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.

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The Sounding

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.

Sustained Counsel for Leaders Under Pressure

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

  • Two sessions per month
  • Focused on a defined leadership challenge
  • Async check-in between sessions
  • Suitable for leaders new to coaching
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Strategic Counsel

For leaders in critical seasons requiring embedded support

$10,000+

per month

  • Intensive and responsive engagement
  • Available across leadership, governance, and strategy
  • Direct access for urgent decisions
  • Suitable for transition, crisis, or high-stakes seasons
  • Scope determined by conversation
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Pricing reflects engagements with established organisations. Leading a smaller or emerging NGO? Get in touch — we'll find the right structure.

Institutional Engagements

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

Board & Governance Advisory

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

Interim Leadership & Fractional Support

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

Institutional Diagnostic & Recovery

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

Decision Resolution Session

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

How an Engagement Begins

01

A Conversation

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

A Frame

Together we identify the dominant challenge — coaching, consulting, governance, or diagnostic — and structure the engagement accordingly.

03

A Commitment

Engagements are structured for sustained work, not episodic contact. We agree a scope, a cadence, and a starting point.

04

The Work

The engagement begins. Real decisions, real complexity, real progress — across the full scope of what you are leading.

The First Step Is a Conversation.

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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