The Congregational World is Unique
As an executive coach and mentor, I can help you understand the distinctive dynamics and rhythm of your congregation.
Throughout my 4 decade congregational clergy career, I have supervised and mentored clergy, educators, and other synagogue professionals, helping them attain new heights in their careers and find greater meaning in their personal lives. See how I can help.
CANTOR HOWARD STAHL, MSW
EXECUTIVE COACH AND MENTOR
Why Do You Need an Executive Coach and Mentor?
A successful congregational career involves figuring out what you need and what your leadership team and your congregants need to create a mutually productive relationship. How do you chart a career arc and make meaning at all stages in your professional life and learn to navigate the practical complexities of congregational life? It’s all about relationships.
Through regular, ongoing individual coaching and supervision, I can help you create more effective strategies to face challenges you might encounter through the early, mid, and late stages of your career. Sessions can be arranged on a weekly, monthly or quarterly basis. It’s never too late or too early to engage an executive coach to help refine and enhance your career.
What Others Are Saying
“No one is more qualified than Howard Stahl for cantorial coaching and mentoring. He’s a brilliant thinker and a gentle counselor. His depth and breadth of experience in the cantorial world are unmatched!”
- Cantor - Ordained HUC-JIR 1975
“Cantor Howard Stahl is a remarkable guide and mentor who has played a key role in my formation and growth as a spiritual leader.”
- Rabbi Ordained HUC-JIR 2013
“Cantor Howard Stahl is the consummate mentor and has been a guiding light for many clergy, not only as they begin their careers but throughout their professional lives. He is discerning, insightful and honest and leans on his breadth of experience to guide and counsel his students and mentees with care and empathy. Our sages taught: “Make for yourself a teacher and acquire for yourself a friend,” (Pirke Avot 1:6). As one of the Cantor Stahl’s students, I have been lucky to call him not only a teacher and a mentor, but a cherished friend and his insight and guidance has been and continues to be an invaluable resource to me professionally and personally as I navigate the challenging waters of clergy life.”
— Cantor - Ordained HUC-JIR 2017
“Cantor Stahl is such a good listener. Of course he offers wonderful advice and has great perspective and knowledge, but it’s his ability to listen that I really value. No easy task in such a loud and often bombastic world, but Howard has always been able to create space for listening and exploring.”
- Rabbi - Ordained HUC-JIR 2007
“There are so many more elements to being a cantor than just the artistic ones. Cantor Stahl gave me 5 years of learning to manage my time, prioritize, figuring out how to work with various personalities and to take responsibility and ownership at all times. He modeled what it means to be a leader, and was there for me every step of the way, never letting me fail, but always allowing me the space to become successful. I would never be the Cantor I am today without his coaching and mentorship.”
— Cantor - Ordained HUC-JIR 2015
“For the years that I was fortunate to work as a clergy partner with Cantor Howard Stahl as a newly ordained rabbi then, his insights, encouragement and mentoring provided invaluable resources for my rabbinate these past nearly four decades.”
-Rabbi - Ordained HUC-JIR 1984
“Early in my career as a Jewish professional, I engaged with Cantor Stahl as a coach and mentor. Howard was instrumental in helping me learn to navigate synagogue life. He helped me to find my professional voice and taught me how and when to use it. This has enabled me to become the leader that I am today. Many years later, I still call upon my long-time mentor who always offers sage advice.”
- Educator - Masters HUC-JIR 2013