Handle It Before It Hurts™

Concierge Strategy Solution for Costly People Decisions

Is there a people issue you have been avoiding?

Every week you delay it, your credibility, culture, and cash flow pay the price.

This is not a generic HR call.

It is a judgment driven, action oriented experience to face what you have been tolerating and resolve it with clarity and confidence.

Clarity Session: $395

Private 60-minute strategy session with Deborah Stallings, MA, SHRM SCP.

Includes written action plan, decision path, and optional documentation support.

Discretion guaranteed. Limited availability each month.

What You Get in One Session

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✔️ A confidential 60-minute advisory session focused on one high-risk decision.

✔️ Strategic guidance and next step decision path.

✔️ Written action plan and checklist.

✔️ Optional scripting and documentation support.

✔️ CEO Risk Checklist (bonus download after booking).

Sessions are delivered via Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or phone.

This is not a template. It is tailored, discreet, and strategic.

High Risk People Issues You May Be Avoiding

Classification Confusion
Unclear employee or contractor roles that risk audits and misclassification.
Compliance Questions
Concerns about legal exposure, policy gaps, or improper documentation.
Cultural Misalignment
A disruptive employee who quietly erodes morale and trust.
Documentation Gaps
Performance or conduct issues that are undocumented or poorly tracked.
Engagement Decline
A team that is showing signs of burnout, withdrawal, or resistance.
High Turnover
Top performers are leaving while root causes remain unaddressed.
Hiring Strategy Gaps
Inconsistent recruitment practices or unclear role expectations.
Onboarding or Offboarding Issues
Disconnected processes, lack of training or mentoring, hampering productivity optimization.
Performance Problems
Missed goals, rework, or role misalignment.
Quiet Quitting
Subtle disengagement that spreads like wildfire.
Terminations You Delay
Decisions are avoided out of fear, guilt, or uncertainty.
Unresolved Complaints
Complaints were not escalated or responded to in an effective manner.

Why This Matters

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Many CEOs delay people decisions that quietly drain momentum and profit.
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However, the cost of inaction is real, and it accumulates quickly.
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Here is how just one people decision can create hidden financial exposure:
People Decision Estimated Cost
Missed goals and lost productivity (Gallup) $  35,000
Morale decay and turnover risk (SHRM) $  15,000
Legal exposure and brand damage (Hiscox) $  50,000
Quiet quitting and top performer exits (McKinsey) $  20,000
Total minimum exposure associated with one people decision* $120,000

*Footnote: “Sources available on request.”

Every day, week, month, quarter, or year you delay will cost you more.

“The cost of delay is always higher than the cost of action.”

— Deborah Stallings, MA, SHRM-SCP

Meet Deborah Stallings

Deborah does not just solve human resources (HR) problems. She helps leaders confront what they have been carrying alone before it damages their leadership and business.

As a CEO and Chief Human Resources Officer, Deborah brings over 25 years of strategic business and HR insight, emotional intelligence, and compliance expertise to every conversation. She advises mission driven CEOs, nonprofit directors, HR professionals, and executive teams across the country who are navigating sensitive, high-stakes people decisions. She embraces the weight of leadership and offers the clarity needed to move forward wisely.

Deborah is a strategist with compassion, a go giver by nature, and a mission driven advisor who believes that HR, when managed effectively, becomes both a leadership and strategic advantage.

Her approach delivers perspective, protection, and a plan offered respectfully, strategically, and without delay.

Just Like Me: Deborah’s Story

“My life gave me struggle. I chose to find purpose.”
-Deborah Stallings, MA, SHRM-SCP

Deborah’s leadership story began far from the boardroom.

She grew up in public housing in Chicago and later on her grandparents’ farm in Mississippi, where her mother, paralyzed from a medical complication, still found a way to love and lead her children fiercely. At age seven, Deborah helped care for her mother and younger brother, while excelling in school and learning about faith and responsibility. Later, she was separated from her siblings after her father was murdered. She became a single mother at the age of twenty.

Deborah’s life did not hand her a strategy. It gave her a struggle.

But that struggle shaped her clarity, compassion, faith, and purpose.

Today, she helps others lead wisely through what they once avoided.

Schedule your private Handle It Before It Hurts™ session now.

Book a confidential call to resolve one costly people issue before it damages your team, culture, or business.

What Clients Say About Deborah

Deborah’s Approach

“I do not believe in silence when clarity is needed. I believe in offering truth with respect, guidance with humility, and solutions that preserve relationships and results.”

— Deborah Stallings, MA, SHRM-SCP

How HR Becomes a Revenue Driver

In many organizations, human resources is viewed as overhead.

✧✧ It is seen as a compliance function. ✧✧
✧ ✧ An expense line. ✧✧
✧ ✧ A source of friction. ✧ ✧
✧ ✧ A necessary obligation.✧ ✧

With the right system and timing, HR becomes something entirely different.

✧ ✧ It becomes a strategic asset. ✧ ✧
✧ ✧ A safeguard for your brand. ✧ ✧
✧ ✧ A productivity multiplier. ✧ ✧
✧ ✧ A proven path to lower costs and increase profits. ✧ ✧

When people issues are prevented or handled early, you do not just avoid problems

You unlock forward momentum.
You preserve revenue and reputation.
You build credibility that retains talent and attracts top performers.

Handled wisely, HR pays for itself many times over.

It becomes leadership infrastructure.
It strengthens resilience.
It positions your business to grow without internal chaos.

This is how HR shifts from compliance burden to competitive advantage.

The Modern CEO Needs More Than Compliance

✧ ✧ You no longer lead behind closed doors. ✧ ✧

✧ ✧ You are operating in a trust economy. ✧ ✧

✧ ✧ An influence economy. ✧ ✧

✧ ✧ A visibility economy. ✧ ✧

✧ ✧ Where how you lead your people is your brand. ✧ ✧

✧ ✧ You do not need another handbook. ✧ ✧

✧ ✧ You need a thought collaborator who can name what you cannot yet say. ✧ ✧

✧ ✧ Someone who guides your next move without ego. ✧ ✧

✧ ✧ Someone who helps you reclaim the energy your leadership deserves. ✧ ✧

✧ ✧ You already know what needs to be handled. ✧ ✧

✧ ✧ Now you know what to do next. ✧ ✧

This is your moment to lead. Not later, but now.

About HR Anew

HR Anew is a nationally certified woman owned human resources advisory and educational firm with over 26 years of experience helping organizations lead wisely, grow boldly, and protect what they are building.

We serve mission driven clients across healthcare, nonprofit, education, and small business sectors with values driven solutions, practical strategy, and human centered results.

Grounded in an educational and mentoring approach, we empower CEOs, executives, HR professionals, and teams not only to solve people problems, but to recognize, own, and lead through them with confidence and clarity.

In addition to this executive level offering, HR Anew also supports government agencies and larger employers with Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) investigations, DISC assessments, specific HR projects, and tailored training solutions.