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Working with a sociocracy consultant
Do you need support with your sociocracy implementation? We offer just the level of hand-holding you want.
By working with a coach, you can benefit from the experience and feedback of someone who has seen dozens of implementations and governance changes.
We never forget that you’re the expert on your organization and culture, and you remain in the driving seat at all times.
What does a sociocracy consultant or coach do for you?
The consultants identify the stage of implementation your organization is currently at and assess your organization’s needs. They also assess with you what kind of support might be useful to make your next steps effective and successful
Services that are typically part of an implementation:
- assessing training needs
- forming, coaching, and strategizing with the implementation circle/transformation team
- observing and facilitating meetings
- 1:1. or small-group conversations with stakeholders (the board, leadership, or people with concerns) and open Q&A sessions (e.g. for the whole membership or staff)
- Holding and facilitating “kick-off” events – we help you set up the first circles and the General Circle. This can be, for example, a two-day event with deeper training, formal adoption, and “flipping the switch” into your new governance system.
- Designing your circle structure and key roles, as well as documenting your governance system (see our samples and templates)
- Aligning your documents and bylaws with sociocracy
SoFA’s consultants
Our consultants and trainers have worked in sociocratic teams and organizations themselves – they know the tools inside out and with a practical foundation and personal experience. They know the stories, excitement, and struggles as well as the inner work necessary to shift power structures into power-with.
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Ted Rau
Ted is an advocate, trainer and consultant for self-governance with sociocracy. After his PhD in linguistics, he encountered peer-oriented governance systems and became curious about ways of organizing grassroots groups effectively yet equitably. He is co-founder and Executive Director (leader of the General Circle) of Sociocracy For All. Ted identifies as a transgender man; he has 5 children between 10 and 20. He is a German citizen and moved to the US in 2010.
Ted is the author of Who Decides Who Decides (2021) and Collective Power (2023), and co-author of the sociocracy reference manual Many Voices One Song (2018). Read his articles on the SoFA page, on medium and in this LinkedIn Newsletter.
His experience is with business, nonprofits, academia, and multi-stakeholder organizations.
Amherst, MA, USA
[email protected] 
English, German
Certification:
ISCB certified consultant since 2018
Jerry Koch-Gonzalez
Jerry is the co-author of the sociocracy reference manual Many Voices One Song. See his content on this page.
Jerry has been committed to nonviolent social change all his adult life. He started his career with anti-oppression (especially classism), then became a certified trainer of Nonviolent Communication/NVC, facilitation, consensus. In the last 10 years, he has focused on his work in sociocracy. Jerry used to be part of The Sociocracy Consulting Group, and he is co-founder of Sociocracy For All where he now works full time. Jerry was born in Cuba and immigrated to the USA as a child. He has lived in community all of his life, since 1994 in Pioneer Valley Cohousing.
Amherst MA, USA
[email protected] English, Spanish
Certification:
ISCB certified consultant since 2018
Audrée Morin
Audrée, a trained biologist, has visited 42 intentional communities and aims to foster collaborative culture through sociocracy and restorative circles. She’s a non-resident member of l’Habitat de l’hêtre and SOFA circle administrator, nearing her trainer certification.
Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada
audree.morin@sociocracyforall.org
French, English
Certification:
SoFA-certified Trainer since 2024
Zujeil Flores
Zujeil Flores is a sociocracy trainer and coach. She has been actively involved in Sociocracy for All since 2018 and has held many roles including coordinating the 1st cohort of the Sociocracy Academy in Spanish (2021-2022). She’s currently a member of the Organizations Support, Training, and Web Content Publishing circles at SoFA.
Zujeil holds a Masters in Public Health. Her study of the social determinants of health led her to an interest in cooperation, collaboration, and support systems which then led her to the study of self-governance. Zujeil was born in Mexico and resides in Philadelphia, PA, USA. She is mom to 2 very active homeschooled boys.
Philadelphia, PA, USA
[email protected]
Spanish, English
