Sandra M. Martínez is the President of Fénix Leadership & Development, LLC, a thought leader in leadership development and organizational transformation. She enables innovation, growth and transformation in businesses, government agencies, and non-profits in the U.S. and abroad through executive coaching and the design and delivery of leadership and organizational development programs, seamlessly integrating with internal teams.
The entire team at Fénix Leadership and Development is committed to creating psychologically safe environments for individuals of all background to live and work. We… Read More »Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Culture as a resource for strength and resilience
We are becoming more and more aware of the historic and continuing systemic racism in our society and the inequity and violence that it engenders.… Read More »Conversation, Stories & Responsibilities in the Context of Systemic Racism
We live in a turbulent time during which we are experiencing, in a visceral way, uncertainty about the future. Leaders of client organizations from all… Read More »Scenario Planning
The current global health crisis demands effective leadership at all levels. We are working to support our clients and all leaders during this time. For… Read More »Leadership in the Time of COVID-19
Guidance for Effective Virtual Meetings
I’ll come clean. Although I work today as an executive coach and organizational consultant, was formerly on the faculty of the USAWC and taught at… Read More »Understanding & Leveraging the Creative Tensions of Innovation & Creativity
Don’t dismiss it as PC posturing. Recognizing the varied backgrounds of your team and accommodating those differences in positive ways can help maximize any group’s… Read More »How Culturally Aware are You?
I spent this past week in Philadelphia with 1,100 committed and talented women at the 2017 Annual Conference of the Healthcare Business Women’s Association (HBA).… Read More »Accelerating Leadership Development for Women: Presentation about Polarity Mapping at HBA Annual Conference
As an antidote to the current affairs occupying citizens in the US and throughout the world, I would like to muse about music in this… Read More »Finding Inspiration and Leadership Learning in Beethoven’s Pathetique
A sizable gap currently exists between our collective ideas about good leadership and what we find demonstrated to be the capacities and qualities of effective… Read More »The Risky Leadership Gap
In his recent memoir, “World Order,” former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger recounts an exchange between the Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and himself during his… Read More »On ‘Otherness’ and Leadership in Today’s World
More than ever, those who surround you and your organization depend on your leadership capacity to navigate with resilience and clarity through turbulence and crisis. We highlight our Diversity and Inclusion Services – the Inclusion Index™, an organizational audit, as well as the leadership coaching and organizational development consulting that support DEI initiatives. We can help you and your organization better understand your circumstances and act to realize your commitment to constructive processes and productive development and change.
Today’s crisis is nothing if not complex and it beckons all of us to develop so we are able to meet the challenge. Through the discovery, development and action of a DEI initiative, you can deepen your individual and shared understanding of your strengths and challenges to expand your choices for more effective action.