There is no change without changing.

Partnering with leaders to develop systems and habits that cultivate psychological safety and learning.

Changes in organizations require an attentiveness to programs and people. 

Strong leaders are constantly striving to improve themselves, as well as the systems and programs that they run.  Pearl Potential’s partners develop a firmer understanding of themselves and grow in their own awareness to become more effective leaders.

Support for Changemakers…

  • Receive 1:1 support with operationalizing your values at work to tackle the challenges that keep you awake at night. Leverage your emotional intelligence to create the conditions for your team to thrive. In our 1:1 coaching you will develop more awareness of your strengths, vision and needs.

  • Support your team with strengthening the competencies needed for effective communication and teamwork. Pearl Potential will partner with you to provide technical and adaptive leadership trainings that are tailored to your team’s needs.

  • As a former superintendent, principal and teacher, Injy’s first love is instructional practice. For the first 15 years of her career she focused on understanding how children learn best. When supporting school leaders, Injy is able to bring instructional leadership subject-matter expertise into the partnership through site-visits and instructional leadership consulting.

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What Clients Love…

  • Personalized.

    “Injy cares deeply about understanding her client's context, purpose, and desired outcomes. She is masterful at getting to understand these essential aspects of the work and then effectively provides truly personalized support.”

  • Productive.

    “As a result of her support, we are in a significantly better place and have been able to work productively as a team.”

  • Actionable.

    “Injy's feedback is concrete and actionable. Injy also has a seemingly infinite amount of resources and is always willing to share!”

  • Energized.

    “Injy not only provided real-time coaching but also took the time to listen and understand you as both a leader and an individual, seamlessly incorporating this insight into every conversation. After each coaching session, I felt confident and energized to advance my projects. Her support significantly enhanced my leadership skills this year.”

  • Strengths-based.

    “Injy was incredibly helpful in guiding me and helping me identify my leadership style and strengths…. I was deeply grateful for her wisdom and insight in recognizing potential challenges I might face. She consistently reminded me to slow down and focus on my goals, while also encouraging me to grow in my leadership.”

  • Growth.

    “Thank you for creating a safe space for growing.”

  • Space.

    “I really value how you model not only sharing your stories and being vulnerable, but really practice strong listening and make space for us all.”

  • Balanced.

    “Thank you for helping us be balanced consistently with glows and grows. I always felt heard and pushed.”

  • Transferrable.

    “Injy is amazing! My sessions with her are the highlight of my week. She has the perfect balance of supporting me while pushing me at the same time. I use the strategies I’ve learned on a daily basis in both my personal and professional life.”

About

Injy Sullivan is the founder of Pearl Potential and is driven by two principles:

  • People must put their own oxygen mask on before putting the mask on others and…

  • There is no change without changing. 

She deeply believes that all leaders need space for recreation, rest and reflection in order to effectively serve their teams and communities.  Injy’s clients use coaching as an opportunity to consider ways of realigning to their values and aspirational vision for their lives and work.  Within the coaching relationship leaders can also reflect on, and begin to self-manage, their own individual default habits and beliefs as they embark on organizational change.  

Injy started her professional career as a teacher, later moving into instructional leadership roles.  She served as an elementary school principal and superintendent, during which time she began developing her approach to coaching. Injy’s coach training experiences have been diverse, spanning from directive coaching programs such as Relay’s GSE National Principal Supervisor Academy to more transformational coaching programs like The Noble Story Group (emotional intelligence coaching) and The Art of Coaching (Elena Aguilar). 

In her current coaching work, Injy’s coachees range from C-level non-profit leaders to newly promoted directors who are managing teams for the first time.  As an International Coaching Federation Associate Certified Coach (ICF ACC), Injy’s clients can expect coaching to be a partnership in which to explore their strengths and aspirations so they can thrive and grow.

“Coaching with Injy always left me feeling connected, cared for as a principal and person, and re-grounded in my beliefs and values as a leader. In the midst of the whirlwind that can be life as a school leader, having a coach that supported me to lead with clarity and from my values felt like a calm within the storm. I’ll always be thankful to have had Injy as a coach during this key time in my leadership.”

— Principal, New York City