CTO Overcomes Difficult Leadership Dynamics to Increase Team Capabilities and Compensation

When I first started working with Dr. Sharon, I thought for sure she wasn't gonna be able to help me overcome the fact that I worked for a narcissist. Because if you read a lot of the literature, it says they're impossible. And yet, she helped me conquer the impossible. Not only did I make it a more successful and powerful relationship, but I actually turned the tables and was able to get what my team and I needed. to increase our capabilities and our compensation at the company. If that's not proof in the pudding, I don't know what is. My name is Sarah Foss. I live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and I am a Chief Information or Chief Technology Officer. It was a really interesting time when I had recently joined a company that was going through some pretty radical transformation. And my boss was unable to clearly articulate that and yet held me to standards that I felt I was not only achieving but exceeding. In other words, I had a disconnect, which is very unlike me. And as I started looking at how I could resolve the disconnect, I came across some of Dr. Sharon Milnick's information and what she wrote about and then in speaking with her resonated so much about how to find my control and my power back so I could be more effective and therefore be happier with what I was doing was exactly the medicine I needed. And so once I started working with her, we had different tactics. I was able to overcome some of the challenges that I had with that particular boss and we were off to the races. So one of the favorite things that I have from working with Dr. Melnick is that I now have like a little Dr. Sharon voice in my head that when I get stuck with a problem or I'm really starting to feel the stress bubble back up, I pause and I remind myself what is within my control. What is within my control? It is such an important mantra for high performers. who always believe that they can actually change and accommodate and make everything work. And yet we can't. And all of her tactics really helped. me take a beat and versus just diving straight into problem solving, first even identifying what's I going to solve the right problem. And that's because of how she is so good at asking questions. She is an incredibly insightful listener. She is outstanding at collaborating through problems. And every time I thought I would stump her, there's no way. You can't stump Dr. Melnick. She has truly helped people through so many different situations that her approach makes it feel like it's something specific for me, but it's tried and true and it's gonna work because she knows it has from other clients. Working with Dr. Sharon Melnick has given me a greater appreciation for a couple concepts, power and control, I didn't understand how to use them as a much broader toolkit and how I could show up as a woman in my power. knowing what that was, knowing how to quickly identify what I could impact and what I couldn't by knowing what was in my control. That was life changing. For anyone who might be on the fence for working with Dr. Melnick or Horizon Point, every single penny provides such an ROI, a return on investment, that you can't even comprehend. It seems like it's a big commitment, but the commitment is actually one that you need to make for yourself