For more than fifteen years, Sara Gallagher has helped organizations bridge the gap between big ambitions and tangible results. Her work grew out of a simple but enduring curiosity: why do smart teams with clear strategies so often get stuck?
That question—and the pursuit of better answers—has fueled Sara’s work as a consultant, leader, speaker, and writer, challenging conventional wisdom about how complex initiatives actually get done.
Sara Gallagher is President of The Persimmon Group and a recognized expert in strategy execution, PMO leadership, and project portfolio management. For more than 15 years, she has helped organizations—from Fortune 500s to fast-moving startups—untangle the real barriers to execution, from siloed teams and shifting priorities to PMOs that have lost their purpose.
A frequent speaker, author, and instructor, Sara has contributed to PMI’s global standards and delivered international keynotes and whitepapers on strategy execution, organizational change, and high-performing teams. Her consulting portfolio spans industries including energy, finance, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and technology, with projects ranging from industrial mega-projects to enterprise transformations.
Sara is also the author of Big Dumb Questions, a LinkedIn newsletter for PMO leaders and executives who want to see strategy move off PowerPoint and into the real world.
Sara’s work blends the disciplines of project management and organizational effectiveness, with a focus on:
Whether the challenge is scale, speed, or stakeholder complexity, Sara brings a strategic, systems-minded approach that helps organizations turn complexity into clarity—and ambitious ideas into measurable progress.
“Ambitious plans are common.
Clear, sustained execution? Not so much.”
- Sara Gallagher, President, The Persimmon Group
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Sara collaborates with leaders and teams to strengthen strategy, culture, and execution—helping them move forward with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
