About Us

Based in San Diego, California, Sarah McArthur started *sdedit in 1999 to provide writing and editing services to thought leaders in the leadership, management, executive coaching, and business fields.

With a BA degree from the University of Oregon"English Literature and Environmental Studies"and nearly 20 years' experience in the publishing field, Sarah has been a managing and development editor for more than 15 books and writer or ghostwriter of numerous articles.

Sarah has had significant roles at the Anthony Robbins Companies, the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches, and Marshall Goldsmith Partners. She has played an integral role in many of Marshall's books, including his best-selling management classic, Coaching for Leadership and the Amazon.com, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal #1 best-seller, What Got You Here Won't Get You There.

A highly sought-after editor and writer, Sarah is currently the editor of Business Coaching Worldwide, a forum for leadership and management experts and theorists, and most recently she was managing editor of Executive Guide to Organization Design, Levels of Work and Human Capability, the first book of the Global Organization Design Society's Reading Series.

Writing Experience

Ghostwriter/Writer, Books

  • Global Leadership: The Next Generation by Marshall Goldsmith, Maya Hu-Chan, Cathy Greenberg, Alastair Robertson(FT Prentice Hall, 2003)
  • Orion (pending publication, 2008)

Writer, Book Publication Proposals

  • What Happy Leaders Know (pending publication, 2008)
  • The Practice of Leadership Coaching (Jossey-Bass, 2005)
  • Leading Organizational Learning (Jossey-Bass, 2004)
  • What Happy Companies Know (Prentice Hall, Pearson Education, 2004)
  • Global Leadership: The Next Generation (FT Prentice Hall, 2003)
  • Partnering: The New Face of Leadership (AMACOM, 2003)
  • The Many Facets of Leadership (FT Prentice Hall, 2003)
  • Coaching for Leadership (1e) (Jossey-Bass, 2000)

Ghostwriter/Writer, Articles

  • Coaching Great Leaders column for Business Coaching Worldwide with Marshall Goldsmith
  • Knowledge and Learning column for Fast Company with Jim Bolt
  • "2004 HRPS Annual Global Conference: Interviews and Insights" The Journal of the Human Resource Planning Society 2004, 27:2
  • "Leading Strategically," "You Look Like Me," "Life Cycle Culture Matrix" with Albert A. Vicere, 2004

Copywriter/Team Writer

  • Streeter Communications
  • Zukor Advertising Design
  • Ethos Consulting
  • Phyre Technologies
  • Institute for Strategic Leadership (Drexel University)
  • San Diego Food and Fitness
  • Point Loma Bag Co.

Editorial Experience

Developmental and Managing Book Editor

  • Executive Guide to Organization Design, Levels of Work and Human Capability
    eds. Ken Shepard, Jerry Hunt, Jerry Gray, Sarah McArthur (GO Society, 2007)
  • What Got You Here Won't Get You There
    by Marshall Goldsmith (Hyperion, 2007)
  • Coaching for Leadership: The Practice of Leadership Coaching from the World's Greatest Coaches, eds. Marshall Goldsmith, Laurence Lyons (Jossey-Bass, 2005)
  • Leading Organizational Learning
    eds. Marshall Goldsmith, Howard Morgan, Alexander Ogg(Jossey-Bass, 2004)
  • Human Resources in the 21st Century
    eds. Marc Effron, Robert Gandossy, Marshall Goldsmith (John Wiley & Sons, 2003)
  • Partnering: The New Face of Leadership
    eds. Larraine Segil, Marshall Goldsmith, James Belasco (AMACOM, 2003)
  • The Many Facets of Leadership
    eds. Marshall Goldsmith, Vijay Govindarajan, Beverly Kaye, Albert A. Vicere (FT Prentice Hall, 2003)
  • Leading Authorities on Business
    eds. Marshall Goldsmith, James Belasco (Leading Authorities Press, 2002)
  • The Leadership Investment
    by Robert M. Fulmer, Marshall Goldsmith (AMACOM, 2001)
  • Coaching for Leadership (1e)
    eds. Marshall Goldsmith, Laurence Lyons, Alyssa Freas (Jossey-Bass, 2000)
  • Learning Journeys
    eds. Marshall Goldsmith, Beverly Kaye, Ken Shelton (Davies-Black Publishing, 2000)

Content Editor, Managing Editor, Copyeditor

  • Memo to the CEO: Succession Are You Ready? by Marshall Goldsmith
  • Decision Strategies International Quarterly Journal
  • WS Publishing Group: Simple Principle™ Series
  • Business Coaching Worldwide
  • San Diego Reader
  • Seaside Publishing
  • Greenhaven Press

If there is one thing that I am most passionate about, it is helping authors bring their work to life. Over the past ten years I have been taught and inspired by top thought leaders in the business field and I feel compelled to share this knowledge with others. Because of my extensive background in editing, structuring and writing many compilation books on business subjects, I am able to bring a global perspective to each new project and then organize and execute the plans to bring the project to completion with 100% satisfaction from my clients.

The philosophy at *sdedit is based on four simple words: communication, clarity, cooperation, and care. It's dedication to these concepts that keeps clients coming back. When you need help with the words. Get ready. *sdedit will root out your message, listen to your ideas, and work with you to produce a project that meets with your satisfaction and goes beyond your expectations.

Sarah McArthur,
President/CEO *sdedit

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