Sharpen your focus. Deepen your impact.

We offer tailored support to social impact teams that clarifies their purpose, strengthens their connection to place, and charts a path toward measurable change.

You’re pulled in too many directions.

We help you focus on what truly matters.

Social impact teams often feel pressure to do everything, but struggle to focus where it matters most. We help leaders simplify the complex and co-create strategies that turn big visions into practical reality.

Our Services

Move With Clarity.

Lead With Confidence.

Through clear strategies and trusted support, we help mission-driven teams create deeper impact in the places they serve.

For Leaders

Strategic Advising

Personalized advising to help leaders clarify, focus, and lead with confidence and courage.

For Teams

Thoughtful Facilitation

Workshops and retreats that unlock clarity, strengthen trust, and energize team culture.

For Organizations

Place-Based Planning

Research and strategy ensuring organizations are equipped to execute place-based solutions.

Is Congruence a Fit For You?

You care deeply about your community. You lead with purpose and heart. But the work is complex, full of competing demands, unclear paths, and the constant pressure to do more with less. You’re not alone.

We are here for leaders like you

Whether you’re guiding a nonprofit, launching a place-based initiative, shepherding a faith community, or stewarding corporate resources, we help you stay focused on what truly matters—so you can lead with clarity, alignment, and confidence.

You don’t need a cookie-cutter framework. You need a partner who will listen, adapt, and walk with you.

We work best with:

Nonprofit Executives who want their team, mission, and community engagement fully aligned

Community Quarterbacks & Local Organizations seeking grounded strategy and trusted support

Faith Leaders & Pastors shifting from charity-based outreach to deeper neighborhood impact

CSR & Philanthropy Leaders building authentic place-based strategies that reflect their values

Healthcare & Public Health Professionals exploring trust-building at the neighborhood level

Trusted by Teams Who Lead with Purpose

We’ve partnered with social impact organizations across sectors to help them lead boldly, clearly, and in alignment with their communities.

Curious If We Can Help?

Every conversation begins with understanding—no pressure, no pitch, just space to explore your ideas, questions, and concerns

Let's Connect

About Our Founder

Dr. Shawn Duncan is an advisor and strategist to social impact teams across the country. For over a decade, he led Training and Consulting at Focused Community Strategies, guiding leaders in equitable, place-based change. His work helps organizations understand the ecosystems of place and become partners in community prosperity. With a background in social change pedagogy, Shawn's heartbeat is to see leaders set free to achieve all the good they long to create in the world.

From Leaders We’ve Walked With

“Shawn helped our team step back and assess whether our work was truly aligned with the outcomes we care about most. His approach brought greater alignment.” 

— Mashonda Taylor

“Shawn’s relational leadership style is both approachable and clear, inspiring confidence while ensuring alignment and understanding across diverse stakeholders.”

— Kaitlin Garret

“Shawn helped us move from an over-reliance on quantitative data to incorporating community voice—empowering communities to develop strategies that make the most sense for them.”

— Tommy Pearce

“Shawn helped us refine our Community Conversations framework—not by bringing answers, but by helping us lift up the wisdom that already existed in our neighborhoods.”

— Darian Colbert

“Shawn is gifted and experienced at guiding leadership teams and their organizations to be more focused and impactful in their work.”