Re-set Your Mission-Fit Career Here!
Does your work fit who you are?
Do you feel like something's missing in your job or organization?
Maybe you've achieved success at work by traditional measures, but you're left wondering: "Is this really what I'm meant to be doing with my life?"
Or you may be approaching a transition— a career change, promotion, or even stepping into retirement—and are unsure what activities or work truly suit you.
Here's what I've learned after working with hundreds of people in transition... The disconnect most often isn't their experience, their passion, or their resume.
The main problem was a lack of clarity about their purpose. And after settling that, they were better able to seek out the best place or role to help them live out that purpose!
When advancing, many leaders miss the most critical step in career planning-- that is aligning their work with their unique vocational identity.
Without this foundation, they end up chasing opportunities that look good on paper but leave them feeling misaligned, frustrated, or stuck.
At Congruent Coaching, we help mission-driven leaders gain the clarity they need to build careers—and lives—that actually fit who they are.
Whether you're searching for your next leadership role, planning a meaningful retirement, or seeking better alignment in your current position, we provide the coaching , resources and community you need to create lasting life/work congruence.
Because when what you do fits who you are, everything changes.
OUR NEXT FREE WEBINAR!
"The Nonprofit Job Search Blueprint: How to Land Mission-Aligned Roles"
In this free 60 minute training, you'll discover:
- Our 3-phase system to give you access to the hidden nonprofit job market
- Why 60-70% of nonprofit leadership positions never hit job boards (and how to find them)
- The framework that accelerates your ability to find mission-aligned roles
- The #1 mistake corporate professionals make when transitioning to nonprofits
Next Live Webinar: TBA
Resource Library
Templates, scripts, tools to optimize your career, identity, job search and others.
Peer Network
Connect with other leadership professionals clarifying their purpose-driven careers.
LinkedIn & Resume
Get help to update and orient your communication around your true identity.
Hidden Job Openings
Offline purposeful job opportunities shared by community members and networking.
Workshops
Trainings and special guests speaking on skill development, and purpose-filled career topics.
Peer Accountability
Stay motivated with goal-setting threads, new ideas, and make progress check-ins.
Hi, Jim here.
For three decades, I've lived at the intersection of purpose and profession. After leading multiple large organizations, co-leading an executive recruitment firm, and coaching hundreds of professionals in their career choices and job transitions, I've learned several fundamental truths that help us all find meaningful lives and work...
Know yourself... and live true to yourself!
These 2 truths have changed everything for me. Finding congruence between my true identity and a role, organization or mission where I can live out my true life purpose -- well, that is what I call congruence.
And so I launched Congruent Coaching and created the Mission-Fit Framework™ to help purpose-driven leaders like you take the critical steps needed to align their work or volunteer activities with their life mission.
Mission-FiT Framework™
A 3-Phase Approach
This is the Mission-Fit Framework™ that I use when coaching leaders toward renewed congruence, where you "know yourself & live true to yourself."
Phase 1: Identity - Clarify your work-related identity through reflection on peak life experiences, core values, life message, and more.
Phase 2: Alignment - Define your life mission and the good you were meant to bring to the world.
Phase 3: Implementation - Apply your mission-fit identity to specific life contexts, like career, new role, job search, retirement, and more.
Who this is for
Mission-driven leaders who feel stuck or misaligned and need help clarifying their core identity so they can make confident decisions about career, calling, and life direction.
Mid-to-late career professionals approaching new seasons of life, or retirement, who want to design their next chapter with intention, not drift into it by default.
Nonprofit job seekers ready to go beyond resume tactics and discover the vocational clarity that leads to mission-fit roles, not just any job.
Signature Coaching Programs
Leadership Transition Accelerator
For professionals realigning themselves with their new role or organization.
Leadership Job Search Accelerator
For career changers accessing the hidden nonprofit job market.
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Retirement Plan Accelerator
For new retirees rebuilding purpose, identity, and finishing well.
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Congruent Leader Accelerator
For purpose-driven leaders achieving congruence across key life domains.
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Other Services
Career Development Coaching
I offer career and life development coaching to help people navigate their complex life issues, like clarifying vocational identity during significant work or life transitions, such as downsizing, advancements, or retirement.
Leadership Consulting
I help boards and leaders support their teams, develop their emerging leaders, renew trust, and repair damaged work cultures by consulting in Succession Planning, Onboarding, Executive Coaching, and more.
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What Our Coaching Clients Say
With Jim’s help, I was able to develop the tools and insights needed to assist young professionals to grow in their nonprofit careers and to mentor mid-career leaders in their leadership development.
Allan M.
Promoted as a Nonprofit Fundraising Leader
At a critical time in my life, Jim was a patient and motivating counsellor and a good friend. He helped me pivot more deeply into a prayerful and practical view of my skills and vocation, and therefore ultimately find my next chapter
Julia W.
Moved from being CCO to Nonprofit CEO
When I found myself in a season of significant transition and in need of discerning my direction in leadership, Jim's attentive listening, thoughtful questions, and insightful observations helped me clarify my passions, gifts, and the opportunities before me.
Lucas B.
Transitioned from Pastor to a Nonprofit National Lead
The Nonprofit Leadership Transition Accelerator - Applying the Mission-Fit Framework™
Program Overview
A transformational 1-on-1 coaching intensive that helps nonprofit leaders successfully navigate the critical identity shift from individual contributor to manager, director, or executive leader with confidence, clarity, and strategic focus.
Here's what this 1-on-1 coaching intensive program offers over 6 sessions:
The Mission-Fit Framework™
My proprietary 4-phase system (Identity → Alignment → Implementation = Congruence) that positions you to lead authentically from your core values and vocational identity, not just your technical expertise.
The Leadership Identity Transition Process
Move beyond your individual contributor or technical expert identity to discover and embody your authentic leadership presence and approach.
Live Coaching Sessions
Weekly 1-on-1 coaching calls to work on your leadership Mission-Fit alignment and build your 90-day transition plan in real-time.
The 90-Day Leadership Launch Plan
Create a comprehensive roadmap for your first 90 days covering key stakeholder relationships, quick wins, strategic priorities, and team development.
Strategic Communication Mastery
Learn to craft and deliver important communications (team announcements, vision statements, difficult conversations, stakeholder updates) that establish your credibility and authority.
The Stakeholder Mapping Strategy
Identify key stakeholders, understand their needs and influence, and build the essential relationships that will determine your success in the new role.
Delegation & Decision-Making Frameworks
Develop sustainable systems for deciding what to delegate, how to empower your team, and where to focus your leadership attention for maximum impact.
Leadership Transition Tools
Use our AI-powered tools and resources to clarify your leadership identity, build strategic communications, create your 90-day action plan, map stakeholders, and establish your executive presence.
The Nonprofit Leadership Transition Coaching is ideal for:
Individual contributors promoted to their first management role who excel at technical work but struggle with the identity shift to leading others and delegating what they used to do themselves.
Mid-level managers advancing to director or executive positions who are unprepared for the strategic thinking, organizational politics, and stakeholder management required at senior leadership levels
Newly promoted leaders experiencing imposter syndrome who feel overwhelmed by unclear expectations, changed peer relationships, and the pressure to perform in a role they're still learning to inhabit
Not Ready for an Accelerator Coaching Intensive?
Our free Community gives you access to some key resources, tools and peer connections to help you develop your mission-driven career.
Want to Align Your Career with Your Life Mission? Let's Talk.
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