Month 1
Discovery
Read the terrain, surface the pressure points, clarify the priorities, and design the 90-day path.
Reimagine Higher Ed
Dr. Nicole R. Robinson
Strategic Engagement Options
Understand the terrain. Build the path forward.
A four-month strategic engagement for academic leaders and institutions navigating transition, organizational complexity, stalled priorities, team challenges, or a new institutional possibility.
Every engagement begins with discovery. The difference is how much
of the implementation we build together.
The Four-Month Container
One month to understand the terrain. Three months to build.
Discovery establishes what is actually happening. The remaining three months turn that understanding into decisions, structures, practices, and forward movement.
Month 2
Begin the Build
Establish the first structures, decisions, and leadership practices required to move the work.
Month 3
Strengthen
Test what is being built, address emerging dynamics, and strengthen implementation.
Month 4
Sustain
Refine the structures, reinforce leadership capacity, and prepare the work to continue.
Months 2–4: Implementation and Transformation
Build, test, strengthen, and sustain
How the Container Works
First, we understand. Then, we build.
The issue on the surface is rarely the whole story. The discovery process helps us understand the people, context, practices, and power dynamics shaping the work before deciding what should happen next.
Month One
Discovery and Design
A focused read of the organizational terrain through available materials, selected conversations, direct observation, and reflective strategy sessions.
- Document and data review
- Stakeholder conversations
- Direct observation
- Strategic reflection
Outputs: a written terrain-and-hot-spots report, facilitated readout, and prioritized 90-day plan.
Months Two Through Four
Implementation and Transformation
The discovery findings become the foundation for focused work involving leadership practices, team structures, communication, decision-making, and implementation.
- Strategic coaching
- Priority sequencing
- Structure development
- Implementation support
Standard cadence: eight coaching sessions across the four-month engagement. The Full Container also includes six hours of hands-on build work.
Levels of Partnership
Choose how deeply we build together.
Every option includes the complete Month 1 Discovery and Design phase. The difference is the level of coaching, hands-on development, and onsite involvement provided during implementation.
Option One
Guided Container
Virtual
I coach you while you and your team build the structures yourselves.
Included
- Full Discovery and Design process
- Written analysis and 90-day plan
- Ongoing strategic coaching
- Guidance as you build internally
Sessions
8 coaching sessions
Best Fit
You have internal capacity to build the work and primarily need perspective, structure, and strategic guidance.
Investment
$12,500
Option Two
Recommended
Full Container
Virtual
We build the tangible deliverables together so the structures are not just planned, but built and sequenced.
Included
- Everything in the Guided Container
- Hands-on build hours with you and your team
- Leadership and team structure design
- Implementation sequencing
Sessions
8 coaching sessions
plus
6 hours of hands-on build work with you and your team
Best Fit
You want more than coaching and need the critical structures actively built alongside you.
Investment
$18,000
Option Three
Full Container + Onsite
Virtual and Onsite
The full engagement, plus two onsite days for live observation, facilitation, and strategic work in your environment.
Included
- Everything in the Full Container
- Two onsite working days
- Live facilitation or team kickoff
- Direct observation of dynamics
Sessions
Same as the Full Container, with
two days delivered onsite
Best Fit
The work would benefit from live observation, in-room facilitation, and direct engagement with your team.
Investment
$25,000
All options are four-month containers and include the full Month 1 Discovery and Design phase. Sessions run 60 to 90 minutes. A higher-touch option with weekly sessions is available. Onsite travel is included for standard locations; extended-distance or hard-to-reach locations, and trips booked inside 21 days, carry a $1,500 travel fee.
The Next Step
Let’s determine what the work requires.
The strongest option depends on the challenge or possibility, internal capacity, timing, organizational context, and level of implementation support needed.
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Dr. Nicole R. Robinson
Organizational Culture Strategist · Founder, Reimagine Higher Ed
