Engagements
"I work with leaders who are already capable — and who need a trusted guide for the complexity that capable leaders uniquely attract."
The Leader's Guide considers a small number of engagements at any time. The work requires proximity, sustained attention, and the kind of trust that develops across real decisions under real pressure. If you are navigating a consequential moment — or anticipate one — I would be glad to hear from you.
The Sounding
A sounding is what a navigator takes when the charts run out and the water ahead is unknown. It is a reading of what is actually there — precise, honest, and taken before you commit to the passage.
Some moments don’t require — cannot await — an ongoing engagement. They require one conversation with a well-placed person who has navigated these waters. Who has held the wheel in conditions that were anything but ideal. Who knows what it takes to make a consequential decision where charts fail to guide.
NOW.
The Sounding is a single focused session for leaders navigating a high-stakes moment — a consequential decision, a delicate negotiation, a difficult conversation, a career inflection, or a crisis that needs to be named before it can be resolved.
We work through it together until the signal is clear and you have your bearing. No clock. Sound counsel. Guaranteed.
If the moment won’t wait — reach out directly. If I can make room, I will.
$1,500
Single Session
If at the close of our conversation either of us feels it did not deliver sufficient clarity, your investment is refunded in full.
When leaders reach out
A consequential decision
Where the stakes are real and the path forward is not clear.
A delicate negotiation
Where the relationship and the outcome both need protecting.
A difficult conversation
That cannot be deferred and cannot go wrong.
A career inflection point
Where clarity about the next passage matters more than anything else right now.
A crisis that needs naming
Before it can be resolved.
Executive Coaching
Coaching engagements are structured as ongoing monthly partnerships — not one-off sessions. The work develops across time, through real decisions, real pressures, and the full complexity of institutional leadership.
Executive Advisory
For senior leaders seeking clarity and momentum
$2,000
per month
Executive Partnership
For CEOs and C-Suite navigating complexity and consequence
$5,000
per month
Strategic Counsel
For leaders in critical seasons requiring embedded support
$10,000+
per month
Pricing reflects engagements with established organisations. Leading a smaller or emerging NGO? Get in touch — we'll find the right structure.
Consulting & Governance
Consulting and governance engagements are scoped to the institution, the season, and the specific complexity at hand. Each engagement begins with a conversation — not a proposal.
01 — Governance
Supporting boards, chairs, and governance structures through transition, accountability, and institutional decision-making. Engagements are scoped to the size and complexity of the institution.
Engagements from $5,500
Scope and structure determined in conversation
02 — Interim & Fractional
Embedded leadership support during transition, succession, or periods requiring senior capacity. Structured for institutions navigating a gap — or building toward one.
Engagements from $4,500
Scope and structure determined in conversation
03 — Drift & Drag
For institutions experiencing drift, drag, or decision friction at a systemic level. A focused engagement to surface the failure pattern and restore clarity and velocity.
Engagements from $4,500
Scope and structure determined in conversation
04 — Decision Resolution
A focused single session to bring one critical decision to clarity, ownership, and forward movement. The natural next step after the Decision System Diagnostic.
By arrangement
Often the entry point to a longer engagement
The Process
01
Every engagement begins with a conversation — not a proposal or a diagnostic form. We talk about what you are carrying and what clarity would make possible.
02
Together we identify the dominant challenge — coaching, consulting, governance, or diagnostic — and structure the engagement accordingly.
03
Engagements are structured for sustained work, not episodic contact. We agree a scope, a cadence, and a starting point.
04
The engagement begins. Real decisions, real complexity, real progress — across the full scope of what you are leading.
Begin
No intake form. No discovery call script. A direct conversation about what you are navigating and whether The Leader's Guide is the right fit.
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