Sustainable impact for leaders and teams
Building relationships that move you forward
Leaders
Executive Coaching | Team Dynamics | Conflict Resolution | Board Training | 360° Evaluations
Educational Excellence
Customized PD | Advancing Teaching and Learning |Hebrew Literacy and Assessment
Our Team
Dr. Scott Goldberg
Founder & Principal
Rabbi Dr. Barry Kislowicz
Senior Director
Yael Harari
Director
Bayla Oster Kopel
Director of Hebrew Reading Programs
Elanna Reiss
Associate
This core team is supplemented by additional experts carefully selected for each of our projects.
What people say about us ...
"It was a pleasure to work with Scott Goldberg Consulting to help source our new Junior High School Principal, Rabbi Stephen Knapp. I appreciated all the support from the SGC Team and the consensus building process helped YCQ find the right person to lead our Junior High School. Rabbi Knapp now begins his position with full support of all the involved stakeholders. We are very excited to have Rabbi Knapp join the YCQ Family. "
Rabbi Mark Landsman, PrincipalYeshiva of Central Queens, Flushing, NY
"Dr. Goldberg and his SGC team guided our search for a school leader with aplomb and wisdom. They took the time and applied their formidable skills to learn about JKHA/RKYHS to focus their search on candidates aligned with our Mission. They adeptly guided us through the interview process and were candid, responsive and insightful at every stage of the search. SGC's deep knowledge of the leadership landscape and Dr. Goldberg's stellar reputation inspired confidence in the process. I strongly recommend institutions engage SGC for their next executive search."
Rabbi Eliezer E. Rubin, Klatt Family Rosh HaYeshiva and Head of School Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy/Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School, Livingston, NJ
“Our experience in partnering with SGC was excellent. Scott and his team brought an invaluable wealth of knowledge and insights into a daunting process of finding an ideal Head of School. Scott and his team made themselves available throughout the process for both scheduled and unscheduled conversations. The team spent a lot of time really understanding our school, our community, our culture, and our needs. At the end of the process, we ended up with an outstanding choice as our next Head of School. I would wholeheartedly use SGC again for any future search.”
Davi KutnerCo-chair of Search Committee, Atlanta Jewish Academy, Atlanta, GA
"Dr. Goldberg is an active listener and deeply works to understand the culture and milieu of my institution. He brings an immense wealth of knowledge of education, leadership, and governance, and has unparalleled fluency in and understanding of the inner-workings of systems. But, first and foremost, Dr. Goldberg is an educator. He doesn't dictate, but teaches; he never simply tells me what to do, but teaches me how to think. He's invested in helping me develop my own leadership style, not in creating a leader in his own image. Put differently, the goal of his coaching and mentorship is not to create a reliant and dependent client, but one that is well-equipped and confident to independently recognize and navigate the challenges of leadership and organizational health."
Rabbi David Block, Head of SchoolShalhevet, Los Angeles
"Barry Kislowicz’s experience and wisdom can be of great help to leaders in all fields, but especially for the rabbinate. His intimate knowledge of the Orthodox community - earned in the trenches of day school leadership - gives him tools that can help every rabbi. Barry is thoughtful, kind and insightful. You will enjoy and benefit from working with him.”
Rabbi Chaim StrauchlerRabbi, Congregation Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, NJ
“Working with Scott has been fantastic. In our work together, he strikes the balance between making me feel at ease and asking probing questions that challenge me to think and act differently. He also balances opportunities for me to reflect and uncover solutions for myself with direct advice and teaching depending on what I need most. His knowledge of schools, facility with systems thinking, and acute awareness of social-emotional dynamics make him an uncommonly helpful guide to the complex school environment. I walk away from sessions with Scott with a new, clear perspective on how to approach my work challenges and the confidence that I can become the leader I aspire to be.”
Dr. Shira Heller, Associate PrincipalMa’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls
“I had the pleasure of working with Scott as president and board chair of the school my children attended. Scott shared both deep strategic insights on governance, along with practical advice, that were nothing short of transformative for me and our board. He was great to work with, smart and thoughtful at every turn. I cannot give a stronger recommendation to any educational institution looking for aconsultant to navigatechange.”
Harry Nelson, Healthcare Attorney, Author
"Last year, our community brought on Dr. Goldberg to help navigate a change in the Head of School. The succession from a much beloved principal to a new HOS was fraught with many issues besides just finding the right individual. Dr. Goldberg was able to deftly navigate many different kinds of complex problems to set the school on course for success in its next chapter. The institution could have easily been severely damaged, if not destroyed. Dr. Goldberg has contacts, expertise, and people skills that are extremely valuable to help out day school communities and lay leaders as they try to improve their school systems. I highly recommend Dr. Goldberg...He is the consummate professional, confident, and knows how to get the job done for whatever he is hired to do for a given institution."
Rabbi Dovid AsherKeneseth Beth Israel, Richmond, VA
"Working with Rabbi Dr. Kislowicz and Dr. Goldberg has been a game changer in my personal and professional development. I have found coaches that have invested in me, shown care and compassion coupled with their deep understanding and knowledge of the field of leadership. I am so glad to be working with them as it has strengthened my practice and the product that I am able to offer our teachers, students and parents."
Rabbi Jordan Sylvestri, Head of SchoolBeren Academy, Houston
"Under the excellent guidance of SGC Consulting, our school has been propelled to new heights, with a renewed sense of excitement and equipped with the strategic mindset needed for the next stages of our growth. SGC has a command on providing creative solutions which are out-of-the-box, especially for complicated situations which seem unsolvable."
Sam ZailaBoard President, Phoenix Hebrew Academy
“I’ve been exposed to various strategic plans throughout my career and the one that SGC helped our school create stands out as the most comprehensive. It balances ambition with attainability, setting high standards while keeping goals realistic. I want to extend my gratitude to Barry Kislowitz for his leadership on this project, ensuring that we elevate our expectations while maintaining practicality."
Rabbi Elisha Paul, Head of SchoolRichmond Hebrew Day School
"In my two decades of engagement with the school, I have never encountered a consulting process as thorough and professional as the one undertaken with SGC.
Following our collaborative efforts on a strategic plan, I feel confident that our school is poised not simply to survive, but also to fully grow and thrive. Through this strategic planning process, we have gained a roadmap which shifted our perspective from that of a mere one-room schoolhouse to a visionary outlook for the Jewish children of Richmond."
Helen Griffin Community Volunteer Richmond, VA
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