Sharon Blackborow, ACC, is both a coach to leaders and a leader in her own right as the VP, Talent, Learning, & Organization Effectiveness at Inova. Sharon spends her time caring for organization-wide programs and initiatives focused on organizational health, team vitality and individual growth and fulfillment. Sharon has spent over two decades at top organizations such as the Campbell Soup Company, MetLife, AstraZeneca, HHMI and Inova - building a reputation for delivering programs based on cutting edge research that shape growth-minded and change agile cultures. Using her humor, compassion, and strength, Sharon is a uniquely skilled facilitator and coach, creating spaces that are both safe and challenging. Having experienced first-hand the transformation that comes with harnessing “both/and” thinking, Sharon holds certifications in Polarities and Paradox Management and Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University to support her life’s purpose – to help systems at all levels (organizations, teams, and individuals) untangle from suffering to illuminate their highest potential.