Michael Mellen
Storyteller, Executive Coach, Facilitator of Possibility
As an executive, organizational, and personal coach with his company, Iron and Sage, Inc., Michael focuses on leadership excellence, relationship building, and change. He works with individuals and organizations to create space for growth, innovation, and possibility.
Michael has served as a coach, trainer, facilitator, consultant, and mentor in a number of settings, including corporate, small business, not-for-profit, summer camp, seminaries, and higher education. Along with one-to-one coaching, Michael works with individuals and small groups as part of larger ongoing change initiatives and high-performer coaching projects. He has also worked as an innovation consultant and coach, engaging with Design Thinking and other tools to create educational change and to shift the ways in which non-profit boards operate. He combines emotional intelligence with analysis and logic to help organizations achieve their missions.
Michael was ordained as a rabbi in 1998 and served as a congregational rabbi at Temple B’nai Shalom in Fairfax Station, Virginia and as Director of the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY), a 12,000-teen youth movement.
Training and Qualifications
Michael received his B.A. from University of Michigan and rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College. In addition, he holds the following credentials and training:
Michael has served as a coach, trainer, facilitator, consultant, and mentor in a number of settings, including corporate, small business, not-for-profit, summer camp, seminaries, and higher education. Along with one-to-one coaching, Michael works with individuals and small groups as part of larger ongoing change initiatives and high-performer coaching projects. He has also worked as an innovation consultant and coach, engaging with Design Thinking and other tools to create educational change and to shift the ways in which non-profit boards operate. He combines emotional intelligence with analysis and logic to help organizations achieve their missions.
Michael was ordained as a rabbi in 1998 and served as a congregational rabbi at Temple B’nai Shalom in Fairfax Station, Virginia and as Director of the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY), a 12,000-teen youth movement.
Training and Qualifications
Michael received his B.A. from University of Michigan and rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College. In addition, he holds the following credentials and training:
- Teleos Coach Development Program Certificate
- CoachU Core Essentials Coach Training GraduatePrepare/Enrich Facilitator and Trainer with Life Innovations, Inc.
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) Certification though the Center for Applications of Psychological Type (C.A.P.T.)
- Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) through HUC-JIR and Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati
- Graduate of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, New York, NY