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The People
Behind the
Breakthroughs.

Our team is passionate about helping leaders move from stuck to strategic – leveraging teamwork that is effective and collaborative. Combining our Breakthrough Conversations™, the GAME Method™ and customized coaching, we empower teams to turn every day conversations, team meetings and strategic planning sessions into transformative results.
Whitney Walpole
Whitney Walpole
Founder | Executive Coach & Strategic Facilitator

Whitney Walpole

Whitney has coached leadership teams for more than 25 years, bringing her passion for people and conversations to organizations ready to grow. Known for her insight, candor, and inspirational energy, Whitney creates the kind of openness where people feel heard, important issues are addressed, and teams find new ways forward together.

An entrepreneur, national speaker, and author of two books on leadership and personal development, Whitney brings real-world business experience and a deep understanding of people to her work. Having started and led several businesses herself, she knows what it means to care deeply about profit and culture. Her joy is to help leaders fulfill on both — in ways that are meaningful and deeply satisfying.

“Whitney’s superpower is listening to the details of your situation, creating space for everyone to be heard, and then helping you distill it all down to actionable steps.”
Kent Sharp, CEO, SE Group

The Philosophy
of Culture Counts…

We believe in everyone’s innate capacity to connect, collaborate, and create remarkable things together. In the power of trust, respect, and commitment to one another’s success. In choosing openness over defensiveness, curiosity over certainty, and connection over being right. It’s a simple choice, but not always easy.

We meet people where they are, not to fix them or tell them how to run their business, but to support them to move beyond limiting habits and beliefs, face difficult issues proactively, challenge one another respectfully, and bring more wisdom and creativity to the table.

At the heart of our work is the practical power of love in action — not as a soft ideal, but as a commitment to bring out the best in ourselves and one another in service of what matters most.

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Executive Coach, Facilitator & Trainer

Sarah White Carr

Sarah White Carr is a facilitator, trainer, and executive coach with more than 30 years of experience helping leaders build healthy, high-performing cultures through effective conversations. As a Culture Counts facilitator and co-creator of Breakthrough Conversations™, she brings a practical, grounded approach to navigating complexity with clarity, candor, and respect.

Known for her warmth and directness, Sarah helps leaders and teams uncover hidden friction, strengthen alignment, and build accountability, commitment, and creativity. She works with Culture Counts and clients through Breakthrough Conversations and Breakthrough Leadership, supporting leaders, executive teams, and organizations to create stronger cultures — one conversation at a time.

“We embedded Sarah Carr in our team. Nearly instantly she built trusting relationships in order to partner with all of us. The positive impact that had on all of us was an ability to learn and grow with the Culture Counts-based process so much faster. Sarah has made it easy to feel like she has been working with us for years.”
Brent Moldowan, President & CEO, George J. Priester Aviation

Sarah White Carr

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