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Understory

Chiefs of Schools start with a reading, not a workshop.

A workshop asks you to believe the problem is already understood.

[who decided the problem was already understood?]

Each engagement below states what it is, how long it takes, and what you keep afterwards. If you lead several campuses, see how a network read is scoped for Chiefs of Schools.

3engagements, one order

Read the building first, then work in the room, then keep it in place across the term.

First

Cultural Tension Read

Interviews with staff, leadership, and families. Two days on site. A written reading of what is actually driving the pattern, and what to do first.

Fee on enquiry · 3-4 weeks

Deliverable: written reading + leadership session

Then

The Two Days

An intensive with staff and leadership, built around the real situations your team is carrying rather than a set curriculum.

Fee on enquiry · two consecutive days on site

Deliverable: protocol card, session record, three named commitments

Across the term

Reinforcement

Remote or on-site follow-up across a term. Without it, two good days quietly decay by November.

Per term · 30- and 90-day check-ins

Deliverable: check-in notes and a named owner for each next step

Also

Speaking & facilitation

Conferences, leadership gatherings, and hard conversations that need someone in the room who has held the job.

Quoted per event

Deliverable: session plus a leave-behind for attendees

Solid lines are what we observed on site. Dashed lines are what we infer from it, and we mark the difference every time.

See how the method works

Interlude · cobalt asks

Every engagement begins with a reading, because the order is the argument.

[what has already been decided about this building?]

Who calls alongside the Chief of Schools

Chief of Schools
Stop the same conflicts arriving from multiple campuses.
An accurate reading of the pattern, and a plan your principals will own.
Chief People Officer
PD that changes behavior. Fewer grievances. Retention.
Two days your staff will use, plus reinforcement so it survives the term.
Principal
Help with specific relationships without losing authority.
Someone in the room who has held your job and is not there to grade you.
Conference organizer
A session people talk about afterwards.
A facilitator who can hold a hard subject in a room of strangers.

We have not published an engagement-level outcome figure. What we can show you is named testimony and what leaders changed. Read the questions Chiefs of Schools ask before booking.

Interlude · persimmon warns

Two good days decay by November if nobody comes back.

[what will this cost if it repeats a third time?]

Slow down · seeing the full picture

Nothing about this has to be settled on the call.

Twenty minutes, spent on your building rather than the offer.

Tell us what keeps coming back.

The pattern you have addressed more than once. Plain words are fine.

Andre reads these himself.