Senior, independent People & Culture counsel for CEOs, CHROs, boards and investors. I'm a trusted sounding board: to test a decision, navigate a tricky people or leadership issue, prepare for the board, or think through the people side of AI and change. This is advisory work I take on only a few engagements at a time.
Testing the bench before the call. Before a senior appointment, the board kept asking the same question: is the ready-now successor really ready, and who are we overlooking behind them? I assessed their future leaders and succession bench, then advised on readiness, fit and the development to close the gap. They appointed with more confidence, often surfacing talent they'd overlooked and a clearer view of who was coming through.