In Development

Tactical Operations Plan

A structured way for experienced leaders to turn what they've done into a credible next chapter — and leave with a 90-day plan they own and will actually use.

Discuss a Pilot

The problem

Real experience rarely arrives with a translation.

Capable people leave a role — a military career, a senior position, a familiar industry — carrying genuine skill and very little shared language for it.

They don't yet see how influence works in the new setting, and most planning stays abstract: reflection without evidence, and intentions without a calendar.

The framework

From insight, to evidence, to execution.

1
Understand
What patterns, strengths, and assumptions shape how I perform?
A clear read on your own evidence
2
Translate
What value does my experience create somewhere new?
A leadership narrative and capability map
3
Reconnoiter
How do influence and opportunity actually work there?
Findings from real conversations
4
Test
What small action would tell me something true?
Two real-world experiments
5
Execute
What will I do, consistently, over the next 90 days?
The Tactical Operations Plan

The signature outcome

A plan the participant owns.

Everything in the program builds toward one working document: the Tactical Operations Plan. It isn't a certificate or a binder. It's an operating plan — meant to be revisited during the next promotion, the next setback, or the next reinvention.

For broader executive audiences, the same plan can be framed as an Executive Transition Operating Plan.

Tactical Operations PlanParticipant-owned

Leadership narrative

A plain account of who you are as a leader and the value you bring.

Capability translation map

Prior experience rewritten in the language a new organization uses.

Next-role hypotheses

One to three directions, each with its assumptions stated out loud.

Real-world experiments

Two small tests that produce evidence, not just more reflection.

Personal advisory board

The people who'll keep you honest, and how you'll use them.

30-60-90 day plan

Milestones, measures, and after-action reviews built in.

Who it's for

Veteran-informed, not veteran-limited.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members

For people who led under real pressure and now need that experience understood by a civilian employer.

Executives and Emerging Leaders

For leaders stepping into a bigger role, a new industry, or a deliberate reinvention.

MBA and Executive-Education Learners

For students who want their program to end with a plan they'll actually use.

Employers and Talent Leaders

For organizations supporting internal mobility, veteran hires, or high-potential cohorts.

Flexible formats

Shaped to fit the setting.

Workshop

Half-day or full-day session for networks, employers, and career programs.

Cohort

Four to six sessions, in person, virtual, or hybrid.

Academic course

Four-week intensive, eight-week elective, or full semester.

Corporate cohort

Designed around an organization's own talent goals.

Curriculum advising

Help for institutions building their own transition offering.

Pilot partnership

Looking for the right first partners.

This is still a concept. If you lead a veteran-serving organization, a college or executive-education program, or a talent team, and you'd like to help shape an early pilot, I'd welcome the conversation.