Leadership Coaching & Development

Invest in leaders to advance your schools. Investments in your professional and lay leaders empower visionaries to transform their schools into vibrant centers of Jewish learning and community. Prizmah helps leaders gain new skills and knowledge to drive successes in their schools.

Offerings

1. Leadership Coaching
   Coaches have no agenda or curriculum to follow, so you drive the agenda to advance your goals and objectives. Grounded in a deep belief in the capacity and wisdom of individual leaders, coaches ask powerful questions and emphasize self-reflection to support your growth. Whatever your position and needs, Prizmah’s individualized coaching and proven methodology will help you navigate the complex, challenging, sometimes lonely world of day school leadership.
   
   Our leadership coaching takes on many forms—from bi-weekly coaching during the school year (10 months) to weekly year-round coaching and more. Most of our coaches and clients meet over the phone or on a video call; on site coaching visits are also an option. A fruitful coaching relationship is premised on good chemistry between a leader and coach. Critically, you select the coach from Prizmah’s cadre of coaches who best suits your needs and learning style. You hold the wisdom and set the agenda.
   
   We support you as much as you’d like through your coach selection process. Our diverse team will help you find the right coaching match based on need, experience, and personality.
   
   Leadership Coaching is for people in a variety of roles and career stages.
   • Coaching for school leaders can be ongoing through an entire school year.
   • Coaching for individuals transitioning to a new role in their school can be over a three-month period, designed for high impact.
   • Coaching for board chairs and heads of school to foster this critical relationship that significantly influences the school and community, using proven tools and supports to ensure they are equipped, as partners, to tackle whatever challenges they face.

Estimated Cost: $2,500 - $12,500, cost varies depending on frequency and length of session.
Recommended Stakeholders: School leaders, individuals transitioning roles, board chairs and heads of school

2. Leadership Circle Profile
   Your internal way of processing information directly affects how you lead. When you shine a light on your underlying thinking patterns that drive your leadership behavior, you will be able to change how you lead—and sustain that change.
   
   Prizmah uses the Leadership Circle Profile™ (LCP), a best-in-class 360-degree leadership assessment, to help you understand this connection and determine immediate opportunities to further develop your leadership skills. Prizmah conducts the LCP with you discretely and then engages in a 90-minute debrief on the information revealed. Quickly and clearly identify which aspects of your leadership are working, which are not, and why.
   
   The LCP is the first 360-degree profile to connect a well-researched battery of competencies with the underlying and motivating habits of thought. Using a specially designed Profile Map, Prizmah conducts the LCP with you discretely. We then engage in the 90 minute debrief on the information revealed. Why? Ultimately, the LCP increases your inner awareness that affects outward behavior and maximizes your productivity.
   
   The Leadership Circle Profile benefits a school leader because it is:
   • More Revealing - the only leadership 360 assessment that connects patterns of behavior with habits of thought.
   • More Advanced - instantly reveals key opportunities for your leader’s development without reams of documentation.
   • More than Assessment - rich theoretical underpinnings of LCP provide a pathway to transformation.
   • More Efficient - Allows the coach to start at a breakthrough point with a leader rather than spend months trying to reach one.

Estimated Cost: $1,500+
Recommended Stakeholders: Leaders who have been in their roles at least two years or more and veteran leaders who want to identify opportunities to further develop their leadership skills.
Optional Add-Ons: Additional coaching sessions

3. Immunity to Change Facilitation
   The “Immunity to Change” (ITC) process, a powerful framework developed by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey, is designed to help individuals, teams, and organizations identify and overcome internal obstacles to achieve meaningful change. The Immunity to Change™approach is specifically designed to help individuals, work teams, and organizations make those personal and collective changes that are most important to them– but have proven resistant even to thoughtful plans and heartfelt intentions.
   
   Services typically involved in an ITC process
   • Initial Consultation: A preliminary meeting to understand the client’s goals, challenges, and context
   • Immunity Map Creation: Development of a personalized immunity map that visualizes the competing commitments and hidden assumptions preventing change.
   • One-on-One Coaching: Personalized coaching sessions to delve deeper into individual immunity maps and develop tailored action plans.
   • Action Planning: Assistance in creating realistic and actionable plans to implement desired changes
   
   Benefits of ITC Process
   • Enhanced Self-Awareness: Helps individuals and teams gain deeper insights into their behaviors and underlying beliefs.
   • Increased Adaptability: Builds the capacity to adapt to change and embrace new ways of working.
   • Improved Performance: Leads to more effective behaviors and strategies that enhance personal and organizational performance.
   • Sustainable Change: Creates lasting change by addressing root causes rather than just symptoms.

Estimated Cost: $500 for individuals. Customized options available for groups of individuals and teams.
Recommended Stakeholders: School leaders
Optional Add-Ons:  Coaching, facilitated group sessions to foster collective understanding and support among team members

4. Leadership Team Retreats
   Effective leadership plays a pivotal role in shaping our schools. Every school’s leadership team is unique, with its own challenges, goals, and dynamics. Retreats are more than just events; they are catalysts for lasting change. Empower  your senior leadership team with the skills, insights, and mindset needed to navigate complex challenges. Pave the way for sustainable growth and innovation within your school community.
   
   Our team specializes in facilitating dynamic and purpose-driven retreats tailored 
   specifically for school senior leadership teams. Led by experienced facilitators with backgrounds in education and leadership development, our retreats blend cutting-edge methodologies with proven strategies to foster meaningful dialogue, collaboration, and growth.
   
   Through a combination of workshops, interactive exercises, and reflective practices, we go beyond surface-level discussions to help participants gain clarity, build trust, and develop actionable strategies for success.
   
   Our Process:
   1. Consultation: We begin by understanding your school’s unique context, challenges, and goals through in-depth consultations with key stakeholders.
   2. Customization: Based on our assessment, we develop a tailored retreat agenda focused on addressing your specific objectives and priorities.
   3. Execution: Our skilled facilitators guide your leadership team through a series of engaging activities and discussions designed to foster collaboration, alignment, and actionable outcomes.
   4. Follow-Up: We believe that true transformation takes time. That’s why we offer post-retreat support and coaching to help sustain momentum and ensure continued progress.

Estimated Cost: From $2500- $7000+
Recommended Stakeholders: School leadership team

Contact Amy Wasser, Senior Director, Prizmah School Services to learn more.