A Membership for Leaders Who Want Healthy Teams, Clear Culture, and More Human Organizations
"If I want it done right, I have to do it myself."
How many of these common leadership struggles do you face regularly?
You're involved in too many decisions because people either don't know how to decide or don't feel empowered to do so.
The same conflicts resurface with different faces, eating time and emotional energy.
People leave (or check out) not because of the work itself, but because of unclear expectations, poor communication, or lack of trust.
Meetings feel long, unproductive, or like everyone's talking past each other.
People complain to you about each other instead of addressing issues directly.
You pick up slack, redo work, or solve problems that should belong to your team because it feels faster or safer than delegating.
People aren't sure who owns what, leading to dropped balls or duplicated effort.
Standards feel arbitrary, consequences are unclear, and follow-through is spotty.
One bad hire, one departure, or one conflict can destabilize the whole team.
You're constantly firefighting instead of thinking ahead.
You feel responsible for everyone's wellbeing, performance, and morale—and it's draining.
No one seems to understand the weight you carry or the complexity you navigate.
What if your people were equipped to:
You care deeply about your work. You have a proven track record. You've created something meaningful.
But what got you here won't get you there.
"There"—that place where your team runs smoothly without you micromanaging every detail. Where you have time to think strategically. Where conflicts get resolved without your intervention. Where people step up with ownership and initiative.
You hosted pizza parties, escape rooms, offsites—all in the hopes that if people liked each other more, they'd work together better. But chemistry without clarity doesn't change anything.
Podcasts, TED talks, YouTube lessons, viral "10 habits of great leaders" threads. They're energizing in the moment—but impossible to apply in the heat of real conflict.
OKRs, performance reviews, culture decks, engagement surveys, leadership slogans. But small organizations have fundamentally different needs.
A facilitator comes in, and everyone feels hopeful for a week... and then the old patterns return because no one is supporting the implementation and sustainable results.
Because it felt quicker in the moment. But every time you fix someone else's conflict, the system becomes just a little more dependent on you.
But HR isn't actually about your people's thriving—it's there to protect them. And a consultant without ongoing access can't reshape the relational system.
And so, despite all your effort:
Not because you didn't try hard enough—oh, no, you're the KING/QUEEN of working hard.
Hard work isn't enough when you're doing it alone.
The Human Systems Guild is specifically designed for:
If you're leading a team of passionate humans and you're tired of feeling like the system depends entirely on you to function, keep reading.
At the heart of our work is this simple but profound idea:
Organizations are living systems. Their effectiveness depends on relationships, structure, culture, and living processes that bring out the best in people.
As a leader, it's your job to cultivate, grow, and unleash their excellence. But you can't do that alone.
You need:
No one's in a better position to do this than you.
Humans are relational creatures. We need meaning, rest, laughter, belonging, autonomy, imagination—and yes, sometimes we do brilliant work.
Organizations, meanwhile, need consistency, coordination, reliability, and results.
No amount of personal determination can force these things into being.
Both the human beings and the organization are living systems with their own needs that require tending from everyone.
From this worldview emerges our Human Systems Model that outlines fertile "plots" leaders must tend in order for their teams to thrive.
(That YOU are responsible for creating)
Leadership is a teachable set of relational behaviors that create stability and clarity.
Great People Leaders master three skills:
Culture is what an organization does repeatedly.
Unintentional culture can easily tend toward toxic traits like blame, avoidance, inequity, unclear norms, siloed behavior, and conflict avoidance.
Intentional culture is built through explicit agreements, clear meeting rhythms, decision-making structures, hiring and exit rituals, shared behavioral expectations, and meaning-making conversations.
Teams are relational organisms. Their health is measured by how well they balance:
Teams with both care and courage can surface issues before they fester, resolve conflict early, avoid triangulation, maintain role clarity, and stay aligned through growth and uncertainty.
Human needs like belonging, safety, autonomy, growth, purpose, and connection can't be accidents; they have to be the intentional outcome of your organization's processes. Organizations that ignore these needs burn people out. Organizations that design around them flourish.
Scaling from 8 to 20 people exponentially increases the relational complexity in a system. Most leaders are blindsided by this when they should be leveraging it to their advantage.
Values matter, but behaviors drive outcomes. We teach leaders how to practice their values through observable actions.
Change happens through dialogue: 1:1s, feedback loops, agreements, conflict conversations, meaning-making sessions.
We don't hand leaders scripts. We teach them to see the underlying patterns—stuck loops, unclear agreements, overfunctioning, missed expectations, invisible norms—and to do something about it.
This is a living, evolving resource tied to your real challenges—not generic downloads.
We aren't selling slogans; we're supporting structural change: clarity, boundaries, relational health, real work.
We provide rhythm: monthly calls, quarterly check-ins, community accountability, real-world application.
Tools, community, coaching, and resources—no messy tech stack or fragmented workflows.
Whether you run solo or lead a 12-person nonprofit: there's a plan for you without overcommitting.
You have a clearer language for what's actually happening in your organization. You stop blaming yourself (or others) and start seeing the patterns.
You've implemented 2-3 new structures that reduce friction. Maybe it's a standing 1:1 rhythm. Maybe it's a decision-making framework. Maybe it's clearer role definitions. Your team feels it—and so do you.
Conflict that used to derail your week now gets addressed in real time. People bring you context and solutions, not just complaints. You're spending less time firefighting and more time on the work that matters.
You have a team of leaders, not just a team of workers. They take initiative. They hold each other accountable. They give you honest feedback. The culture isn't fragile anymore—it's resilient. And you? You're finally leading the organization you envisioned instead of just managing it.
A membership community for everyday leaders building thriving, human-centered organizations.
for leadership, culture, and team building—practical resources you can implement immediately
working to build healthy organizations—because you shouldn't have to figure this out alone
(for Grow & Lead members) where you can get real-time guidance on your specific challenges
(for Lead members) for deeper work with a consistent peer group
—not theory, but practice
if you want your whole team learning and growing together
We're opening the doors to a small group of Founding Members who will join us at special introductory rates and help shape this community from the ground up.
As a Founding Member, you receive:
Library + Community
Full access to resource library, community forum, call-recordings archive, monthly "field note." Asynchronous support only.
Coaching + Implementation
Everything in Seed + monthly live group coaching, monthly implementation prompts, prioritized Q&A in forum.
Leadership Circle
Everything in Grow + quarterly small-group cohort calls (max 12 people), priority support during calls, optional discounts on private coaching.
Organizational Access
Add team members to any tier so your whole organization can learn and grow together.
*Prices shown in USD; convert to local currency as needed at checkout.
For less than the cost of a monthly dinner out, you get:
Margaret Mead once said: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
You're already leading that small group. You just haven't been given the tools to unleash their brilliance on the world.
The Human Systems Guild gives you those tools—and the support to use them well.
Join us. Build something better. Together.
Coming 2026Not sure if this is right for you? No problem. Cancel anytime—no questions asked, no hard feelings. We only want members who are getting real value from the community.