Leadership Assessment & Executive Coaching.
For Heads of School, senior administrators, and nonprofit executives who want to lead with greater clarity, presence, and impact.
Our Approach.
The role of Head of School is one of the most demanding in institutional leadership. It calls for the ability to hold the trust of a board, inspire a faculty, support a diverse student community, and navigate an unrelenting pace of change—often simultaneously. The margin for unexamined leadership habits is narrow.
Washington Partners provides executive coaching and leadership assessment for school heads, senior administrators, and nonprofit leaders. Our coaching engagements are designed to help leaders develop the self-awareness, strategic clarity, and relational skill needed to lead well at the highest levels of their institution.
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Many coaching engagements begin with a 360-degree leadership assessment. Rather than relying on self-perception alone, this process gathers structured feedback from the colleagues, direct reports, and supervisors who experience your leadership most directly.
The assessment provides a clear picture of your leadership strengths, the impact you have on those around you, and the development opportunities that will make the greatest difference. It also creates a foundation for the coaching work that follows—grounding it in specific, honest, and actionable insight.
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Coaching with Washington Partners is a sustained, confidential partnership focused on helping you lead more effectively in the context that matters most: yours.
Depending on where you are in your leadership journey, coaching may focus on:
Strengthening your leadership presence and decision-making
Navigating complex organizational dynamics and difficult conversations
Leading change and managing the competing demands of institutional life
Developing your senior leadership team and distributing leadership more effectively
Balancing mission, culture, and institutional performance
Preparing for or navigating a significant leadership transition
We currently coach several Heads of School and senior nonprofit executives. Our work is grounded in confidentiality, candor, and a genuine commitment to your development as a leader.
Who This Is For.
This service is well suited for Heads of School and senior administrators at independent schools, as well as executive directors and senior leaders at nonprofit organizations. Coaching is available as a standalone engagement or as part of a broader leadership development program.
“Tony Daloisio and his Washington Partners colleagues have provided invaluable support to me as a school leader and to the teams I’ve led at two independent schools.
From leadership coaching to improving team effectiveness to strategic planning and execution and change management, Washington Partners’ insights and counsel have enabled us to innovate and succeed in the face of the constant onslaught of challenges schools and school leaders face.”
Peter Becker, Head of School, Taft
