Let me help you access your
Inner Authority
If you're a Chief People Officer looking to innovate, you have come to the right place. It’s time to put you at the center of the people strategy. Because nobody can lead change while holding their breath… I’m here to give you the air to move into action—and stay the course!
Hey, I’m Keesha.
I am here to provide a safe space where I can offer the support, skills, and proven methods to help you:
→ Align the people, culture, and talent strategy with the business
→ Collaborate with the business in defining a positive, compassionate, and productive culture, enabling people to thrive
→ Develop your leadership and dialogue skills to drive meaningful change
→ Build resilient teams that can navigate challenges with competence and confidence
There’s New Way for HR
And that requires a shift, a change from what you’ve done in the past. It’s time to let go of the processes, operations, and limiting beliefs that have held HR back. They’re not serving you or your organization any longer. And you cannot serve yourself at this pace.
I’m ready to co-create a new way of being right along with you.
Let’s do this. Together.
Working with me means you’re fundamentally ready for something substantially different. You are the shift.
here are my 3 signature methods:
CONSULTING
General Consulting on People Practices
HR is dealing with an outsized scope compared to the resources and budget given. You and your team are overextended yet somehow also underutilized. I’ve been there, and I get it.
Get ready to transform your HR function with groundbreaking counsel that spans the full spectrum of organizational systems.
1.
Inspiration for Vision, Strategy, and People
Inject your initiatives with innovative ideas that seamlessly integrate your people vision with your business strategy, ensuring that every step you take matches your goals.
2.
Assess & Diagnose for Organizational Evolution
I can teach you how to antagonize HR and the org impartially by challenging the culture, pinpointing tension spots (with grace), and identifying areas of promise.
3.
Courage to Craft and Hone a POV
This isn’t just about drafting presentations; it’s about advocating fiercely, standing behind your ideas, and having the courage to speak up.
Are you ready to lead authentically and create a workplace where innovation thrives, and challenges shift into opportunities?
It’s go time – let’s make this a reality.
"Working with Keesha was a highlight from my time at Hearst."
"She brought a sense of purpose, open mindedness, creativity and innovation to the workplace with a real willingness to take a long, hard look at the business. She was a partner in every way - thinking through solutions, risks, and opportunities and helping me (and many) navigate an ecosystem in transition. She is insightful and intuitive and I would jump at the chance to work with Keesha again."
— Michelle Panzer, Vice President, Yahoo for Publishers
coaching
Shift Positive 360® Growth Plan
Here’s the truth: Traditional feedback doesn’t work.
I’m sure you’ve seen it time and again. What you hope for is a positive, empowering meeting ends in feelings of frustration, which typically leads to disappointment. And…when did you last have a high-quality, development-focused review centered around your dreams and ambitions?
Enter the Shift Positive 360® Growth Plan
This is a solutions-focused feedback system that leads to successful outcomes—for both YOU and the organization!
Leveraging positive psychology, this method creates a collaborative and transparent win/win culture.I did this work, fundamentally changing my team’s commitment and drive to reach our collective goals. We went from stuck and disjointed to fully ignited and energized! I will be your feedback coach, offering you human, holistic, supportive, and growth-oriented feedback.
Ready to create a support system that truly enhances your performance, satisfaction, and success?
"Keesha is an incredible HR partner as she truly gets what it takes to help both the people and the organization to thrive."
" She brought me into Wieden + Kennedy to help build a coaching culture and was an early adopter of the feedback method I co-created, Shift Positive. Keesha is now a certified practitioner of the Shift Positive method and can speak to its power both as someone who's experienced it personally as well as a change agent generating similar impact for other leaders."
— Jen Ostrich, CEO of Grow Collective (and Co-Founder of Shift Positive Method)
certification
Compassionate Leadership Certification Program
We’re living in a unparalleled time.
Some are calling it unprecedented (and I tend to agree).
Traditional systems are breaking down before our eyes, and now, more than ever, people are looking for true leadership. But more than that… they’re looking for compassion.
Compassion to see what’s happening in the marketplace, the culture, the family unit… All of this is impacting employees' lives, and it’s showing up in the work environment in a new way.
Compassion is one of many things that can transform HR from a back-office operational function (which is essential) to an employee-facing and human-centered function.
A shift is happening.
Successful leaders will embrace the fact that this shift requires a new way to lead. One that allows space for both compassion and accountability.
This learning journey helps individuals distinguish between compassion and empathy—along with the dialogue skills—to fuel you with new ideas to design a caring culture. You walk away with the credentials to bring compassionate leadership to your company, team, or community.
Ready to operationalize compassion and build high-performing teams?
I am thrilled to announce that I will open registration for the 8-week training in Q4!
Make the Shift
It’s time for you to be at the center of the people agenda.
Shift from
Underdeveloped
into
Nurtured
Shift from
Fatigued
into
Rejuvenated
Shift from
Stagnated
into
Empowered
Shift from
Overextended
into
Anchored
Shift from
Isolated
into
Connected
Ok, real talk...
You got into the people business because you have a genuine passion for nurturing others—and building and sustaining quality workplaces.
Seeing talented people achieve their dreams and land where they’re most aligned and do their best work motivates you.
You’re business-minded—and effortlessly combine that with heartfelt motivation to see the organization and its people flourish. It is nothing for you to show up with empathy and support… especially during challenging times.
But let’s face it: somewhere along the way… things started to become too much. You began to over function like the high achiever you are. Because of the need and your ambition to do what’s right, you have been juggling more and more responsibilities—and somehow felt like you were not being fully utilized. You sacrificed so much to be here. You hold onto your vision, but the daily grind imposes on your stamina.
Well, this is me showing up with your permission slip for change.
This is your green light to start channeling your time and energy into creating a compassionate work environment—one that you have a hand in shaping.
A culture that embraces freedom and makes room for the significant changes you've longed to implement. One that allows freedom while fundamentally shifting what hasn’t worked for you for a long time!