In this Blue Room episode, host Lorraine Ladd sits down with Sara Khalifa, Director at alliant, to unpack her 5-year journey from hesitation to high performance. Sara shares how saying “yes” changed her career, the power of investing in people, leading with authenticity, and building high-performing teams.

Highlights:

• Overcoming fear of failure and taking the leap
• Rapid promotions and shifting from back-end to client-facing
• Core values: investment in people and iron-sharpens-iron culture
• Lessons for women in leadership: trust your gut and be yourself
• Team wins, mentorship, and growing new leaders

Rapid Fire Fun:

• Florence, Italy fan
• Rodeo over Astros
• Coffee forever, sneakers always
• Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” as her life soundtrack

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