Featured · 2025 Strategic plan

Aligning a community college cabinet around one plan.

A multi-site district in California arrived stuck — three competing visions, no shared metrics. CBT facilitated a six-month process that produced a single plan for the district and the cabinet alignment to execute it.

6 mosFrom kickoff to adoption
4Sites aligned
+11ptCabinet alignment score
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Cabinet coaching Independent

A new president's first 180 days, with steady counsel.

A first-time president at an upper Midwest public university engaged CBT for cabinet coaching alongside her transition. Six leaders, one shared cadence, fewer surprises.

6Cabinet members
180 dTransition window
0Cabinet departures Y1
Reorg Public university

Rightsizing academic affairs without losing the people.

Two southeastern public flagships faced a combined 9% structural deficit. CBT designed an academic affairs reorganization that consolidated functions, merged two colleges, preserved instructional capacity, and held faculty trust.

$4.2MAnnual savings
11→7Direct reports
0Faculty layoffs
Program viability Independent

Honest answers to a hard question — which programs should we keep?

A California community college asked CBT to build a defensible program prioritization framework. Twenty-three programs, four months, one decision the board could explain.

23Programs reviewed
4 mosEnd to end
9–0Board vote
Comprehensive Educational Plan Public

An comprehensive educational plan that's still on the wall four years later.

A Texas public college wanted a plan that wouldn't end up on a shelf. CBT designed it for execution from day one — with quarterly cadence and a board dashboard that didn't lie.

4 yrsActive execution
22/30Goals on track
2Presidents into it
200+ engagements over 17 years. We can share a confidential case study aligned to your situation on a scoping call.
Client outcomes

What they said, after.

CBT brought structure and credibility to our planning process. For the first time in years, our entire cabinet was aligned.
VP of Instruction · Community College, California
Their team understood our culture from day one. The strategic plan we developed together actually stuck — two years later, we're still executing it.
President · Community College, New York
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