Sarah Brooks

Dr Sarah Brooks is a Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at the University of Sheffield Management School, where she also serves as Academic Lead for Employability. She is an ICF and EMCC accredited coach with a private practice called Powerful Dreaming. Her career includes 17 years as an industry practitioner in operations and change management roles across public and private sectors in the UK, Europe, and Australia.

• Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour
• Academic Lead for Employability
• EMCC/ICF Accredited Coach
• Former Industry Practitioner

Research Interests
Sarah specializes in workplace voice and silence dynamics, particularly through coaching interventions. Her work explores:
- Power structures influencing upward communication
- Coaching psychology as a tool for ethical accountability
- Temporal factors in decision-making for voice
- Worker representation in platform economies

Publications & Research Trends
Her work bridges qualitative methods with practical applications, showing a progression from foundational studies on voice formality (2016-2018) to contemporary work on coaching frameworks (2024) and Dark Triad personality impacts (2024). Key themes include ethical disclosure, organizational responsiveness, and wellbeing outcomes.

PhD Supervision
Current supervisees include Jiacheng Zhang (Team Improvisation) and Sandie Buchan (Disabled Directors in NHS). Former students include Edward Walker (AI in Professional Services) and Mary Skordia (Organizational Ambidexterity).

Professional Engagement
She actively collaborates with institutions worldwide, including invited talks at Curtin University, Loughborough University, and the European Academy of Work and Organizational Psychological Congresses.