Facilities, operations, and corporate real estate professionals are highly skilled at solving complex technical problems. But leadership, communication, collaboration, and career development require a different set of tools.
When those skills are underdeveloped, even talented teams can experience:
Sims Vision helps close that gap—giving professionals and organizations the insight, language, and strategies they need to work better together and grow with intention.
When those skills are underdeveloped, even talented teams can experience:
- Communication breakdowns and workplace friction
- Managers who lack the support to lead effectively
- Talented professionals struggling to advance
- Disengagement, burnout, and unsustainable workloads
- Teams that are capable individually but ineffective together
Sims Vision helps close that gap—giving professionals and organizations the insight, language, and strategies they need to work better together and grow with intention.
Technical expertise can only take a team so far.
Are you ready to transform your workplace from inefficient to high-performing?
Our approach gives leaders actionable strategies to optimize commercial real estate footprint, improve environmental sustainability metrics, and streamline day-to-day facilities management. We create environments where operations run seamlessly and spaces work for your people, not against them.
Create meaningful change for your people and organization
Equip technically skilled professionals with stronger leadership and people-management skills
Improve communication and collaboration across teams
Support managers navigating organizational or operational change
Reduce workplace friction by aligning people, responsibilities, and systems
Create professional development experiences that translate into daily practice
Help high-performing professionals prevent burnout and build sustainable careers
For more than two decades, I’ve worked across facilities management, workplace strategy, project delivery, and leadership development. I’ve seen how closely operational performance and people’s experience of work are connected—and why lasting improvement requires attention to both.
Through Sims Vision, I bring an operations strategist’s perspective and a coach’s people-centered approach to your workplace challenges. Whether you’re improving operations, developing your team, or navigating change, I help turn competing priorities into clear decisions and practical next steps.
My own experience with parenthood, health challenges, and career transition shapes that work. I understand the importance of building systems and ways of working that can adapt when life—or the workplace—changes.
My goal is to leave you with more than recommendations: stronger operations, more capable teams, and the tools to sustain progress without sacrificing wellbeing.
I'm Sarah Sims, your Operations Strategist.
Sims Vision uses the Working Genius framework in team retreats, workshops, and leadership development programs to help organizations:
- Recognize and use each team member’s natural strengths
- Improve communication and collaboration
- Identify sources of frustration and disengagement
- Assign responsibilities more intentionally
- Build healthier, more effective ways of working together
Working Genius gives teams a shared language for understanding how work gets done—and what each person needs to do their best work.
Get the best out of your team with Working Genius in your toolkit.
Stronger Teams +
Leaner Operations =
Comprehensive Results
I enjoyed working with Sarah Sims to develop a 2023 discussion on workplace discrimination in the built environment. Sarah partnered with my team in the development and delivery of the session and made the process extremely seamless. Their expertise and ability to create an open, inclusive atmosphere were instrumental in the success of our session.
Sarah demonstrated exceptional skills in guiding our team through complex and sensitive topics. She provided insightful perspectives, facilitated meaningful conversations, and helped us develop actionable strategies to foster a more inclusive workplace.
I highly recommend Sarah for any organization seeking to address workspace issues. Their professionalism, knowledge, and empathetic approach make them invaluable to any team.
-James Derousselle
National Board for Teaching Standards
I recently completed the IFMA Facility Management Professional (FMP) program under Sarah's instruction, and I highly recommend both the course and her teaching approach.
Sarah created an engaging learning environment that encouraged participation and practical discussion. Rather than simply presenting course material, she connected concepts to real workplace scenarios, making it easier to understand how the FMP competencies apply in day-to-day operations and strategic decision-making. Her responsiveness, industry knowledge, and ability to facilitate meaningful conversations added tremendous value to the learning experience.
What stood out most was Sarah's commitment to the success of every participant. She was approachable, supportive, and genuinely invested in helping students understand the material and complete the program successfully.
-John W. Graham
Central Maintenance Zone
Office of Facilities Management and Reliability
I reached out to Sarah Sims to help me find balance between my entrepreneurial ventures and personal life. Working with Sarah, I quickly realized that achieving balance in my personal life required first putting some key structures in place within my businesses. Together, Sarah and I identified numerous obstacles that were hindering my business success—many of which I hadn’t even been aware of. We methodically reviewed each issue, developing best practices to address them all.
One of my biggest challenges was hiring staff to support the business. With Sarah’s help, using innovative tools, I gained a better understanding of my own strengths and weaknesses as a leader. The insights I gained on my coaching and consultation journey with Sarah has been invaluable for the growth and development of my business and managing my wellbeing. I will continue to implement the best practices I've learned with the support of Sarah and her numerous insights.
-Erika McCullough-Williams
Beyond Success Network
During the height of the pandemic, Sarah moderated a panel discussion about the impact the ‘Great Recession’ had on the corporate real estate/facilities management labor market. Cultivating connection between the audience and HR thought leaders on the panel allowed Sarah to activate her exceptional communication skills. During the hour long dialogue she was able to elevate a variety of perspectives, and thoughtfully explore innovative solutions through a compassionate leadership lense.
Sarah’s experience taking on complex issues facing the facility management/corporate real estate industry in today’s environment made for a rich discussion. She went beyond the obvious surface issues and probed to create a solution-oriented conversation.
-Sheryl Etelson
CoreNet Global-Mid Atlantic Chapter
