Organizations and careers that hold up under pressure.
People team scaling, leadership coaching and board facilitation. For leaders who still have an internal compass and want to keep it.
“A calm room, a sharp read, and a willingness to name the thing nobody else wants to.”
After 15+ years leading People and Org strategy across clean energy, high-growth tech, and creative businesses, across the US, UK, and EU, I now run an independent practice that scales People teams, coaches leaders and advises boards.
I guide founders, leaders, and the occasional politician.
How I work
People team scaling
Senior HR advisory for founders and leaders building out their People function.
Leadership coaching
The 2am questions you don’t bring to your team, your board, or your partner.
Board facilitation
For organizations navigating growth, change, or difficult conversations at the top.
Typical reasons people call me
- Your executive team is aligned in public but not in private.
- You need a senior People brain before hiring one full-time.
- A board conversation is stuck, political, or too polite.
- You’re carrying decisions you can’t safely process internally.
- The People function is straining and no one owns the redesign.
“In just two sessions, [she] helped me find the confidence and clarity to make a decision I don’t think I would have taken without her support. […] She brought in perspectives I hadn’t yet seen.”
Brittany
Senior Tech Recruiter
Berlin, Germany
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