About SKL HR Consulting

Hi, I'm Shenkiat Lim. Most people call me Shen.

I founded SKL HR Consulting on a simple premise: your culture isn’t what you write on a poster; it’s what your employees experience every day. After more than two decades of experience in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors, including leadership roles at organizations like Teach For America, City Year, and New Profit, I’ve seen that real, lasting culture is built through your day-to-day operations, not initiatives.

My work is focused on closing the gap between your stated values and your daily reality. I partner with mission-driven leaders to translate core values into the systems that matter most:

• Compensation frameworks that are fair, transparent, and sustainable.

• Organizational structures that clarify roles and decision-making.

• People strategies that make your values real in everyday practice.

My approach is rooted in partnership and clarity. I believe in helping leaders see their organizations as a whole — the systems, incentives, and relationships that shape how work gets done. Together, we can build a workplace where your people, and your mission, can thrive.

What Sets Me Apart

Many firms can help you design HR systems. I help you make sure those systems make sense to your people.

The way decisions are communicated, the transparency around change, and the daily interactions between leaders and employees are what ultimately build or erode trust.

My work focuses on both — the structures and the stories — so your values are experienced, not just stated.