TOOLS TO HELP SOCIAL IMPACT LEADERS AND TEAMS THRIVE IN A WORLD THAT NEEDS THEM.

WHAT DO WE DO?

A coaching culture fosters continuous growth, leadership development, and deeper engagement within an organization or community. By integrating coaching principles into daily interactions, leaders empower individuals to maximize their potential and create lasting impact.

Why Build a Coaching Culture?

Enhances personal and professional development.
Strengthens collaboration and team dynamics.
Encourages reflective practice and learning.
Drives social impact by equipping individuals to lead effectively.

We partner with organizations to bring this to life in their spaces. We do this in two ways.

OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH US

GROW: A Mindful Leadership Team Building Workshop

At the heart of every thriving team is the courage to grow. Grow is a half-day mindfulness and leadership workshop designed to help teams root into their purpose, share stories that deepen connection, and align personal vision with organizational mission. Through storytelling, reflection, and coaching practices inspired by the words of Audre Lorde, participants explore the question: What risks must we take in order to truly bloom—individually and collectively? This experience invites teams to slow down, recenter, and cultivate a culture where clarity, care, and courage are the foundation for growth.

Workshop Goals:

Ground the team in purpose and presence: Invite participants to reflect on what anchors them personally and professionally through guided mindfulness and intentional conversation.
Cultivate deep roots through shared stories and connection: Use narrative exercises to build trust and illuminate the lived experiences that shape how each team member leads and contributes.
Practice leadership coaching through storytelling: Equip participants with frameworks to tell and receive stories that clarify purpose, affirm values, and inspire change. This includes using coaching questions to draw out deeper meaning from personal and team narratives.
Water personal visions and align with organizational mission: Create space for individuals to envision a thriving future self and identify where their aspirations meet the mission of the team or organization.
Encourage collective flourishing through mindfulness and clarity: Offer grounding practices that help the group pause, notice, and realign—fostering a shared culture of care, clarity, and collaboration.

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CREATING A COACHING CULTURE TRAINING

A coaching culture equips organizations with the tools to create systems where leaders are not just managing—but actively growing—the people they support. When leaders use coaching as a core part of their management approach, they foster accountability, trust, and meaningful development. Coaching also boosts team sustainability, engagement, and productivity.

What You’ll Learn:

Transformational one-on-one coaching conversations that support performance, growth, and alignment (Participants must be enrolled in our public or private Coaching Foundations course to fully adopt our coaching pedagogy.)

How to conduct wholeness-based performance reviews grounded in feedback, aligned vision, core values, and actionable next steps on a consistent review calendar
Integrating coaching questions and presence into your everyday leadership style
Utilizing coaching tools to retain talent and reduce burnout
Fostering emotional intelligence and psychological safety within your team
Building systems that allow for feedback without hierarchySession Details:
This training is a 4-hour session and can be delivered either online or in person.

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COACHING LEADERS

Our Social Impact Leadership coaches bring over 100 hours of dedicated learning and are committed to expanding the impact and capacity of organizations and teams. Through coaching, we help leaders set personal and professional goals, enhance workflow efficiency, and develop strategic approaches to deepen their investment in communities. We provide a structured coaching catalog and a system for team members to select the right coach, while also managing the entire process. This ensures targeted professional development and continuous learning for your team.

CASE STUDIES

Black Men Teach

Black Men Teach is dedicated to creating an environment in Minnesota where Black male elementary educators not only enter the profession—but thrive in it. They partner with universities to support the development of Black men into high-impact, passionate educators. Their initial goal: for each of their eight partner schools to have at least 20% of their teaching staff made up of Black men.

To reach this goal, Black Men Teach employs a unique model led by classroom-based coaches—current educators who are actively shaping the next generation. In 2023, Black Men Teach partnered with Messy Roots to deepen the development of their coaching team. Together, they designed a customized training approach to help coaches grow in their leadership and effectiveness—while also protecting against burnout.

Their coaches participated in the Coaching Foundations course, and their directors received personalized, one-on-one coaching from Mario, ensuring tailored support at every level of leadership.

The results have been remarkable: today, Black male teachers make up no less than 40% of the educators in each of their eight partner schools—doubling their original target. This success is a direct reflection of intentional investment in leadership and sustained development.

In addition, Black Men Teach has retained over 90% of its coaching team, allowing for deep, consistent relationships between coaches and the educators they support.

Our partnership with Black Men Teach continues, as we provide ongoing coaching and leadership development to support their vision and amplify their impact.

Native Renewables

Native Renewables is an Indigenous-led organization advancing solar power knowledge and solutions with Hopi and Diné (Navajo) families and communities. They specialize in installing off-grid solar systems with battery storage to bring reliable power to households across the Navajo and Hopi Nations.

A key challenge for Native Renewables was their team structure—over 20 team members spread across different locations, with some living and working off-grid. This decentralized setup made leadership development and internal communication particularly complex. The organization needed a way to grow leaders from within who could manage teams effectively despite the logistical hurdles.

In 2023, Native Renewables partnered with Messy Roots to address this leadership development gap. Through this collaboration, managers received coaching training, including a Coaching Foundations course designed to equip them with the skills to lead impactful one-on-one coaching conversations with team members. The program also included 360-degree reviews and introduced a structure for regular team development: bi-weekly team conversations and quarterly feedback sessions.

As a result of the training, Native Renewables has successfully cultivated new leaders from within. One standout example is Chelsea Chee, who stepped into a key leadership role, helping further expand the organization’s mission and impact.

Since the leadership training, Native Renewables has seen impressive results: team expansion, a job satisfaction increase, and a retention rate now exceeding 95%.