About
I'm Sarah Fahad
A specialist in business management and management consulting. I start by understanding your business and naming its problem; then we set priorities and turn them into practical steps.
How I work
I'm Sarah Fahad, a specialist in business management and management consulting. I work with owners of existing businesses: I analyse the business's current situation, assess its management, workflow, team performance and distribution of responsibilities, and identify its strengths and weaknesses, its problems and their main causes.
I develop operations and organise responsibilities, and I train employees. I develop the business model, work to improve sales, and identify growth and expansion opportunities that suit the business.
In marketing and content, as part of the same work, I assess your marketing and social media accounts and work with you to improve them; I set a monthly strategy that your team executes under my guidance, or I take on monthly management covering writing, design, publishing and follow-up.
Book and get in touch via WhatsApp.
What I hold to
Understanding before solutions
I do not suggest a solution before I understand the business and identify the cause of the problem.
Clear language
Every observation is understandable to the business owner, and every recommendation comes with its reason.
Candour with respect
I say what I see in the business as it is, without flattery and without harshness.
A step that gets done
The value of the work lies in what gets applied, not in a report that gets filed away.
How I work with people
Precise
- What I do
- I ask and examine before I suggest, and base my view on what I have seen in the business.
- What I don't do
- I do not rush to offer the same solution to every business.
Clear
- What I do
- I call the problem by its name and explain its cause in language business owners understand.
- What I don't do
- I do not hide behind management jargon.
Candid, with kindness
- What I do
- I say what business owners need to hear, and I respect their effort.
- What I don't do
- I do not flatter and postpone what needs to be said, nor am I harsh in judgement.
Practical
- What I do
- I end every discussion with a step that can be started.
- What I don't do
- I do not stop at analysis and long reports.
Calm
- What I do
- I put disorder in order without noise and start with what matters most.
- What I don't do
- I do not inflate the problem to sell the solution.
Who I work with
Busy with day-to-day operations
- Who they are
- Owners of existing small and medium businesses who run the daily details themselves.
- What they need
- A careful reading that names the problem, shows its cause, and sets what to start with first.
- When they reach out
- When problems pile up, all of them seem urgent, and it is not clear where the fault lies.
Teams whose roles overlap
- Who they are
- Owners of small and medium businesses whose team has grown and who are reorganising its management and responsibilities.
- What they need
- Clearer operations, defined responsibilities, and training that fits employees' needs.
- When they reach out
- When the same mistakes keep repeating, or every small decision comes back to the owner.
Value that does not come through
- Who they are
- Owners whose product or service is good, but whose marketing and content do not make its value clear.
- What they need
- An assessment of marketing and content, then a monthly strategy their team executes under my guidance, or monthly management where I take on the execution.
- When they reach out
- When they post a lot, yet the business's customers do not know what it offers or why they should choose it.
What I do not promise
I do not promise sales figures, growth rates, or results within a set time; the outcome depends on execution and on each business's circumstances.
Where do we start?
Let's talk about where your business stands and what is on your mind today, and agree on the first step together. Book and get in touch via WhatsApp.