Who We Serve
When we write or make anything here at Boundless Impact, we're doing it for who we call the purpose-driven professional. We differentiate this from the "mission-driven professional", because to be mission-driven (at least as most people commonly use the phrase) implies being driven by the mission of the org you're at.
Being purpose-driven is broader – it comes from you, not your workplace. And you, of course, are more permanent than your role – once you identify your purpose, it goes with you wherever you are, forever.
Different people come to their purpose differently, of course. For some people it might be about values; for other people, it might be about the "big problem" you're trying to solve with your career. For still others, it might be about shaping a career, independent of industry, that allows you to be the person you want to be off the clock.
Whatever your specific purpose looks like, most of the people who benefit from our work have a few things in common: they're working in fields like higher ed, nonprofit, or healthcare, and they're starting to wonder (sometimes with dread, excitement, or any feeling in between) what an intentional career as a manager looks like.
Most importantly, they're starting to realize: a lot of professional development around management is not written for people who intend to fully embrace both excellence and ethics in the pursuit of purpose.
If that's you, you're in the right place.
A few things most of our people have in common
They've been informally managing for years – running programs, mentoring colleagues, coordinating initiatives – without ever being handed a real framework for it. They don't have a formal business background and they're not sure they want one. They care too much about doing this well to just wing it, and too much about their values to "manage by the book" if the book means leaving those values at the door.
Most importantly: they're starting to realize that the gap they're feeling isn't a them problem. It's a system problem. Most specialized training gets you into mission-driven work. Almost none of it teaches you how to actually manage it.
That's exactly the gap we're here to close.
What We're About
We're committed to making work better and to using our own work to create a better world. We are active in the B Corp movement, advocating for business as a force for good and advancing the triple bottom line – meaning that as a business, we prioritize people, planet, and profit equally.
Caroline and Kyle sit on the B Local Michigan Committee as part of People First Economy; Alli sits on the board for Conscious Capitalism in Indiana. Boundless Impact is a certified Good For Michigan company, a proud member of the Great Lakes Business Network, and an aspiring B Corp (we're aiming to certify by early 2027).
The catalyst for making everything we create in the first place has always been wrapped up in proving that you can think this way as a business, or as a strategic leader, and still demonstrate excellence. In short: we believe that business can be a force for good.