Practical material for independent HR consultants, fractional executives, and nonprofit leaders. Everything is built to be used, not just read. Nothing is a subscription. Nothing is a webinar you sit through and forget by Friday.
Both sides of this store are built on the same discipline: name the decision that has no owner, size it in a number you can defend, and put it in front of the person who can act on it. The tools are pointed at different rooms — the thinking underneath them is the same.
Trellis Usher — founder of T.R. Ellis Group and creator of Human + AI Workforce Architecture™. Eighteen years leading HR inside large enterprises, including tech. In 2022 she moved into the MSP and channel ecosystem through Pax8. Author of WORK. REWRITTEN. and HR. REWRITTEN. She works with independent consultants, mid-market firms, channel partners, and nonprofits — usually on the question no job description covers: once the capacity is freed, who decides where it goes?
Every tool here was written for one operator to use in a real engagement. Small, opinionated catalog. No SEO farm.
Pay once, own it, use it forever. Classes and cohorts are one-time enrollments with recordings included.
Everything ends in something you can do on Monday. Nothing here is aspirational.