About the practice
Structure matters.
So do the people inside it.
Meridian Alignment Partners is a founder-led advisory practice with Hannah Richardson, grounded in school leadership and organizational consulting.
Meet Hannah.

Hannah developed the Prepared Organization framework through her work in school leadership and organizational consulting. Her focus is the relationship between an organization’s structures, its people, and the decisions that shape daily work.
That begins with close attention to an actual situation: where a responsibility overlaps, a decision stalls, or the work depends on the same people stepping in.
Follow the work.
An organizational chart can describe reporting lines. Understanding how an organization works also means looking at authority, capacity, communication, and follow-through.
The practice brings these questions into the same conversation, then works toward agreements people can use in their daily responsibilities.
Grounded experience.
Open conversation.
Hannah welcomes schools, businesses, and nonprofits. The work examples on this site are grounded in school leadership; they are illustrative rather than client case studies.
For an organization in another sector, the first conversation explores the context and whether the approach fits. Scope, participants, working materials, and terms are agreed before an engagement begins.
The person behind the practice
A conversation
about your work.

A useful next step
Start with one real situation.
Tell Hannah what is happening, who carries the work, and what needs to become clearer.
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