Sandra Coker

CEO at Human Power Solutions

Professional Training and Coaching

Education: BS Chemistry Assumption University - Masters Organizational Leadership Nichols College
Westborough, MA, USA
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Biography

Sandra Coker | CEO, Author of People Profit, Dynamic Speaker & Culture Transformation Expert

Sandra Coker is a high-impact speaker, executive coach, and the visionary CEO of Human Power Solutions (HPS)—a leading learning and development firm that serves as the outsourced Chief Learning Officer (CLO) for mid-market companies. She partners with organizations to develop emotionally intelligent leaders, build thriving cultures, and deliver people strategies that drive real business results.

A dynamic and relatable presence on stage, Sandra combines decades of leadership experience with unmatched insight into the human side of business. She’s known for her ability to connect with audiences from the C-suite to the front lines, offering real talk, real solutions, and real results.

Sandra is the author of People Profit: Transforming Business Performance Through Human Power, where she explores the direct connection between leadership, culture, and the bottom line. Her message is both inspirational and actionable—grounded in neuroscience, business strategy, and years of on-the-ground experience coaching leaders and transforming teams.

Her signature keynotes and workshops tackle today’s most pressing leadership challenges: burnout, generational conflict, communication breakdowns, poor accountability, and stagnant culture. Sandra doesn’t just talk about change—she equips leaders to make it happen through HPS’s proprietary Level 5 Learning™ model, which ensures that training translates into sustainable growth.

She has delivered powerful sessions for executive groups, industry associations, leadership retreats, and global business summits, always leaving her audience energized and empowered.

Whether your team is stuck, scaling, or just plain exhausted—Sandra helps leaders unlock their people power and turn it into profit.

Most Requested Topics:
People Profit: The Human Equation for Business Success
Leading Through Burnout: Tools for Today’s Overwhelmed Leaders
Managing Multigenerational Teams Without Drama
Emotional Intelligence as a Business Strategy
From Training to Transformation: The Level 5 Learning™ Approach

Ideal For:
CEOs, COOs, and CHROs ready to improve leadership performance and culture
Business owners struggling with retention, disengagement, or burnout
Organizations seeking a high-ROI, people-first leadership strategy

Passion

Putting people first. My passion is helping business owners and organization realize the key to their business is their people. I love talking about the Internal Customer and how that drives loyalty, customer retention and profits.
I am also passionate about helping people learn to Network in a way that creates deep relationships and does not require a sales mentality.

Best Story

I was working in a manufacturing plant that was in its second generation. The company had been around for over 40 years and had many long-time employees. The plant was separated into three floors. Each floor had a different task, supervisors, and workflow. The owner was not sold on taking time to learn the "soft" skills, which I call human skills. He did not understand the benefit but gave it a shot. When I started working with them, a few of them had NEVER met!! It was crazy! By the end of the nine months together, they were a true team who trusted each other, were able to collaborate and had much less conflict. The owner and Managers were freed up to work on the business because this team was able to problem solve and make decisions. It has created much better customer satisfaction and employee engagement.

Origin Story

My early career I started out in Hospitality with Marriott and Chili's. I learned so much about client service and employee relations. Over the years after having children, I bought a fitness center. I was the owner/operator for over 7 years. I sold the gym in 2015 and went to work for my business coach. After spending four years with that company, I launched Human Power Solutions (HPS) in December of 2019.

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I am willing to travel

More than 100 miles

When it comes to payments

I generally get paid for speaking but make exceptions

Topics

womens leadership company culture strategic communications emerging leadership culture in a multigenerational workforce high performance teams building high performance teams client service hybrid leadership executive leadership best selling author on amazon bestselling author client experience networking strategies difficult conversations conflict management change management professionalism and leadership young professional developing professionalism leadership presence presentation skills hospitality recruitment and staffing women entrepreneurship entrepreneurs

Best Story

I was working in a manufacturing plant that was in its second generation. The company had been around for over 40 years and had many long-time employees. The plant was separated into three floors. Each floor had a different task, supervisors, and workflow. The owner was not sold on taking time to learn the "soft" skills, which I call human skills. He did not understand the benefit but gave it a shot. When I started working with them, a few of them had NEVER met!! It was crazy! By the end of the nine months together, they were a true team who trusted each other, were able to collaborate and had much less conflict. The owner and Managers were freed up to work on the business because this team was able to problem solve and make decisions. It has created much better customer satisfaction and employee engagement.

Origin Story

My early career I started out in Hospitality with Marriott and Chili's. I learned so much about client service and employee relations. Over the years after having children, I bought a fitness center. I was the owner/operator for over 7 years. I sold the gym in 2015 and went to work for my business coach. After spending four years with that company, I launched Human Power Solutions (HPS) in December of 2019.