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Sarah Weiler – Founder and Lead FaSILLYtator

Power of Uke was born in 2012 after Sarah saw the transformational impact this little instrument had on her team in a Viennese educational startup. A rare 5 minutes of singing together, when the team was at its most stressed, kick-started a culture of creativity, until music became uke-biquitious in the organisation. On her return to the UK she realised that so many workplaces could do with an injection of joy – and Power of Uke was born!

But now 7 years and 200+ workshops later, Sarah realised there is a deeper need for this work. In an increasingly more stressful world where we are experiencing worrying levels of disconnection and burn-out, it is imperative that we create spaces where people can remove the mask and be themselves, revel in playfulness, access their long-forgotten creativity and switch off for a few hours.

We all have a part of us that wants to play – for some of us it’s buried deep – but it’s there, and if we can give it room to breathe, the impact on our well-being, self-confidence and fulfillment at work and in life is mind-blowing.

Who is Sarah?

  • Sarah has 13 years experience working all over the world as a teacher, coach and facilitator
  • She designed and ran the pilot of the JP Morgan/Hatch Female Founders Accelerator
  • She taught Modern Foreign Languages for 3 years an inner-city Secondary School in London as part of Teach First Leadership Development Programme
  • She spent 2.5 years assessing candidates on their leadership competencies for Teach First Graduate Recruitment
  • Sarah is also a stand-up comedian, TEDx Speaker, performer and DJ, so is very used to dealing with crowds, thinking on her feet and bringing energy into a room.

Check out Sarah’s portfolio here.

Listen to Sarah speaking about Power of Uke on two recent podcasts

The Ideas Lab  |  Collaboration Superpowers

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

  • ''Sarah delivered an exceptional ukulele workshop to my team in Microsoft during an offsite. Her charisma and experience as a facilitator was the perfect mix between professional and fun. Would thoroughly recommend it.''

  • ''I ask my team members all the time if they're using all their skills and they say ''yes'' - but in this workshop I saw them in roles I'd never seen them in before - for some it was a complete transformation.''

  • ''I felt really anxious before I came in and now I feel SO RELAXED and HAPPY! I actually feel like myself again - I haven't felt that way for MONTHS!''

  • 'I haven't checked my phone in two hours - I can't remember the last time I did that! I am, without a doubt, going to be more productive this afternoon now.'

  • ''I've never seen anything like that before - it was team-building without being aware we were team-building!''

  • ''Our team really needed this today. Because they are client- facing they are always 'on'. Today they were able to kick back.''

  • "The shared experience meant I saw my colleagues as human and felt more able to approach them in the future. I was skeptical but I’m really glad our team pushed for this! Power of Uke indeed!"

  • "It was everything I imagined it to be and so much more. It made me feel more human, rather than some robot."

  • ''Sarah is an amazing facilitator/storyteller. She got 40 hard nosed consultants to engage with the ukulele. Thank you for your energy and sense of play - really lit up our evening.''

  • ''The session was two years ago but the team still talk about it, and at the end of every team event the anthem we wrote comes out with pride. Sarah is a unique talent and I couldn't recommend working with her highly enough.''

  • "Power of Uke was a very pleasant surprise in the world of cringe and cheesy team building activities. Sarah is great in the delivery, bringing enough of a corporate aspect to link things together, but keeping it light-hearted and enjoyable"

  • ''I often feel scared of failing or not being good at something so it's nice for us all to be out of our comfort zones and achieve positive results. Sometimes tasks seem intimidating and you don't know where to start - it was good to break it down to smaller tasks. It also help you look at things a bit more creatively and more open to change."

  • "We achieved more than I thought we would. It was fascinating to see how the song writing got us working more creatively as a team - it made me realise how little we modify our styles of working."

  • “Literally the best team building activity I’ve ever done. All of the mixing of groups worked so well, allowed you to work with everyone through the day! Also Sarah’s ability to remember everyone’s names was insane.”

  • ''Sarah's brief was to come into Hello Fresh UK and help us all have more of a ''Growth Mindset'' - she totally nailed it. The whole team left feeling inspired with a real ''can-do'' attitude. What a refreshing change.''

  • 'I feel happy, relaxed and have this smile stuck on my face. I have this new air around me making me feel confident and with a 'can do' attitude. I now have confidence to try out more activities that I never would have dared to do.'

  • 'I feel really happy and at peace, and it's not often this feeling arises in the middle of the work day!'

  • ''The word I was thinking I wanted to feel at the end was ''jovial'' - I'm feeling very jovial now!''