Luminaries Consulting

08/20/2025

Sometimes your “network” just becomes your “friends”. This crew all met when we were practically babies. So fun to catch up with these brilliant and inspirational women and their amazing journeys!

08/08/2025

Throwback to June when Partner & Cofounder Holly LaBoda represented Luminaries at TMSA’s Elevate conference. Highlights include leading a panel on getting, keeping and growing your ideal clients. Making new connections and catching up with old ones, and exploring beautiful Austin, TX!

08/08/2025

On site with a new client this week working on negotiations. I know one logistics team whose hardest part of their job just got a little easier!

05/28/2025

Over breakfast today my 3 yo dropped some compelling inspiration - about me going out to buy more of his favorite snack.
It made me laugh, and I haven’t forgotten yet (so part 1 done), so I thought it deserved a 30-second AI cheesy successory type poster.
Hope it inspires you today!

04/29/2025

The first TIA Sales Summit was a success! Sara had a blast talking Enterprise Selling & more with friends from the industry.

04/11/2025

A big part of what we do at Luminaries Consulting is helping the teams we work with learn new skills in sales, account management, and leadership.

Today, I am helping in a very different classroom - on a very different subject.

Helping kindergartners learn about art and make their own art project!

I’m happy to report that everyone learned AND had fun. Check and check!

02/21/2025

Had the chance to visit an important part of the luminaries origin story today. Once upon a time, this super smart lady hired us both. 😆 So fun to see today and her new baby the ☕️🍷

02/11/2025

Can’t wait to share strategies for getting, keeping, and growing enterprise customers at this event!

Want to stay on top of today's rapidly changing marketplace? Join us at the to hear from experts, Holly Laboda and Sara Black, from Luminaries Consulting . Don’t miss out – register now at https://bit.ly/3DbLTDZ!

10/30/2024

A sure-fire way to make me frustrated? Spending time re-hashing decisions we have already made. I (and my close colleagues and friends) have know this for a while. But did you know there is a way to guess this might be the case WITHOUT knowing me super well?

2 weeks ago I lead a group of leaders through workshop that helped them understand their own style and recognize that of others. We used a common tool called DiSC and at Luminaries Consulting, we love this tool for helping leaders and salespeople (or anyone) better work with others.

Salespeople, step back into my above example for a moment. Imagine you were trying to sell something to me and each time we spoke, we were re-hashing decisions that didn’t need rehashing - or spending too much time (in my opinion) discussing options or talking ABOUT things without making decisions. That would not be a successful sale - because I am a strong Di style and have a bias for action.

But you don’t need to see my assessment results to guess that this might be the case. Once you know the model, you can simply observe how I talk, my body language, and the words I use and you can get pretty directionally accurate. As salespeople, it’s like knowing a secret code to help you better connect with your prospects (or employees, colleagues, etc).

Have you ever worked with someone you didn’t “click” with, and a subtle tweak to your approach made a difference?

04/11/2024

Strong start to last night. Great seeing old friends, like this crew and others, and meeting new ones.
If you’re in Phoenix this week we’d love to say hi!

04/05/2024

The Luminaries Consulting team is headed to and can’t wait to reconnect with friends and meet new people. We are each speaking on Friday. Will we see you there?

02/14/2024

Still loving helping companies grow, adventuring, and hiking together!