Address Risk More Effectively

Focused consulting engagements, one problem at a time.

Consulting and Risk Advisory

Every risk management program is a work in progress. Ask any program administrator whether their risk management policies are fully followed, and they'll hesitate before answering. They know the policies have gaps and they know staff have workarounds. They know the real rules live in people's heads, not in any document.

But knowing there are gaps and closing them are different problems. Updating or writing a new policy takes time and expertise that senior leaders don’t have. The result is a chronic, low-visibility gap between the risk management program on paper and the one in practice. Focused consulting engagements close that gap, one problem at a time.

Consulting engagements start by diagnosing the problem together and agreeing on one focus with the greatest practical impact. Slay Risk advises on the options and tradeoffs, and you make every decision about the organization, because no outside expert understands it the way its own people do.

At the end, there is something concrete: a policy, a plan, a procedure, or a curriculum, built for how your program operates in its specific and unique context. We don’t produce templates or generic frameworks; we build something the staff will actually use, which we ensure by rolling it out together.

Typical Format

An engagement is typically a 90-day sprint with one focus. An initial planning meeting sets the direction and meetings every other week keep forward momentum. The structure is simple. Month one is for gathering and deciding. Month two is for building. Month three is for rollout.

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Program Design

Program design helps schools and program providers build a new program offering or refine an existing one. Safety management is more effective when it is thoughtfully integrated early in the design stage, and when program goals, learning curriculum, and activities are aligned. We help on the ground and in-person, such as delivering training workshops or conducting venue risk assessments, and we help remotely on specific projects like curriculum development or as an ongoing thought partner. This service is especially valuable for international schools and providers in the Asia-Pacific region.

Staff Training and Development

Slay Risk delivers workshops and training sessions for teachers and field staff, program administrators, and senior leadership teams, in person or remotely. Past topics include ethical care and participant engagement, nontechnical skills, risk management, safety management, and program planning and leadership. Every session is built for the specific audience and program context. Reach out to discuss specific training needs.  

Testimonials

Stuart's systematic approach helped us understand how to better manage risk in the context of complex field placements. He identified key risks and translated them into actionable strategies our internship director could implement, preparing her to advocate for higher-level policies at the institution. I highly recommend Slay Risk for organizations seeking thorough risk analysis and meaningful capacity-building.

Jayson Seaman
Department Chair
Recreation Management & Policy
University of New Hampshire

We came away with guidance to help manage the next couple of years of growth, and things we didn't even think about. We're running it in parallel to three other projects, and it will help us build something comprehensive for training and scaling on a national level.

Matt McDonell
Executive Director
Next 18

Stu is incredibly knowledgeable about IB learning frameworks, risk management planning, and safety education. He worked closely with our curriculum coordinators to build a learning framework for risk management and safety education. He is a huge asset to a school looking to take its real-world application of learning to the next level.

Barbara Wrightson
Director of Teaching and Learning
International School of Tanganyika

FAQs

  • Recent engagements have included crisis management planning and training, partner vetting, venue risk assessment, and writing a child protection policy with the staff and leadership training to support it. Each one is built for the organization's specific context.

  • Each engagement is a fixed monthly fee across the 90 days, set by the problem and what it takes to solve it. I'll walk you through the investment before anything starts.

  • One sponsor who knows the organization and can make decisions, usually a director, executive leader, or risk manager. Anyone else close to the problem should be available to meet when their part comes up.

  • A template or an AI policy gives you a document. It doesn't tell you whether it fits how your organization works, what it's missing, or what matters most in your context, and a policy that doesn't fit is one staff work around. The hard part isn't producing the document. It's the judgment about what it should say and the rollout that gets people using it.

  • I'll help you work out the right questions to ask your counsel and advisors. And if you don't have the specialist you need, whether legal, medical, insurance, or something else, I can introduce you to someone in my network.

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