration, I needed to be as far away from a solitary lifestyle as possible.
So, in pursuit of what was next, my lost soul found a home in the marketing technology space.
Eight years later, my little stint in Organizational Psychology came full circle when I realized that the one thing I thoroughly enjoyed about work was the people — what made them tick, what made them lose motivation, what would keep them at a company for a long(er) period.
I applied for a master’s degree in Learning and Organizational Change through Northwestern University in Illinois (where I also completed my Organizational Leadership Coaching Certification), and I fell in love with Design Thinking and Change Management — in other words, how to make businesses run more efficiently and effectively by taking a people-first lens.
Fast-forward a few years, a master’s degree, a coaching certification, and a few tears (mostly while figuring out what was next)… and I launched The Curve Collective.
Now I get to do the work I love every day: helping organizations create workplaces where their people can see a future.
— Shereen Sater, Founder
Let’s build something that lasts.
