617-584-5011 nahma@nadich.com

Coaching

Coaching begins with the formation of  a collaborative relationship to crystallize your vision and access your  wisdom and talents in realizing it. The first step  is an initial discovery process to discern strengths and areas for growth and together, map out a plan for success.

Knowing yourself, charting your path for growth
  • Determining and committing to your purpose, aligning your time and resources with it
  • Appreciating your talents and knowing what you can uniquely contribute to any team
  • Identifying your areas for growth, determining pathways for continuous improvement
  • Acknowledging and moving past mistakes, becoming a lifelong learner in an ever-changing landscape
  • Acting assertively and knowing which battles to fight
Achieving sustainability in your work
  • Navigating work-life balance, honoring a commitment to yourself, your family, and workplace
  • Assessing your opportunities for growth and advancement toward your career goals in your current position
  • Knowing when and how to leave
Honing your communication skills
  • Having courageous conversations that respect the interests of the other person while not diminishing your own
  • Expanding your understanding of, and ability to communicate with co-workers with different communication styles
  • Choosing the most effective platform for communicating
Leading a high-performing team
  • Creating and nurturing a healthy staff culture, one in which every member feels challenged and valued
  • Becoming adept at evaluating team performance, course correcting as needed
  • Planning, implementing, and evaluating meetings that maximize participation and achieve outcomes
Supervising to nurture and support excellence
  • Acknowledging and accommodating different identities and styles, cultivating strengths, and promoting success
  • Modeling being a supervisor who invites and incorporates feedback
  • Prioritizing and celebrating the leadership and contributions of others
  • Holding staff accountable for performance through a lens of support and compassion

Training and Consultation

Through my years of experience tackling the tough challenges facing organizations today, I’ve developed expertise in the art of building nimble and healthy teams positioned to advance their missions and effect change. I offer workshops on the topics below, as well as customizable consultation, tailored to your specific organization’s needs. Additionally, I am available to design and facilitate retreats and high stakes meetings to maximize participation and impact. 

Navigating moments of organizational change
  • Determining vision, goals, and strategy
  • Understanding the larger landscape in which you operate
  • Identifying unique and timely opportunities
  • Engaging your staff and board in a process of change
Positioning your organization to effect social change
  • Cultivating relationships and identifying shared goals for collective action
  • De-escalating conflict and building consensus across diverse perspectives and differences of identity and ideology
  • Meeting the unique challenges of effecting change as a mainstream organization
Mastering the Art of Staff/Lay Relationships
  • Forming collaborative staff/lay partnerships, with clearly delineated roles
  • Navigating changes in leadership, adapting to the unique style of each new partner
  • Cultivating the leadership of your board chair, recognizing the moments when you need to step back –  knowing when to lead and when to support
Building a high-performing team
  • Clarifying roles and functions
  • Developing healthy modes of communication
  • Planning and implementing effective meetings
  • Interpreting and navigating complex political terrain

    As a coach, Nommi has always had a superpower for articulating my own strengths and areas for growth in ways that I may not always be able to on my own. Over many years of guidance and mentorship, this has been a real gift and continues to help me better understand my own foundational skill set and purpose.

    Director of Synagogue Organizing

    When I was considering a major career change, Nahma helped me think through how to make sure I would be successful on this new path. With her deep listening skills, warmth, thoughtful questions, and incredibly wise insights and ideas, I  came away more confident and armed with ideas and plans that have been essential to my thriving in this new field.  

    Director of Development, National Justice Training and Fellowship Program

    Nommi has been an insightful and supportive mentor for me over the 14 years we have worked together. She is a wonderfully effective thought partner and strategic thinker, who was always willing to listen and coach me on how to have challenging conversations with colleagues, external stakeholders, and volunteers.

    Director of Community Engagement

    In my twelve years of being coached by Nommi, our meetings were, for me, an essential and invaluable course in work and life.  Nahma approaches everything with thorough and disciplined insight, creative and expansive problem-solving,  and with encouragement to take actions which uplift and honor people in dignity. 

    Founder and Executive Director of a local volunteer service organization

    Nommi is wise, warm, an incredible listener, a creative strategist, and the absolute best person to have in your corner in virtually all circumstances but especially when you are trying to navigate complex situations. She coaches with compassion, she is politically savvy, and she is desperately funny to boot.

    Senior Advisor and Former ED of a Justice Training and Fellowship Program

    I have been fortunate to have Nommi as an executive board member for over 6 years of my career. She has fostered my leadership development, and with her guidance, I became a better coach by providing valuable feedback to staff. She is a skilled sounding board, in navigating difficult situations. She is exceptional at confirming if you are on the right track and honest if she sees any adjustments needed. 

    Executive Director, Local broad-based interfaith organization