ABOUT US

Our team, ready to help yours.

We integrate our different roles and geniuses in all kinds of combinations depending on your needs! These are some of the fine faces you will see.

Jim Brown
Jim Brown
Founding Partner
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Margot Thompson
Margot Thompson
Executive Coach
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Jeff Lockyer
Jeff Lockyer
Consultant and Coach
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EJ Martinez
EJ Martinez
Business Assistant
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Rosa Romero
Bookkeeper
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Sarah Brown
Head of Product and Platforms
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Freda Molenkamp-Oudman
Freda Molenkamp-Oudman
Consultant and Coach
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Karen Kirkwood
Karen Kirkwood
Consultant and Coach
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Mary Lynn McPherson
Senior Consultant
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Explore our thought leadership

We believe in both using and contributing to the body of trustworthy resources that people who want to solve problems and lead well can draw on. You can also explore our Articles for further thoughts.
Books
Two bestsellers represent some of our most well-known thought leadership. The Imperfect CEO is for senior leaders with a vision for healthy teams, and The Imperfect Board Member speaks directly to governing boards.
Assessments
We use a variety of assessments in our work with clients. Our own flagship assessments are pointed at senior leaders and boards of directors respectively: the Ascent Assessment and the Board Excellence Assessment.
Models
All leaders will find the Ascent ModelTM and the Secret Formula for Organizational EffectivenessTM helpful. Boards of directors often lean on the Governance Excellence Model (GEM)TM. They all work together.

Our story, in a nutshell.

OrgHealth began in 1995 as STRIVE!, born out of a shared frustration with the lack of practical leadership resources for boards of directors. From the beginning, our focus was simple: bring practical, effective wisdom to leaders who are genuinely committed to change.

Over the years, we expanded our focus to executive teams as well. We became the Canadian consulting partners of The Table Group, and continue to value Patrick Lencioni's thought leadership to this day.

In 2006, The Imperfect Board Member by Jim Brown quickly became a governance bestseller, reaching #2 on Amazon's business category. It remains one of the top governance books of all time, with over 80,000 copies sold. A new 20th anniversary edition was released in September 2026.
In 2020, amidst the many changes taking place both in the world and our company, we rebranded as OrgHealth to reflect what we had already become: a firm singularly focused helping companies achieve their goals through organizational health.

In May 2026, Jim Brown's newest book, The Imperfect CEO, released and became a USA Today Bestseller, cementing the work that has defined OrgHealth from the start and our long-time vision to help leaders lead.

Today, OrgHealth is an established growth advisory that works with CEOs, boards, and investors to reach their goals through human systems and a healthy culture. We love connecting with leaders who are working for health in their teams, boards, and lives—let's make it happen, together.

OrgHealth springs from the deep roots of STRIVE!, a governance and leadership consultancy founded in Ontario, Canada, in 1995. OrgHealth carries this work forward to companies across North America.