Maximize the impact of your tech teams and keep top players engaged.
We help organizations and their leaders unlock the full potential of engineering teams to drive performance, cultivate leadership readiness, and retain top talent.
SERVICES
Actionable Leadership Training
Delivering practical, engaging, and results-driven leadership training to empower both current and aspiring engineering leaders. Focused on actionable strategies, real-world scenarios, and immediate application to elevate leadership effectiveness.
Solution-Focused
Coaching
Unblocking and empowering leaders by enhancing their strategic thinking, systems-building, and mindset to maximize their influence, impact, and satisfaction in remote and hybrid work environments.
Engineering Growth Consulting
Guiding organizations in crafting tailored learning and development strategies, roadmaps, and program designs that elevate the engineering experience, strengthen team capabilities, and drive sustainable growth.
CLIENTS & TESTIMONIALS
From day one Sarah understood and invested herself in our vision, our metrics of success and our goals. Sarah struck a perfect balance of bringing her extensive experience and knowledge to everything she did while ensuring all content, programs and frameworks reflected Wealthsimple's unique employee needs and culture. Sarah tailored her offerings to what we needed -- I strongly recommend her to any organization no matter where you are in your L&D and Enablement journey -- she can help you create a business case for investment, build 'beta' programs, refresh or scale existing programs and the list goes on.Carrie Tanguay, Senior Director of Engineering Enablement, Wealthsimple
At the end of last year, I was introduced to the Engineering Leaders Mastermind program, which Sarah runs. I immediately signed up for it because I was frustrated and confused about how to progress in my career. Growing in a community with other members of the Mastermind program, my eyes have been opened. I have become bolder, more decisive, more confident, and more aware of my psychology while navigating challenging situations and constant changes. I highly recommend Sarah, who genuinely will care about you and wants to see you succeed.Lin Zhao, Development Manager, Flexport
When I was a Senior Developer going into the management track, I participated in the management accelerator program at Shopify, run by Sarah. Each session was highly informative and engaging, and they were always a highlight of my week. Sarah's program equipped me with the foundational skills required for me to be effective in management, I wouldn't be where I am today without it.Anthony Nguyen, Software Development Manager, Shopify
ABOUT
With a unique blend of software engineering expertise and a Masters in Education, I’ve spent over a decade shaping leadership and development strategies for tech organizations. At Shopify, I created engineering leadership programs that supported growth from 1,000 to 10,000 employees. Later, I was recruited by Wealthsimple to build their engineering learning and development strategy.Through these experiences, I’ve identified common challenges across organizations—big and small—in retaining top technical talent and fostering engaged, high-performing teams. Today, as the Principal and Founder of Hello illume, I help organizations solve these challenges by creating tailored strategies that empower engineering leaders, enhance team performance, and drive talent retention.Sarah Naqvi, Principal + Founder, Hello illume
