Best first step
The Operating Diagnostic
A three-week operational assessment — what's in the way, in priority order, and what to fix in 90 days. Complimentary to start.
See the Operating Diagnostic →Home·Start here
Not sure which door? Start here.
Which Critical Path engagement is right for you?
Critical Path is one method applied two ways. This is the fast way to find your door — and the specific engagement inside it — by the symptom you actually have.
The idea
What is a critical path?
In any plan, one sequence of dependent steps decides the outcome. Everything else has slack. The whole practice is finding that sequence — in a career or a company — and holding it to the finish. More on the method →
Door one · For Organizations
Fractional operations leadership
For a founder or executive carrying more change than the team can absorb. Find the symptom.
This is you if
Fractional COO & Chief of Staff
You need an operations leader now — a COO or Chief of Staff — but can't yet justify the full-time hire.
See the fractional COO →Door two · For Leaders
Coaching and career work
For an individual leader at a hinge point. Read down until one line is you.
This is you if
Executive Coaching
You got the bigger job and the instincts that won it are now in your way — or the room doesn't move when you talk.
See executive coaching →This is you if
Critical Path Positioning
You're running a full search and want the whole campaign — direction, resume, LinkedIn, interview, negotiation — in three weeks.
See the campaign →This is you if
Resume Rebuild
You know your resume isn't getting read and can't tell why. Just the resume, rebuilt on your own evidence.
See resume rebuild →This is you if
Rapid Interview Prep
You have an interview already on the calendar and one shot to get it right.
See interview prep →Neither door
When it has to be built
Some work has no playbook yet, because nobody has built the thing before.
This is you if
Special Projects
You need an AI-native tool, an internal system, or a real-time dashboard that doesn't exist yet — a build, not advice.
See the workshop →Questions
Common questions
Which Critical Path engagement is right for me?
Start with the symptom. If you're an individual leader — between roles, newly promoted, or stuck — you're in door two: coaching and career work. If you're a founder or executive with more change than the team can absorb, you're in door one: fractional operations leadership — usually starting with the Operating Diagnostic. If you need something built that doesn't exist yet, that's Special Projects. Not sure? Book the free conversation and we'll place it together.
What is the difference between the two doors?
Door one, For Organizations, is fractional operations leadership for a company — holding the work inside the business until it lands. Door two, For Leaders, is coaching and career work for an individual — the seat you hold or the next one you want. One method, two ways in.
Find your critical path
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