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Leaders, and
Teams Thrive

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Grow Your School
with Clarity

Increase enrollment and strengthen retention with customized strategies that reflect your school’s mission and values. Miriam partners with leadership teams to attract the right families and build long-term success.

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WHAT WE OFFER

Unlock Your Leadership Potential

Personalized coaching for school leaders, professionals, and individuals seeking clarity, balance, and confidence. Miriam helps you identify your strengths and overcome roadblocks
to reach your personal and
professional goals.

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Build Stronger, More Productive Teams

Bring the Working Genius framework to your school, nonprofit, or business. Understand team dynamics, improve collaboration, and help your people thrive with practical, interactive workshops.

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At Saddlerock Strategies, we believe that every school, leader, and team can succeed with the right tools and support. Whether you’re looking to grow enrollment, develop your leadership, or empower your team, Miriam brings clarity, warmth, and proven strategies to help you reach your goals.

About Miriam

With decades of experience in school leadership and team development, Miriam Stein combines practical strategy with deep empathy. She helps schools and organizations move from confusion to clarity — and from surviving to thriving.

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What people are saying:

  • Miriam Stein is a force of nature! Her energy, enthusiasm and knowledge are second to none and she would be an asset to any organization.

    Jeremy Steindecker, President, Net Results Marketing, Inc.

  • Your systems literally set me up for success.

    Sari Linder, Admission Director, Westchester Day School

  • Each of your program elements got our creative juices flowing and touched on meaningful topics.

    Daniel Roth, Board Chair, RTA

  • Miriam's energy was the best. She was entertaining the entire day, kept everyone engaged and kept the discussion moving.

    Sam Dinovitz, Sage Ventures

  • Miriam is very professional and always positive. She brings a fresh pair of eyes and is always willing to listen before making any suggestions. She understands school culture and also that each school is unique. She really strives to understand who she is working with before making any changes or comments.

    Anonymous, Day School Principal

  • We contracted with Miriam to mentor our new admissions director. We are in a very unique market, but Miriam met that challenge head-on. She met regularly with our admissions director over Zoom and helped us professionalize our admissions process without losing sight of our identity and our connection to our families. What's more, she also helped us adapt our admissions strategies to the strictures of our COVID protocols. Our enrollment has grown to its highest-ever level since the start of the year, and we are projecting an additional 10% increase in enrollment when we open in the fall. We could not have done any of it without Miriam's help!

    Brad Philipson, Head of School, Jewish Community Day School of New Orleans

  • Miriam is a tour de force! Her wealth of knowledge in the education field and vibrant personality make her the best person to consult and work with. Miriam is a strategic thinker and works alongside schools well by asking the right questions and finding viable, long-lasting solutions.

    Jordan Herskowitz, Upper School Principal, Golda Och Academy, New Jersey

  • Miriam's work is incredibly, professionally people-centered. Her openness to listen to ideas is matched by her ability to contribute meaningful solutions with a strategic, step-by-step focus. As a new Admission Director, Miriam was a supportive phone call or email away, always. Miriam could reframe each challenge, each setback that I faced as an opportunity for learning and growth. Miriam will be an enthusiastic, responsive partner on any project. She loves a challenge.

    Emma Hart, Director of Admission, Academy of the Holy Cross, Washington, DC

  • The best part of working with Miriam is her obvious knowledge of Jewish Day Schools, combined with her intelligence and common sense. Miriam is someone we all liked and felt comfortable speaking with both together and 1:1.

    Michael Slater, Director of Finance & Operations, Epstein Hillel School, Marblehead, MA