by Susan Shirley | Sep 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
No company handbook has a section on divorce. There’s no policy for it, no training module, no line item in the employee assistance program that names it directly. And yet almost every HR professional has watched an employee go through one — and has watched,...
by Susan Shirley | Sep 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most executive coaching programs promise transformation without ever explaining what actually happens between the first conversation and the results. That gap is where a lot of skepticism lives, and understandably so. Companies considering an investment in executive...
by Susan Shirley | Sep 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
There’s a version of this story that plays out in companies constantly, and it almost never gets told until the ending. A high-performing executive starts to slip — quietly, gradually, in ways that don’t trigger any formal process. Leadership notices. HR...
by Susan Shirley | Aug 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
By the time executive burnout becomes obvious, it’s usually too late to catch it early. The resignation letter, the sudden leave of absence, the visible breakdown in a meeting — those are end-stage signals, not early ones. The real window for intervention closes...
by Susan Shirley | Aug 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
There’s a moment almost every HR professional has lived through. An employee — often a high performer, often someone in a leadership role — sits down across from them and starts to unravel. Not dramatically, necessarily. Sometimes it’s a quiet confession...
by Susan Shirley | Aug 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
You know the employee. The one who used to raise a hand for the stretch project before anyone else finished asking for volunteers. The one who sent the follow-up email at 9 p.m. because an idea couldn’t wait until morning. The one leadership pointed to when they...
