SERVICE LINE 01 — FOR BOARDS & SYSTEMS
Leadership search & transitions.
Education-specific executive search, built around the organisational, behavioural and cognitive evidence most appointments are made without.
Most search firms hand you a CV, three interviews and a reference call. We add what’s missing: the organisational diagnostic that understands the school the leader is walking into, the behavioural profiling that shows how they’ll operate with the team they’ll lead, and the cognitive assessment that reveals how they think under the conditions the role will actually demand. And because most appointments succeed or fail in the first eighteen months, we stay through the first year after the new leader starts.
What we do.
01
Principalship and head of school searches
Full-cycle search for the most consequential appointment a school will make — independent, Catholic, Lutheran, state, international.
02
Deputy and senior leader appointments
Search for deputy principal, head of junior/middle/senior school, head of curriculum, head of student wellbeing, and other senior executive roles.
03
Senior business and operations roles
Business managers, CFOs, directors of operations, and senior corporate appointments inside school and system contexts.
04
First-year transition support
Coaching for the new leader through their first 12 months — the period where most appointments succeed or fail.
WHEN TO ENGAGE US
Best engaged when:
A vacancy is six to twelve months away
The work that determines whether a search succeeds happens before it starts. Early engagement enables the diagnostic work that the best appointments depend on.
A previous appointment hasn’t worked
When the last hire didn’t land, the question is rarely “find someone better” — it’s “what did we miss about the role, the school, or the fit?” Our diagnostic-led approach answers exactly this.
The role is high-stakes or sensitive
Founding principals, restoration appointments, succession to long-tenured leaders, sector-shifting roles. Where the appointment carries unusual weight.
Internal succession is on the table
When you’re weighing internal candidates against an external search. Our integrated assessment gives you the evidence to make the call with confidence.
Considering a search?
Tell us what you’re working with. Confidential conversations welcome.