Organizational consulting
Build an organization as healthy as its mission.
I help mission-driven organizations strengthen the structure, culture, and leadership underneath their work, so the mission is carried by a healthy team, not a few exhausted people.
Where I've done this work
I've done this work from the inside.
Before I advised organizations, I led them. Nearly 30 years as an executive director and chief of staff, often stepping in when things were growing fast or coming apart.
Housing nonprofit, after a public crisis
Grant applications grew from about 15 to more than 60 a year.
As executive director, I rebuilt the leadership team, repaired trust with partners, residents, and the city, and professionalized operations.
Fast-growing urban church
Revenue grew from $2.2M to over $5.5M in two years.
As chief of staff, I helped structure the leadership team, rebuild the financial management system, and steward a capital campaign to acquire and renovate a life-giving community center.
Multi-ministry organization
Led budgets over $10M and staffs of 100+.
I led the senior leadership team through a staff restructuring and a systems modernization built for the next decade.
Four ways I can help
Strong, healthy, and aligned.
Organizational health and culture
Build trust, clarity, and shared purpose using proven frameworks like Lencioni's Six Critical Questions.
Strategy and alignment
Turn vision, mission, and values into living principles that actually guide decisions.
Leadership team development
Grow the leaders and teams whose maturity determines what the organization can become.
Workshops and intensives
Focused team sessions and retreats for groups who want to work better together.
How an engagement works
I build the systems, then I develop the people who carry them.
1
Listen
Interviews, assessments, and watching how work really happens.
2
Name it
A clear, honest read on what's working, what isn't, and why.
3
Build
Structure, roles, rhythms, and systems that fit the mission you have now.
4
Hand it off
I develop the leaders who will carry it, so the change outlasts me.
Let's talk about your organization.
Every engagement is scoped to where your team actually is.
Start a conversationLead whole. Build what matters. Live on purpose.
Work with me
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