You carry more than most people in your organisation will ever see.
The cognitive load. The politics. The complexity you translate for everyone else. The things you hold that you can't share internally — because of your role, your seniority, or simply because there's no one in that room who understands what you're navigating.
Senior HR leadership can be very lonely.
And the people most likely to recognise that are often the least likely to ask for support.
This is the work for that.
Danielle Tait · Executive Coach · HR Specialist · ICF PCC Accredited
Who this is for
You're an HR professional carrying more than your role description covers.
You're intelligent, capable, and good at what you do. The challenge isn't competence. It's the weight of operating at this level without a thinking partner who truly understands the dynamic from the inside.
You might be navigating a CEO relationship that's become complicated — not sure how much is theirs, how much is yours, where the leverage actually sits.
You might be carrying the tension in an executive team that isn't functioning — translating, mediating, holding — and starting to feel the cost of that.
You might be questioning your influence. Doing all the right things and still not shifting what needs to shift.
You know what's in your vision. What you can't always see are your own blind spots. That's what this work addresses.
Whether you're at the executive table or working towards it, the dynamic is often the same — and so is the work.
What's different about this
Most coaches don't know what it actually feels like to be the HR professional in the room. I do.
I've reported to CEOs. I've navigated the politics of executive teams where I was the only HR voice in the room. I've carried the cognitive and emotional load of an organisation through change, restructure, and complexity.
That's not background. It's what makes this coaching different.
When you describe what you're dealing with, I'm not starting from zero. I know the dynamic. I know what's often underneath it. Which means less time explaining context and more time doing the actual work.
And because I'm outside your organisation, you can say what you actually think. Name what you can't name internally.
It's not a but, it's an and.
I understand the context deeply — and I create space.
What changes
The executive relationship that felt like a wall becomes navigable —
because they see their part in the dynamic, not just the other person's.
The tendency to absorb and stabilise becomes a conscious choice rather than an automatic response.
You know what's in your vision. This work helps you see what's been getting in the way of it.
What the work looks like.
Every engagement starts with a clear focus. Before we begin, we agree what shift you're working towards — what better leadership looks and feels like for you, what the people around you will notice.
A typical engagement is six sessions over three months. Focused. Contained. Built around one clear outcome. Some clients extend. Many come back when a new challenge surfaces.
Sessions are 60 minutes. Confidential. Entirely outside your organisation.
Questions people ask
I've been the HR professional navigating the politics, the isolation, the weight of being the only HR voice in the room. You're not starting from zero explaining context — I already understand it.
Completely. Sessions are entirely outside your organisation, which is often what makes it possible to say what you actually think.
A typical engagement is six sessions over three months. Some clients extend. Many come back when a new challenge surfaces.
Pricing is discussed in your free strategy session, depending on the situation and what's required.
Book a conversation. Tell me what you're carrying. I'll tell you honestly what I think is underneath it and whether this is the right fit.
Book a free 45-minute strategy session
You tell me what you're carrying. I'll tell you honestly what I think is underneath it — and whether this is the right fit.
No pitch. No obligation.
If you've been sitting on this for longer than a month, that's long enough.
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