“At the workshop today, the new parts for me were the Relative SWOT and making sure you consider the marketability within the plan. It was very informative. Thank you Stephen!”

“Thank you so much for coming to speak at our conference Dr Holmes! Your presentation was truly excellent, and many of our guests found your session inspiring, informative, and thought-provoking.”

“The program covered a range of topics that were very relevant to my role as an admissions officer in an international school, and I particularly appreciated the strategies for creating compelling content and engaging with students and parents through social media. I feel much more equipped to showcase our school to prospective families and build relationships with them through various channels.”

“I was really impressed with your approach for schools today in your presentation at the International Coalition of Girls’ School (ICGS) Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. The lens you are using to test strategic goals for managing the reputation of the school has real value for schools. At our School, we have worked hard on working out our “why” as a school and have a firm commitment to the vision for the school. Your work provides an approach to clarify how the goals and actions of the strategic plan can work towards the reputation it is seeking for the school. Brilliant.”

“Stephen, I really appreciated your session; reputation management and crisis communications and found this session particularly helpful. I’ll be leaning on the information you shared. Thanks for being at the ICGS Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.”

“Thank you for an insightful three days of professional learning; I have been challenged and am looking forward to some robust conversations with our College leaders as we shape the future of our College.”

“Stephen – wonderful job with La Scuola leadership yesterday. It was well facilitated, and you made ample space for all voices to be heard and noticed. Well done.”

“I want to say your report has been valuable in shaping our strategy and community engagement efforts. We’ve achieved significant milestones.”

“Thank you for a great presentation at the EARCOS Annual Conference this year.”

“Ashley Hall has been privileged to work with Stephen Holmes of 5Rs Partnership in our strategic planning and positioning process. What attracted us to Stephen’s work is his focus on building reputation, a concept that is easily understood by every member of a school community. Through his desktop analysis of all of the materials that we use to represent Ashley Hall both externally and internally to his time on campus with large numbers of our constituents to a well-crafted survey digging deeper on salient issues, Stephen has developed quickly a deep understanding of our school and presented with clarity those areas on which to continue to build and those where we need focus and discernment. Our team is excited about the emerging direction and the possibilities he is helping us discern and articulate.”