Management coaching or training interest form:

Cultivating mission-centered, inclusive, and supportive managers

"I have found Sarah Bennett and the Rooted Edge team to be hard working, dependable and committed to strong core values and practices. Her guidance on a myriad of topics and every changing circumstances in the world has been a treasured asset to Waxman Strategies.

I appreciate the counsel, partnership, and friendship Sarah brings to her partnership with our mission-based firm. She's driven to make change in the world, cares deeply about helping her clients build the teams they need, while also strengthening their approach to management and DEIJ values day to day. She's a listening ear when you need one, brings fresh perspective to any challenge, always with an upbeat demeanor and outlook. Sarah and her team would be an asset to any partner they work beside.

Aliya DeGeneste-Wheeler
Vice President of People and Culture
Waxman Strategies

Rooted Edge Consulting offers services to support managers at nonprofits because we believe in the power of managers to strengthen mission-driven work. We also know that managing staff is challenging, in part because we are not always given a playbook. Through our coaching work, training sessions, and management projects with nonprofits, we bring our years of experience managing staff, building organizations, working with leaders at dozens of nonprofits, and training and commitment around diversity, equity, and inclusion best practices to every project. For more information on our upcoming management trainings, please scroll to the bottom of this page.

Whether you are utilizing our coaching services or attending one of our training sessions, our emphasis and approach to management focuses on these themes:

• A belief in the crucial role managers play in advancing an organization’s mission and that refining/ strengthening manager’s skills/ approach will have an impact on advancing the organization's programs and goals.

• Emphasis on listening, creating a positive setting where staff feel supported, while building a culture of feedback

• Ensuring an equitable and inclusive setting in all areas of management

• Goal-oriented setting, ambitious but realistic. Emphasis on planning and prioritizing.

• The importance of managers using core tools and refining and strengthening those -- tools include weekly individual check-ins, group meetings, aligning on goals, and working with their staff to develop plans and prioritize.

Our Founder, Sarah Bennett is lead on most of our coaching and training services, with input, advice, and close partnership with Rooted Edge’s Senior Recruiter and Training Specialist, Lindsay Crowder, who played a lead role in training content development. You can read more about Sarah and Lindsay’s backgrounds and expertise here.

“My favorite thing about last week's training was going over how to set up your staff for success by asking them questions like, 'this week would be successful if...' I tried it on my last check in, and it really helped them figure out what to prioritize.”

Viktoria W. Coaching4Change

Time to Meet! Weekly Individual Check-ins Attendee, 2023

“The training was well-organized, and you balanced participation with delivery of content to keep us engaged. The training helped me to strengthen my skills for both project management and ongoing planning around staff responsibilities. . . Thanks for offering this highly practical and beneficial training to strengthen nonprofit missions!”

Stephanie P.
Setting Goals and Developing
Plans with your Staff
Attendee, 2024

Management Coaching & Support:

Through our management coaching service, we partner with your organization to help coach and train one or more of your managers. We can work one-on-one with your new or seasoned manager to help strengthen their management skills, orientation, and approach.

We’ll design the coaching plan which works best for you, but most of our projects include: direct training on core management skills and tools; observation and intake; providing tools and templates to help with efficiency; and ongoing coaching/ listening sessions, ongoing observation and feedback; problem-solving around your biggest pain points. A few examples of the challenges we could decide to address together include: strengthening your ability to give effective feedback to your staff; goal setting and planning; making your team meetings more effective, engaging, and inclusive; ensuring weekly check-ins lay the foundation for the best possible week ahead; strengthening your process for an upcoming hiring project with strong DEI values and best recruiting practices; managing multiple staff, including managers; or designing a training and plan around a skill or proficiency for an area of growth with your staff.

Please visit here to learn about our various coaching packages, including our Mini but Mighty - Four Coaching Calls - Package which we’re now offering in Fall 2024.

"As a management coach, Sarah took a lot of time and care to understand my challenges and needs as a manager and was genuinely interested in helping me succeed. Her feedback was insightful and her approach to helping with challenges I was facing was solution-oriented, with clear steps for moving forward. Rooted Edge is a valued member of our team and has been an integral part of our organization's growth and development over the years-- we would recommend working with Sarah and her team again and again!"

Casey Nitsch
Development Director
Mighty Earth

Types of managers Rooted Edge Consulting is best positioned to work with:

• New Managers

• Mid-level managers/ managers recently taking on a larger management role

• Executive Directors/those in leadership roles at small nonprofits

Click here to read more about how our coaching benefits each of these types of roles

Which coaching package is right for you?

We would love to hear from you, hear more about your organization, the particular challenges you and your management team struggle with, and come up with the project and approach that will work best for you. Please email us Sarah at the email below or fill out our interest form and we can send more details, answer questions, and ideally set up a zoom chat!

We also offer a free 20 minute coaching session to give the manager a chance to meet Sarah, and explore challenges together. We believe this is helpful for giving potential coaching clients a taste of our approach and how we can help. It's also best to email us at the address below to set this up.

Management Training Sessions:

Rooted Edge Consulting offers training sessions over zoom with Sarah Bennett and another member of our team for managers seeking training in key management skills, proficiencies, and best practices. Each session includes overviews, slide deck presentation, and a combination of relevant discussion and practice to help you fully dig in!

Upcoming 2024 Management training sessions, dates, and times:

For descriptions of each management training session and more details on our training program, please visit here.

• Management - Big Picture (including the role of the manager, qualities of an effective manager, and creating an ideal setting for your team): Next session: Tues, Oct 29, 2024 11am- 12:15pm EST

• Group meetings: Prepping and running group meetings your team looks forward to, getting the most out of them, ensuring input and roles for all involved, sample agendas and more! Next session: Wed, Nov 13, 2024 12pm - 1:15pm EST

• It's all about the plans! Setting Goals & Developing Plans with Your Staff: Next session: Thurs Nov 21, 2024 12pm - 1:15pm EST

• Train them up! Running trainings with your staff - effective ways to teach skills and more: Next session: Thurs, Dec 5, 2024 12pm- 1:15pm EST

• Time to meet! Weekly Individual Check-Ins With Your Staff: how to prep, effectively support your staff, and ensure the best possible week ahead: Next session: Wed, Dec 11, 2024 11am - 12:15pm

Please fill out an interest form below or email us if you are interested in signing up for a training or have any questions or if you are looking for additional details. The first session is free if it's you and your organization's first session with us and additional sessions cost $65 per session.

We offer a discount rate of $50 per person per session to organizations sending three or more attendees to a scheduled session. You can also reach out if you are interested in scheduling a management training session for a group of your organization's managers.

(Please note: Management coaching clients can include these training sessions in a coaching package and some of our coaching work would likely pull from this content.)

Rate and Billing Information

Sarah Bennett is a true star of management coaching. She listened carefully to our team, rapidly identified the needs, and designed a program to build the management skills that were necessary for success. I’ve never seen a management coach deliver with such efficiency— and would recommend her to anyone.

Glenn Hurowitz
CEO, Mighty Earth