Because Saving Lives is a Team Effort

Helping animal welfare teams build understanding, connection, and collaboration

I've worked alongside animal welfare leaders and teams long enough to know that this work is both deeply meaningful and incredibly demanding. The pace, emotional load, and constant pressure can strain even the most committed teams. By utilizing science-backed assessments in shelter environments, I help teams build a shared language for understanding one another, reducing friction, and navigating stress more intentionally. When people feel understood and supported, teams grow stronger - and the mission is better served.

Insights Tailored for Animal Welfare Leaders & Their Teams

Working Together Toward a Common Goal Shouldn't Be Difficult

I specialize in using behavioral insight to support the people behind the mission. Drawing on my experience in animal welfare, I have helped hundreds of people working in animal welfare better understand how they show up at work - how they communicate, respond under pressure, and work together in high-stakes environments. These insights are practical, accessible, and grounded in the real challenges shelters face - supporting healthier teams, stronger leadership, and more sustainable impact.

Curious how these insights could support your team?

Let's start with a conversation about what's happening in your shelter and where greater understanding could make the biggest difference.

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"Janis' work had a meaningful impact on our team culture. During a time when we were navigating communication challenges, she guided our leadership team through assessments with warmth, humor, and clarity. The conversations and insight helped us better understand ourselves and one another."

Jackie Roach, President, Santa Fe Humane Society

Animal Welfare Solutions

Behavioral Assessments

Behavioral assessments provide insight into how people communicate, respond under stress, make decisions, and work with others - especially when the stakes are high and resources are stretched in emotionally charged settings. By building self-awareness and a shared language, these assessments help teams reduce friction, strengthen collaboration, and stay connected to one another while doing life-saving work.

A detailed, 25-page customized report is included.

Team Insights Session

Behavioral Assessments

This interactive, virtual session brings teams together to explore their combined behavioral assessment results. They reveal how the team works, communicates, and responds under pressure. Participants gain insight into shared strengths, potential blind spots, and common stress patterns - especially in fast-paced shelter environments. The session creates a shared language that helps teams anticipate challenges, reduce friction, and work more intentionally with one another in support of both people and the animals they serve.

Leadership Insights

Leadership Insights uses science-backed assessments to help shelter leaders (and their Board members) understand how they lead and what drives them. By strengthening self-awareness, communication, and decision-making under pressure, leaders are better equipped to support their teams - and stay grounded in the shared mission of saving lives.

A detailed 40+-page customized report is included.

Leadership Team workshops and individual coaching using assessment results is also available.

Hiring

Leadership Insights

Hiring insights backed by assessments brings greater clarity and intention to hiring decisions - looking beyond skills and experience to understand how candidates are likely to show up and what motivates them. This approach helps hiring managers make more informed decisions that support long-term engagement, collaboration, and the mission they serve together.

Our assessments are fair, ethical, legally sound, and are EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Compliant).

Let's Connect to Strengthen Your Team and Strengthen Your Mission

If you're looking for practical, people-centered ways to support your leaders and staff, I'd love to connect.

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