Ben Sachs, President

Ben Sachs, President of The Landing Group, is an expert in management, strategy, negotiation, and communication. He serves on the teaching faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law (profile), offering courses on negotiation, public speaking, and legal ethics. Ben also provides consulting and training services for government and private sector organizations in the United States and internationally. His past clients cover a wide range of industries, from law firms to telecommunications providers to retail and more.

Ben’s professional career spans law and business, first serving as a litigator at Sidley Austin LLP and then as a strategic management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group before moving to Storyblocks, a technology and stock media company repeatedly named among the fastest-growing companies by Inc. magazine. At Storyblocks, Ben served as general counsel and chief operating officer, overseeing product development, marketing, content acquisition, customer retention, analytics, and strategy, ultimately helping secure the company’s private-equity acquisition in 2020.

Ben earned his B.A. as an Echols Scholar and Jefferson Scholar at the University of Virginia and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif and a member of the Virginia Law Review. After law school, he served as a law clerk for Judge. T.S. Ellis, III, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria. He lives outside Washington, D.C.

Our Approach

The Landing Group provides management coaching, strategic consulting, and practical skills training for teams at every level based on years of academic and real-world experience.
We help you build high-performance teams and deliver world-class practical skills training for both senior leaders and team members in all sectors, from law and government to technology and media companies. No fluff, no nonsense — just actionable advice tailored to each individual or organization.

Seminar Feedback

Perhaps one of the best, if not the best, CLE presentation I’ve heard in my 30 years of practice.
This was one of the best, most useful, and well-delivered CLE sessions I’ve ever had. It would be useful to anyone in both their professional and personal lives. This was really outstanding.
This was easily the best, most useful CLE I have ever experienced. The content of the program was very informative and practical. And the instructor’s delivery was excellent and engaging.
Ben is a phenomenal speaker and presenter. He packed a serious punch into this one-hour seminar.
 Ben is a gift in his field. His ability to meet the audience at their level is amazing.
Really fantastic presentation about being aware of our own personalities and those of other people, with a practical focus on how to translate that awareness into positive results in the business context.
The speaker was outstanding and truly did a masterful job.
Best I’ve attended in 12 years. Very practical and instantly useful.
It was excellent, one of the best CLE’s I have attended.