Your business is only as strong as your leadership.
Get a clear diagnosis of what’s slowing growth so leadership, teams, and strategy work together again.
Fix the roots, not the symptoms — that’s how real progress happens.
Most leaders try to fix surface-level issues: a strained team, a mis-hire, stagnant performance, or rising tension in the leadership ranks.
But those problems aren’t isolated.
They’re part of a larger pattern that I call the Culture Cascade™:
Leadership behavior
Team dynamics
Hiring decisions
When even one of these systems is misaligned, it creates drag across the whole organization.
Execution slows. Decisions stall. Good people disengage.
And culture quietly erodes long before anyone names the problem.
That’s why every engagement with me starts with a diagnostic.
Before we jump to solutions, we get clarity on where the problem is coming from — and why it keeps repeating.
Because when you fix the root cause, everything else gets easier.
Start with clarity, not guesswork.
Every engagement begins with a diagnostic so we can pinpoint the root cause of your leadership, team, hiring, or culture challenges.
Your Diagnostic options include:
Team Strategy Diagnostic™
Leadership OS™ (individual)
Talent Fit Diagnostic™
Strategic Partner Comparison™ (2 key people)
When people struggle, business slows… and the costs add up fast.
Bad hires tank morale. Misaligned teams stall progress. Ineffective managers create confusion no one has time to clean up.
It’s not just frustrating. It’s expensive:
A poor leader can cost your business $120K+ per year
A bad hire? 3–5× their annual salary
And turnover, missed goals, and team friction? That’s your momentum bleeding out.
Here’s the truth:
What looks like a “people problem” is usually a strategy problem wearing a name badge.
You don’t need another leadership training or a one-off workshop.
Before you treat anything, get the right diagnosis, so you fix the root cause, not the symptoms.
How I work with leaders: A proven path from insight to impact
Lasting performance starts with the right diagnosis. I use Predictive Index and CoEfficient Solutions tools plus targeted leadership conversations to identify what’s really driving the drag — then design the right treatment to remove it.
We begin by diagnosing what’s really happening inside your business, and once we’ve uncovered the root causes, we build your treatment plan together.
Once we’ve diagnosed what’s really going on, we design the right level of support — whether that’s a focused intensive, a short-term sprint, or longer-term optimization
It’s a practical, data-driven approach designed to restore focus, alignment, and momentum across your leadership and team.
Not every challenge fits neatly in a program. If you need something custom, we’ll design the right level of support to match your priorities.
• Leadership, Hiring & Team Workshops: Private, hands-on, built around your goals.
• People Strategy Planning: Clarify priorities, cut through noise, build an executable plan.
• Consulting & Advisory Support: Flexible retainer or project-based guidance when it matters most.
Other ways to work together
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![Co-founder and Chief People Officer Jaidin McCann shares testimonial about leadership alignment and hiring clarity]()
"Michelle’s guidance gave our executive team the clarity and alignment we didn’t know we were missing. As a result, we’re not just communicating better - we’re aligned, decisive, and making smarter hiring choices that reflect our values and goals."
Jaidin McCann, Co-Founder & Chief People Officer
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"Michelle gets the job done with strategy, clarity, and results. If you're serious about improving your most valuable asset - your people - work with Michelle."
Nick Strozza, CEO
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![Mitch Bienvenue, Director of Small Business Development, shares testimonial on leadership strategy and human performance improvement support from Michelle]()
“Michelle understands the art and science of human performance improvement, relates well to organizational leadership and is a partner in problem solving and solution development.”
Mitch Bienvenue, Director for Small Business Development
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![Director of Project Management Lei Meng on improved leadership and team communication results]()
"Michelle helped me improve my leadership and team communication in ways that immediately made a difference. Her insights helped me gain greater self-awareness, spot blind spots in our team, and start building a more cohesive and successful work environment."
Lei Meng, Director of Project Management
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"Michelle’s insights helped me make tough but necessary decisions about where I could be most effective. I highly recommend her work to any leader or team looking to get unstuck and move forward with confidence."
Mark Coscarello, COO
Why leaders choose Strategic Talent Rx
Real Expertise: 20+ years helping leaders solve the people problems that quietly choke business performance.
Data-Driven Clarity: Predictive Index and CoEfficient analytics replace guesswork with actionable workforce intelligence.
Trusted Advisor: Strategic partner to SMB founders, executives, and leadership teams navigating growth and change.
Proven Process: Diagnose → Treat → Optimize = a structured approach designed for lasting results.
Real Business Results: Clients reduce friction, hire smarter, and build aligned teams that scale sustainably.
Don’t let leadership, hiring, team, or culture issues keep draining performance.
It’s frustrating when you can feel something isn’t working, but can’t quite name it.
You don’t have to keep guessing or trying to fix it alone.
Let’s get clear on what’s really creating the drag so you can move forward with confidence.
Let’s start getting you relief.