Client Feedback

  • "The succession planning process was really the catalyst for me to think deeply about my own position and how I see the future of our school from a human development perspective. I feel like the process changed how I envision developing leadership in others, seeing how to help them best serve the organization in ways they are truly gifted, and helping get them support they need to make up for the ways they aren't yet prepared to take over. I'm super grateful for this opportunity!"

    Sunny Dawn Summers, Founder & Executive Director of New Harmony High School

  • "Working with the Center for Sustainable Leadership was exactly what our school system needed to finally move from talking about the future and succession planning to actually building the necessary tools, skill sets, and plans to create the sustainable future that our school system needs and deserves. We are a stronger organization with a clearer future and more detailed plans as a result of our engagement with CSL."

    Mark DiBella, Chief Executive Officer, YES Prep

  • "CSL provided myself (CEO) and our board with the structure and space to have meaningful and tough conversations about succession. Succession conversations can be tricky for all parties involved and CSL provided the field insights and facilitation expertise to make it productive, healthy and ultimately strengthened our board and leadership relationships while instilling a process within our organization to ensure we endure for generations."

    Oliver Sicat, Chief Executive Officer & Cofounder, Ednovate

  • "Having the ability to step back with my board and a 3rd party was priceless. I feel more prepared about [maternity] leave knowing that the organization will still function. The CSL team provided great insight during our meetings. They pushed my board and I to be strategic about both short term leave and long term succession planning."

    Alaina Leeks, Executive Director, Atlanta Unbound Academy

  • "Freddi and Leah are a powerful duo who helped ensure we were being thoughtful, pushed our thinking and kept us organized. Truly, I wish every consultant worked like them. They helped us to be the best versions of ourselves. "

    Lisa Friscia, Board Chair, Forte Preparatory Academy

  • "Amanda utilized a methodical approach that made the process easy to follow. The team captured input from each of the stakeholders on our team and consolidated the feedback into an actionable plan that we can now take and further tailor. Prior to working with this team, we did not know where to start and within a few months, we have a strong plan to work from."

    Jonathan Green, Board Chairman of Atlanta Unbound Academy

  • "Working with Leah and Freddi has been a pleasure. They are smart, organized, and extremely thoughtful about succession planning. It's a topic that can feel icky or morbid (to me), and I'm grateful to be able to pull off the bandaid to make the work more sustainable for me and future me."

    Graham Browne, Founder & Executive Director, Forte Preparatory Academy

  • "This was a very impressive training. We got great information on preparing future leaders."

    Lawrence Jones, Board Chair, Warren Easton Charter High School

  • "This process has produced our desired outcomes in having a formal sustainability plan and it was a really low lift for us as busy school leaders. Amanda listened to our desires for the future of our growing charter and captured them in a succinct tool for us to follow."

    Diana Diaz-Harrison, Founder & Executive Director of Arizona Autism Charter Schools, Inc.

  • "The insights, feedback, and best practices shared by the CSL team were thorough, thoughtful and very helpful. I liked that it involved my board chair. I liked the cadence of the meetings and the flexibility of the facilitators."

    Kevin Sved, Chief Executive Officer, Navigator Schools

  • "This really made us think and will help the board as a whole understand the current CEO position better as well as forcing us to think about all of the what ifs. The process was thoughtful and excellent."

    Donna Smith, Board Chair, City Garden Montessori School

  • "This process was very organized and productive in every session. There was excellent engagement and listening to all participants as well as thorough reports and timely delivery. The CSL team was professional and engaging. The process has given us a plan not only for leadership succession but for handling both short and long term changes in the whole leadership team. This will make future change much less disruptive with minimum stress."

    Ann Langston, Board Member, Schools of Perea

  • "This has been a very helpful process for the sustainability of our organization. We developed a plan that will strengthen our organization's future through a successful transition."

    Hanifi Oguz, Executive Director, Beehive Science and Technology Academy

  • "This was a very intentional, piece by piece process with clear documentation and next steps. It was super insightful based on past experiences/best practices informing our thinking and conversation. It was wise to have Board Chair join, reaffirming in regards to my alignment w/ board chair. The CSL team was also SUPER flexible in regards to our approach and needs."

    Preston Smith, CEO | Co-Founder, Rocketship Public Schools

  • "We had a wonderful experience with the Center for Sustainable Leadership. Their framework for the succession planning process is outstanding and clearly the result of many years of experience and thought. And the knowledge, experience, and skill of their team made the actual experience of going through that process feel worthwhile every step of the way. It was clear and well-designed and organized. It was always clear what we were doing, why, and where we were going next. And Amanda and Leah are wonderful listeners, so it always felt like what we were talking about made sense for our organization."

    Jon Clark, Network Co-Director