About Hayim Herring
Rabbi Hayim Herring, Consultant & Thought Leader
Rabbi Hayim Herring, Ph.D., is an author, presenter and nonprofit organizational futurist, with a specialty in Jewish community. A former congregational rabbi, senior federation executive and executive director at a national Jewish foundation, Hayim is uniquely suited to bring outside perspective and research, coupled with real-world experience, to inspire organizations to achieve their greatest impact. Hayim believes that leadership is fundamentally about creating a preferable future by understanding risks, but focusing energy on significant possibilities.
Hayim also holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Management. He has built a reputation as an organizational visionary, entrepreneur and expert consultant for congregations, Jewish organizations and other socially responsible non-profit organizations. Hayim’s areas of expertise include entrepreneurship, organizational foresight, and new methods in strategic planning. Hayim works with nonprofits to cultivate leaders who can translate their organization’s relevance to new generations and better engage individuals in the work that they do.
In addition to over 40 scholarly and popular articles and studies about the contemporary American Jewish community, Hayim’s most recent publications include a book about leadership, synagogues and the broader American Jewish community, titled Tomorrow’s Synagogue Today: Creating Vibrant Centers of Jewish Life (Alban Institute 2012), and a companion action guide for use with boards and committees titled, Tomorrow’s Synagogue Today. A Guide for Reflection and Action (UJA-Federation of New York and Alban Institute 2013); and Keeping the Faith in Rabbis: A Community Conversation about Rabbinical Education, co-authored with Ellie Roscher (Avenida Books, December 2014), an anthology of essays from rabbis, lay people and academics across the denominational spectrum, critically exploring the question, “What goes into the making of a 21st Century Rabbinical Leader?”
Hayim is currently working on a book tentatively titled, Game Over, Game On. Becoming A Congregation and Faith-Based Organization 3.0 (Rowman and Littlefield 2015) , designed for leaders who want their congregations and non-profit organizations to retain the vitality for young and old alike.
Theory and practice, hands-on experience and perspective, listening and learning, faith and fun—Hayim is happy to help your congregation or organization.
Hayim Herring and his team recognize that the velocity of change often makes organizational life unpredictable. Only with hindsight, are leaders able to see how they might have minimized risks and increased their opportunities for greater impact. Hayim blends outside perspective and inside experience to guide and support organizational leaders with expertise for continued relevance, impact and future success in a dynamic environment. We work with organizations that have a religious, educational or socially progressive mission.
• Confidence and humility: While no single person has “the answer,” we are capable and have experience to effectively respond to any challenge or opportunity to which we commit.
• Diversity and collaboration: Using the collective wisdom of a group, organizations can creatively address their opportunities and problems.
• Transparency and good communication: Trust among people is the pivot for meaningful change, and trust is fostered when stakeholders openly shape and share decisions.
• Inquiry and action: Given the swiftness of change, we take time to learn about new developments that can improve solutions.
• Playfulness and humor: We work hard, are passionate about what we do and like to work with people who also know how to have fun.
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