Does Your Organization's Culture Support Your Mission?
Or undermine it?Does Your Organization's Culture Support Your Mission?
Or undermine it?It's time to turn the culture you have into the culture you want.
If you’re dealing with climbing turnover, persistent conflicts, or stalled decisions, you need more than quick fixes.
As a culture designer, I can help you assess what’s happening, design the culture you need, and implement it intentionally.
It’s culture by design, not by accident.
This Will Help You if You’re A…
New Executive Director who inherited culture challenges.
Tenured ED or CEO who is watching turnover climb, conflict escalate, or decisions stall—despite past team development efforts.
Proactive leader who sees patterns forming and want sto address culture strategically before crisis hits.
How It Works
Step 1: Culture Threads Assessment
We start by getting a clear picture of what’s happening in your culture today – where your organization’s values show up in action and where they don’t.
Using the Culture Design Canvas framework, I assess what’s happening across 10 key elements of culture through conversations, observations, and analysis.
You walk away with a shared understanding of your organization’s current culture – strengths, blind spots, and priorities for change – plus a strategic roadmap for what needs to shift.
After the Assessment ...
Some organizations use the assessment and roadmap to move forward on their own. Others continue, shifting their focus to design their intentional culture and engaging in full implementation support.
You decide what makes sense for your organization — no long-term commitment required upfront.
I can help you think it through.
Step 2: Culture Design Playbook
I work with your key leadership to co-create a practical design for the culture you want to build at your organization.
We’ll codify how you lead, collaborate, and decide.
The resulting Playbook becomes a living reference guide for your desired culture.
Step 3: Culture In Practice
I support you and your team as we put your intentionally-designed culture into practice over the course of 6-12+ months.
We integrate the design into your existing systems and roll out new ways of working as needed. I support you through leadership coaching, skill-building, practice, reinforcement, and accountability.
Contact me and I’ll be happy to discuss the approach in more detail with you or answer any questions you have.
Other Ways I Can Help You
In addition to my signature Culture in Practice program, I also offer the following to help you design a stronger culture.
Improve team communication, collaboration and effectiveness. Communication is the foundation for a strong workplace culture.
Build a more cohesive team that works together easily and effectively
Help participants have conversations and make meaningful decisions to achieve goals through retreats, strategic work sessions, and convenings
Strengthen and build skills through workshops on communication, team development, and leadership that support culture change. These can be integrated into Culture Design work or offered standalone.
Additional Resources
U.S. Nonprofit Culture Pulse Report
Insights from interviews with nonprofit leaders about the culture patterns affecting their organizations.
Culture Threads Newsletter
Tools, strategies, and insights for building a stronger culture in your organization.
A Few of Our Clients
As a result of our time working with Linda, we have a more cohesive and connected team.