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Transitions
CEO and senior leadership transitions, role clarity, first chapters and next chapters.
When the stakes are high, who’s beside you matters.
We’ve sat in the room. We know what’s at stake.
Stone House is a private advisory partner serving CEOs, founders, boards and executive teams navigating consequential moments. We bring seasoned operating experience, organizational psychology and clear-eyed judgment to the decisions that shape leadership, culture and what comes next.
Where we work
Top of the House Change Management
Change, even when planned, has an all-of-a-sudden moment.
We work alongside leaders when transitions, decisions and relationships carry consequence — bringing senior partners to the table to create clarity, navigate complexity and build a path forward. The result is change that feels deliberate rather than disruptive, with leaders and teams clear on where they are going and how to get there.
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Succession
Founder succession, executive succession, board readiness and the human realities beneath the plan.
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Alignment
Executive team alignment, leadership dynamics, culture evolution and the conversations that cannot be avoided.
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Impact
High-consequence decisions during growth, transformation, restructuring and organizational change.
A private, focused way to name what you are navigating and where seasoned counsel may help.
AI Integration Planning
Lasting AI transformation is a human journey as much as a technical one.
We work alongside leaders to turn AI ambition into sustained organizational capability — aligning leadership, redesigning work and supporting people through the uncertainty that accompanies consequential change. The result is adoption that can be seen, measured and built upon.
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Strategic context
Frame AI adoption around the competitive forces, business priorities and opportunities already shaping the organization.
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Leadership alignment
Build a shared story at the top and surface the resistance, uncertainty and cultural signals beneath it.
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Workflow redesign
Redesign work around thoughtful augmentation — clarifying where AI leads, where it assists and where human judgment remains essential.
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Capability building
Create role-specific learning and ongoing support that moves people from uncertainty to confident, measurable adoption.
A practical, human-centered path from experimentation to meaningful change.
The founders
Experience from inside the room.
Jen Elmquist
Co-Founder / Executive Partner
Jen brings a career spanning organizational psychology, executive coaching, leadership development, transformation and education. Her work blends strategic rigor with deep understanding of people, systems and the human dynamics behind consequential decisions.
Jess Elmquist
Co-Founder / Executive Partner
Jess brings more than three decades of executive leadership experience across growth, transformation, culture, talent and organizational effectiveness, including senior CHRO roles and extensive partnership with CEOs, boards and executive teams.
Our philosophy
“We believe the most meaningful work happens in defining moments, alongside remarkable people.”
Stone House is intentionally small, senior and personal. We choose work where trust matters, where the question is real, and where experience and judgment can materially change the outcome.
Start a conversation
For decisions that matter.
If you are navigating a transition, succession, alignment issue or consequential leadership decision, we would welcome a conversation.
Contact Stone House →Stone House Partners, LLC
Scottsdale, Arizona | Bozeman, Montana
Scottsdale, Arizona | Bozeman, Montana