Leadership capacity that lasts.
We help mission-driven organizations build leaders, teams, and systems that sustain both impact and humanity — so the work doesn't come at the cost of the people delivering it.
Rooted in the lived experience and leadership of women of color.
Trusted by SEIU-ESF / CCPU Training Fund, Boys & Girls Clubs of San Leandro, College Track and Civic News Company.
Most organizations treat their people as resources to spend. The best ones treat them as assets to sustain. The difference decides who keeps their strongest leaders — and who quietly loses them.
Human Asset Depreciation™ · A framework by Shria TomlinsonWhat we do
Three connected lanes of work.
We meet organizations where the pressure is — from proven facilitation to deeper culture strategy to emerging AI-supported operations.
Leadership Development & Facilitation
Workshops, retreats, cohorts, and strengths-based team sessions that help leaders lead with clarity.
Best for teams needing shared language and trust.
Human Sustainability & Culture Strategy
Advisory for organizations navigating burnout, retention pressure, leadership fatigue, and culture strain.
Best for orgs under real retention pressure.
AI-Supported Operations
Pilot-based systems support that returns time and capacity to the people leading.
Best for capacity-constrained, founder-led teams.
How an engagement works
A practical plan, built around your team.
We understand where capacity is strained, agree on priorities, put useful practices into action, and review progress together. Coaching, workshops and work routines are scoped to your organization. AI support, when appropriate, begins with a small pilot.
- 01Understand the pressureListen to leaders and examine strengths, capacity and work routines.
- 02Agree on a planChoose priorities, participants and signs of progress together.
- 03Put it into practiceCoaching, facilitation and practical changes around the work.
- 04Review and adjustUse agreed check-ins to decide what comes next.
Free · 3 minutes · no obligation
Where is the pressure building?
Five quick questions surface where leadership sustainability is straining in your organization — and give you a tailored read on what to do next.
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SEIU / CCPU
Boys & Girls Club of San Leandro
“A huge thank you to Elevated Movements for the intentionality, detail, care, and support they brought to our leadership retreat experience. Their work helped us reflect on our strengths and think about how we can intentionally build upon them as leaders.”
“I would recommend Elevated Movements to any business or function leader looking for expert guidance to coalesce a new team and learn how to work more effectively.”
“Shria you have literally helped me grow into the career that I have built”
The founder
Built on a different idea of leadership.
Shria Tomlinson is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, leadership strategist, and founder of Elevated Movements, with 20+ years of nonprofit leadership including C-Suite roles.
Burnout isn't a personal failure. It's a systems failure.
Her work integrates CliftonStrengths, the seven types of rest, and the proprietary I.N.T.E.N.T.I.O.N. framework as organizational infrastructure — not wellness add-ons.
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The movement that started it all.
Beyond our organizational work, Elevated Movements is a home for individuals — created by and for women of color — through circles, book clubs, workbooks, and live conversations.
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Book a 30-minute discovery call — a conversation, not a pitch. We'll clarify the leadership pressure your organization is carrying and recommend a practical next step.
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