Leadership Coaching

Working hard to improve our communities and our planet is the calling, but sometimes the path feels lonely, unfulfilling, or unsustainable. Need a thought partner? A truth teller? A hype-person? 1:1 coaching supports social impact and public policy leaders to be at ease where they are and confident about where they want to go.

Growing into a new role
Career transitions
Addressing burnout

Team Development

When your flock flies together, they can go far. But maintaining the flock is hard. Team development offerings build clarity, cohesion and trust, supporting team morale and productivity.

Retreats
Strategic planning
Workshops
Drop-in coaching

Strategic Advisory

Your organization’s passion and purpose is clear, but getting to results in today’s complex environment might not be. Wingspan supports philanthropies, non-profits, and advocacy organizations – especially in health policy and health care transformation – to find a path to impact.

Priority setting
Landscape and policy analysis
Partnership building

Leadership Coaching

Working hard to improve our communities and our planet is the calling, but sometimes the path feels lonely, unfulfilling, or unsustainable. Need a thought partner? A truth teller? A hype-person? 1:1 coaching supports social impact and public policy leaders to be at ease where they are and confident about where they want to go.

Growing into a new role
Career transitions
Addressing burnout

Team Development

When your flock flies together, they can go far. But maintaining the flock is hard. Team development offerings build clarity, cohesion and trust, supporting team morale and productivity.

Retreats
Strategic planning
Workshops
Drop-in coaching

Strategic Advisory

Your organization’s passion and purpose is clear, but getting to results in today’s complex environment might not be. Wingspan supports philanthropies, non-profits, and advocacy organizations – especially in health policy and health care transformation – to find a path to impact.

Priority setting
Landscape and policy analysis
Partnership building

As the best facilitators and coaches do, Arielle doesn’t put herself at the center, but rather asks powerful questions, makes emotionally intelligent observations and shares wise insights, ultimately creating the container for the magic to happen.

– Abby S.

I truly loved working with Arielle—she created a thoughtful, supportive space that allowed me to explore big questions in a meaningful way. Her approach helped me uncover insights I don’t think I would have reached on my own, and I always came away with something valuable that moved me forward.

– Nicole

Arielle Mir, Founder

I show up every day ready to work in service of individual and collective well being.

Over two decades of work in government, philanthropy, advocacy, and tech, I have fought to make the U.S. healthcare system more effective and less bewildering. I helped bring emergency contraception over-the-counter, strengthen primary care, and improve access to Medicaid and long term care.

I’ve sat in many seats: I worked in Congress and at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I’ve been a strategist, a funder, a storyteller, and a vendor.

My drive isn’t only for the work, but equally for the purpose-driven humans who do it. Throughout my career, I’ve coached dozens of colleagues and clients and led retreats, training, and strategic planning. My energy supports progress toward impact goals while increasing clarity, trust, and connection.

I’m a connector and community builder. I’m the board chair of my startup synagogue, a volunteer fundraiser at my kids’ school PTA, and an evangelist for “leaving the ladder down.”

I love cooking, hiking, playing word games, and making up songs about our cats with my husband and two sons. We live in leafy green Takoma Park, in the suburbs of Washington, DC.

And at my core, I’m a nerd and wonk. I have a Masters degree from Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs and a Bachelors from the University of Chicago. I am certified as a coach through the Coactive Training and the International Coaching Federation.

Approach

Wingspan helps purpose-driven leaders and teams move in formation towards the change our nation and our communities need. Arielle brings a unique combination of public policy know-how and organizational and individual development expertise.

Here’s what you can expect:

Clear engagement goals and regular check-ins on progress
Coaching sessions in the mode that works for you: phone, Zoom, or in-person (schedule and location permitting)
Coaching framework rooted in neuroplasticity, stress-reduction, and right-left hemisphere integration
Creative facilitation approaches
Inclusive design techniques to maximize belonging
Access to a world class network of coaches and changemakers for when you need more hands

DIVE DEEPER >

“I began working with Arielle as a coach at a big juncture in my career. Arielle brings an insightful, joyful, and intelligent presence that has helped build my confidence on how I wanted to step into senior leadership and supported me in building healthy relationships with my team members. And most importantly, her support is helping me ensure that our whole team can show up as clear and focused on our mission as is needed.”

– Jen K.

Arielle is an incredible coach. She is genuine, realistic, compassionate and supportive. She pushed me to really think about who I am and what I want in life both at work and outside of work. Arielle sees the whole person and helped me to find my individual set of guiding principles that will make me a more successful leader and professional.

– Andrew F.

So, what’s next?

Listen.

Listening is the key. Listen to that inner voice that said you might need support or that friend or colleague who recommended us. Wingspan’s business is to listen to you.

Don’t ‘should’ on yourself.

Are you telling yourself, “I should know how to do this” or “Things should be different”? Pat yourself on the back for knowing that you need something, and reach out.

Show up.

The work of strategy and coaching is in the present and for the future. When you partner with Wingspan, our collective effort unlocks the potential inside you, your team, and organization. Let’s get to it!

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