Coaching, Consulting
and Training for Leaders
and Teams
I offer leadership coaching, team and organizational development for those doing work that has positive social, political, or environmental impact.
My focus is on supporting organizational health and growth through a balance of inner social-emotional skills & outer structures and practices that support harmony for individuals and the collective.
“Sarai Shapiro was such a joy to work with. She integrates systems thinking with practical startup tools and ritual to create an easeful flow to get us up and running. Her years of experience clearly show in all that she does and she is able to pick up on subtle things in the field that are very important for the success of the group. So grateful to have gotten to work with her and hope to more in the future"
Dor Haberer, Co-founder of Kinhood
AREAS OF SUPPORT
New initiatives:
I am available for individuals or groups with a vision that needs support to get it off the ground. I can help you face individual or group stopping points, assess assets and constraints, get unified with your team, and create a realistic and inspiring strategic plan.
Organizational Growth:
Similar to the life cycle of a plant or a human, organizations go through archetypal and significant life-cycle changes. When an organization reaches the next stage of growth I can support your team with an observation, listening and feedback process that results in updated organizational priorities, structures, and goals.
Liberatory Structures and Decentralizing Leadership:
Many organizations and businesses are recognizing the need to re-distribute power, leadership roles and how decisions are made. But, how? This can be a complex process and is different for every group, as each organization has its own unique eco-system. Through an organizational assessment we can together discover what is wanting to emerge to support staff empowerment and organizational health.
Support for Founders and Executive Directors:
Being a founder and/or Executive Director can at times be a lonely and thankless job. I can support you to stay connected to what matters most, to find your voice of wisdom in big decisions, to work through personal and professional struggles, and bring your authentic leadership to your co-workers and networks, and when the time is right transition your role in the organization.
Leadership Training and Coaching:
Training and coaching for leaders on leadership skills, decision making, prioritizing, supporting (managing) other staff, cultivating intuitive and creative leadership skills, systems thinking, designing meaningful rituals, and more.
The problem is the solution.
Hi, I’m Sarai.
I believe in the power of people coming together to birth a regenerative, just, and peaceful world, and I think our future depends on it. It is my great joy to support folks furthering the missions of transformation, healing, and care so dearly needed on this planet. As a systems thinker I draw from the inspiration and vast intelligence of the natural world to support building health and resiliency inside of human systems.
I am intimately familiar with the tensions and problems that leaders and organizations face as they passionately work towards their vision. I have seen that the permaculture principle, “The problem is the solution,” is a reliable framework to apply to these tensions. Outside support can guide the transformation of these challenges into solutions that point the way towards what is naturally emerging in the organization.
My organizational coaching draws from my life-long love and study of the natural world, supporting groups and training leaders from within organizations, training and mentorship with We Are Open Circle, combined with an ontological approach to coaching from the Academy for Coaching Excellence, one of the most rigorous training schools accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). See my full bio here.
“Not only did Sarai help us meet our aims as a group. She helped us get to a place where we knew what our aims were! Sarai was able to get up to speed quickly on an organizational, personal, and soulful level. She supported us with deep conversation, listening, brainstorming, visioning, and more. She helped us to honor the most important parts of our work, our integrity, our relationships with our communities, and our dreams”.
Ben Poretzky, Co-Founder of Kinhood