Consulting & Coaching for schools and organizations
Organizational Consulting and Coaching
Coaching, particularly when it includes Emotional Intelligence (EI) coaching, can be highly beneficial for organizations in various ways. Here are several ways in which incorporating Emotional Intelligence into the coaching experience can help organizations improve:
- Enhanced Leadership Skills: EI coaching aids leaders in developing self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and social skills, which are crucial for effective leadership. Leaders with high EI are adept at understanding and managing their emotions, as well as those of their team members, leading to better decision-making, communication, and conflict resolution.

- Improved Team Dynamics: EI coaching helps team members understand and appreciate each other’s emotions, leading to improved collaboration, communication, and trust within teams. Teams with high levels of EI tend to be more cohesive, innovative, and productive.
- Better Conflict Resolution: Employees with high EI are better equipped to manage conflicts constructively and resolve issues amicably. EI coaching helps employees develop skills in managing their emotions during conflicts and effectively communicating to find solutions that benefit all parties involved.
- Increased Employee Engagement and Well-being: Emotionally intelligent employees are better at managing stress, building positive relationships, and staying motivated. EI coaching fosters resilience, empathy, and optimism, leading to higher levels of engagement, job satisfaction, and overall well-being.
- Enhanced Customer Relationships: Employees with high EI are better at understanding and responding to customers’ emotions, leading to improved customer service and satisfaction. EI coaching develops skills in empathy, active listening, and emotional management, which are essential for building strong relationships with customers.
- Boosted Performance and Productivity: Developing EI skills enables employees to better focus their energy and attention, manage their time effectively, and stay motivated to achieve their goals. This leads to improved performance, productivity, and overall organizational success.
- Reduced Turnover and Absenteeism: Employees with high EI are more resilient in the face of challenges and better equipped to manage stress, which can lead to lower turnover rates and reduced absenteeism. EI coaching helps employees develop skills to cope with workplace pressures and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
Overall, Emotional Intelligence coaching can positively impact organizational culture, employee well-being, teamwork, leadership effectiveness, and ultimately, the organization’s performance and success.
School/Organizational Leadership Development
Our consulting and coaching team is made up of a group of people with extensive experience working in schools. Starting with Ana Marsh, our CEO, who worked in NYC public schools for over two decades, including 13 years in school administration, 7 of which she served as a high school principal. During her time as an administrator, she and her school community were able to amazing positive changes which supported students, families, and staff. Through the trials and tribulations of running a 100% free and reduced lunch school, creating strong socio emotional supports that led to great academic achievement. During her time in the school:
- Graduation rates increased over 25% and many students even graduated within 3 and 3 1/2 years ready to go to college or the world of work.
- Many students were able to take advantage of the opportunity to take free college classes and succeed during their time in high school.
- Students and staff leadership increased throughout the school.
- Suspension rates reduced over 68% in one year alone and continued from then on.
- Restorative Justice Practices were implemented in the school.
- Parents were offered self-development workshops, which let to families creating better opportunities for themselves and their communities, allowing the whole family to thrive.
- Students were offered self-development workshops, facilitated by a team of staff and students, who became trained in the same curriculum. Many of the students who attended these workshops, despite having entered the school performing at a low to average level, graduated being part of the Honor Society.
- Holistic approach to working with students was implemented in the entire school, creating an atmosphere of comfort and support, giving them the ability to grow and perform at their best.
- A single shepherd model was implemented, allowing every single student to be known well by at least one adult in the building, which research has shows is a key to student success.
- Students, staff, and families were able to take part of “yoga with the principal” and later in “coffee with the principal”, and daily “virtual meditation sessions to help relieve stress” (during the COVID-19 shutdown). All these were focused on mental health and wellness for families as a whole, allowing for a different and meaningful form of family engagment and support, especially during such trying times.
- Mental Health Services were also available to students in the school, which allowed for students to be able to have a place to manage their anxiety and stress, making classes and school life more manageable.
- And much more.


In addition to our CEO, we are excited to have a number of experienced consultants and coaches, that can help with different aspects of the school/organization, helping you create a healthier and better environment for all and at the same time, maintaining rigour and engagement.

Here are several ways coaching can help improve school and organizational development :
- Develop leadership competencies and increase performance
- Accelerate organizational growth
- Help develop ad growth Mindset
- Manage initiatives that can bring positive change
- Learn to delegate
- Design and implement coaching programs in your organization
- Learn to build capacity in others
- Create a coaching culture
- Discover and address issues of equity
- Optimize individual and teamwork performance
Take your first step and call Mindful Consulting & Coaching Services. We provide a 30-minute free consultation to help you explore if our services are a fit for you.
Partnership with Schools
Ana Marsh previously presented for Columbia University School of Social Work’s Continuing Education, She led a half-day Virtual Workshop, entitled ‘”Schools That Heal & Social Workers as Leaders in the Process.”
Link to the event:
https://mailchi.mp/2e22cd6d3519/sign-up-now-315-workshop-on-childhood-teen-eating-problems-ces-available-238017?e=3fa21a6445
