Our services.

Move through the hardest work of your career—and come out stronger.

When the stakes are high and the path forward is unclear, you need more than a plan. You need a partner.

We bring the strategy, structure, and support to help you lead through complexity—without losing sight of people, politics, or what’s at stake.

The work is hard. We make it doable.

What we do

Strategy into action

Bold plans don’t implement themselves.

You’ve got a vision. But without the right structures, your team will stay stuck in meetings, misalignment, or false starts. We help you break through—turning big ideas into real progress through implementation planning, project architecture, and cross-functional alignment.

From superintendent goals to multi-year strategic plans, we help you stop spinning and start delivering.

We provide:

  • Multi-year initiative roadmaps

  • “Strategy-in-a-box” implementation plans

  • Cross-functional team alignment tools

  • Meeting-to-movement facilitation kits

  • Progress dashboards & tracking frameworks

Change leadership

You’re ready to lead boldly. We help you do it without losing your footing.

You’ve got the vision. You’re ready to do legacy work. But real change—especially the kind that reshapes schools, communities, or long-standing ways of working—requires more than conviction. It requires structure, strategy, and the ability to bring people with you.

We partner with bold leaders who are ready to take decisive action—whether that means closing schools, rethinking how the system works, or moving toward something new. We help you plan the path, steady the team, and stay anchored in your purpose—even when things get hard.

We provide:

  • Stakeholder influence mapping

  • School consolidation strategy

  • Communications and engagement plans

  • Board of Education briefing decks

  • Crisis response messaging

Executive Advisory

Lead through the moments that define your legacy with clarity, not guesswork.

When you’re at the top, decisions get heavier, timelines get tighter, and the consequences get bigger. We help executive leaders move through those moments with clarity, confidence, and support you can count on.

From your first 90 days to your toughest board decisions, we act as your behind-the-scenes partner—bringing structure to complexity and sharpening your message before it hits the room. We don’t just give advice. We help you lead with precision.

We provide: 

  • Thought partnership on high-stakes decisions

  • 30-60-90 day executive entry plans

  • Decision memos and talking points

  • Strategic priority trackers

  • Organizational structure advisement

Leadership development & team alignment

Build a team that can get things done.

Even the most visionary leaders can’t move systems alone. We help executive teams build clarity, trust, and shared direction—so they can lead major work together without getting stuck in silos, status, or confusion.

Whether you’re recalibrating roles, reestablishing focus, or recharging a team in transition, we help you reset the foundation for high-functioning leadership.

We provide: 

  • Create strong teams, clear roles, and a shared path forward.

  • Executive team retreats

  • Leadership alignment workshops

  • On-call coaching for superintendents or senior staff

  • Structures for managing up, down, and across

Partnership & field strategy

Show up like an insider.

Getting traction in public education isn’t just about what you’ve built—it’s about how you show up. We help nonprofits, vendors, philanthropies, and intermediaries position themselves as trusted partners, not outsiders.

With deep experience on the district side of the table, we help you frame your offer in ways that align with system priorities, make sense in the current context, and feel like support—not disruption. Whether you’re refining a pitch or preparing for launch, we help you build the trust it takes to earn the work.

We provide:

  • Proposal narratives & pitch decks

  • District engagement strategy

  • Program launch plans

  • System-aligned value proposition design

  • Deliverable advisory (“district POV” reviews)

Our Signature Expertise

School Closure & Consolidation

Few things test leadership like school closure. We’ve helped districts close or merge more than 30 schools—with strategy, compassion, and clarity.

From early-stage alignment to post-recommendation execution, we help superintendents lead through the hardest moments of their careers. 

Learn more about our approach to school consolidations.

What makes us different.

We don’t just know what to do. We know what it feels like.

We’ve been in your seat—making tough calls, navigating board dynamics, managing staff transitions, and leading through public pressure. That lived experience means we show up with urgency, empathy, and strategy that actually works in real-world systems.

We work like insiders because we’ve been insiders.

We understand how decisions get made, how communication gets shaped, and how trust gets built (or lost). We help you move smartly inside your context—managing up, down, and across—without wasting time on solutions that won’t land.

We’re with you from start to finish.

We don’t disappear after a deck. We stay in it with you: mapping the path, prepping the room, drafting the talking points, aligning the team, and seeing the work through. We’re the ones you call when you’re not sure what’s next—and the ones who help you find out.

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