ISM has written extensively on the subject of the Head Support and Evaluation Committee (HSEC), including an article that provided a lengthy checklist. But the nuances of this committee’s functions can escape even the longest lists, and ISM here provides further commentary and examples on this critical topic. The HSEC serves as the linking unit between governance and operations. Its composition, thus, should include a small number—often two or three—of management-savvy individuals,1 each of whom (a) has the institution’s long-term, mission-specific success as her/his only agenda, coming into the role; (b) has no predetermined (other) special agendas, no axes to grind, no hearsay-based “fixes” to impose on the School Head; and (c) has a dispassionate relationship with the Head (not too close, and certainly not adversarial).