We help leaders in higher education and independent schools navigate institutional change with clarity, compassion, and structure, drawing on thirty years of practice.
SERVICES
Change is emotional before it is operational.
Most consulting begins with a problem to solve. For thirty years, we've started somewhere different — by asking what the change is actually asking of the people involved, and helping leaders in higher education and independent schools build the shared language, structured practices, and trust that answer requires.
Leadership & Strategy
HIGH IMPACT CONSULTING ENGAGEMENTS
We work alongside executive leaders and senior teams in higher education and independent schools to strengthen alignment, clarify strategy, and accelerate decision-making when it matters most. Every engagement is customized to your institutional context — but every engagement also draws on thirty years of frameworks and practice. That combination is what lets us meet an institution exactly where it is, without starting from scratch.
ENGAGEMENT TYPES
Executive and board/cabinet alignment initiatives
Strategic planning and implementation design
Leadership team effectiveness & culture transformation
Change management for institutional priorities
Leadership transitions
“Through our partnership with Teibel Education, UW Tacoma strengthened its leadership culture, deepened trust across the team, and built a stronger foundation for coordination and strategic action.”
SYLVIA JAMES
Vice Chancellor
University of Washington Tacoma
Education Programs
SCALABLE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Our consulting work shows up in a single room at a time. Our education programs take the same frameworks — the same shared language, the same structured practice — and make them available to leaders across an institution. Two programs, two formats, one conviction: that leadership is built through practice, not delivered through content.
Online Leadership Program (OLP)
Built on a conviction: leadership development doesn't end with what you know — it begins with how you lead. Bi-weekly live sessions, small-group learning, and embedded coaching give participants the shared language, practical tools, and structured practice to lead differently in every conversation, every decision, and every room they walk into.
Built for the rhythms of higher education. No travel required.
The Chronicle’s Higher Ed Leadership Institute
A concentrated program for leaders who want to move quickly. Three intensive workshops across two weeks, bridging diverse institutional perspectives and giving participants the frameworks and shared language to return to their own institutions and put new practices to work immediately.
Coaching Services
INDIVIDUAL & TEAM ACCELERATION
Coaching is where institutional change becomes personal. We work one-to-one with leaders navigating real decisions in real time, and with teams learning to operate together under new conditions. Some engagements stand on their own. Others reinforce a strategy or education program already underway — the place where new frameworks get tested, refined, and absorbed into how a leader actually works.
Individual coaching
One-to-one engagement for executives, emerging leaders, and those navigating institutional transitions. Typical focus areas:
Executive leadership development
Leadership transition support — for new and advancing leaders
Communication effectiveness and executive presence
Team & group coaching
Engagements with intact leadership teams, cross-functional groups, and cohort-based learning groups. Typical focus areas:
Leadership team effectiveness and alignment
Support for cross-functional teams navigating change
Group coaching cohorts embedded in education programs
Coaching engagements may stand alone or extend a broader consulting or education program — reinforcing alignment and accelerating the work over time.
