Executive Advisory
Senior advisory for leaders carrying problems they can’t hand to their team.
The hardest situations a leader faces aren’t always the ones the organization knows about. Sometimes the problem is the board. Sometimes it’s a relationship with a peer that’s affecting decisions no one else can see. Sometimes it’s a situation developing quietly that you need to think through with someone who has no stake in the outcome and no connection to the people involved.
I work with senior leaders, COOs, Chiefs of Staff, board members, and other executives on a private basis. The engagement is between us. What you bring to these conversations stays there. The invoice can go wherever it needs to go. Some of the leaders I work with do this through their organization in the normal way. Others fund it personally or through a board relationship. Either works. I don’t need to know the details and I don’t ask.
What I bring is 20-plus years of experience in high-stakes environments where decisions had real consequences and conventional playbooks didn’t apply. Military special operations, international crisis coordination, Fortune 500 advisory, humanitarian response. I’ve been in rooms where the options were bad, the timeline was short, and someone still had to decide. That experience is what makes these conversations useful.
This isn’t coaching. There’s no curriculum, no framework you’re being walked through. It’s direct engagement with someone who has seen a lot of difficult situations and can help you think clearly about yours.
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When you need immediate counsel for urgent situations
You’re in something now and you need a thinking partner who can get up to speed fast and stay with you while it moves. These engagements are intensive and time-bounded, days to weeks. You have direct access as the situation develops. We talk when you need to talk.
$12,000 to $35,000 depending on scope and duration.
Crisis Advisory assists leaders facing:
Immediate operational disruption requiring urgent decisions
Situations where stakeholder management is critical and time-sensitive
High-consequence events where your team needs structure imposed quickly
Moments where your conventional advisors don't know how to respond
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You’re operating in sustained complexity and want someone in your corner on a regular basis. We establish a cadence that works for your schedule, with access between sessions for situations that can’t wait. Most retainer engagements run six months, some longer.
$5,000 to $8,000 per month.
Executive Advisory Retainer is ideal for leaders managing:
New roles in elevated-risk environments (international operations, crisis-prone industries)
Ongoing organizational complexity with multiple competing stakeholders
Sustained uncertainty where strategic plans require constant adaptation
Transitions into unfamiliar territory where margin for error is low
START WITH A CONVERSATION
The first call is a conversation, not a sales pitch. You tell me what you’re dealing with, I tell you honestly whether this is the right fit. If it is, we figure out how to structure it. If it isn’t, I’ll tell you that too.
That call is private. Pick a time that works for you.