WHEN HEALTH OR CAREGIVING AFFECTS WORK

For people navigating the intersection of health, caregiving, work, and the rest of life.

Changing health or caregiving responsibilities can change what is possible without changing everything work and life still require. Through facilitated small-group experiences, individual coaching, and additional resources, you can develop practical ways to navigate changing circumstances and make choices that reflect what matters most to you and the realities of the life you’re actually living.

You can live the life you want within the realities of the life you’re actually living.

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Fractional Human Resources

Practical HR support when you need experienced help without adding a full-time HR role.

I provide selected ongoing fractional HR support for smaller organizations, along with project-based HR work for organizations needing experienced help with areas such as leave and accommodations, employee relations, investigations, policies, benefits, and other people-related challenges.

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The person behind Strong Foundation Coaching & HR

For more than 25 years, I worked across the breadth of Human Resources, from the day-to-day realities that keep organizations running to complex employee situations, organizational change, and leadership decisions. I also built and strengthened the systems and practices that support people at work.

Over those years, I became increasingly interested in what happens when the realities of work meet the realities of life. I saw health concerns place new or changing demands on everyday life, caregiving responsibilities grow, shift, or end, workplaces ask for more or expect everything to remain the same, and leaders wrestle with how to respond when the answer was not simple.

My work today brings together that HR experience with coaching, facilitation, and research. My own lived experience has also shaped how I understand people, work, and change, deepening my interest in how organizations function, how people navigate complexity, and how better questions, stronger systems, and different perspectives can create possibilities that work better for the people and circumstances involved.

Strong Foundation Coaching & HR grew from a belief that understanding the whole person changes the conversation.

I am naturally curious. I ask a lot of questions, look for the assumptions underneath what we think we are supposed to do, and pay attention to what changes when real life refuses to stay neatly outside the office door.

I don't expect to have the answer to someone else’s life, or all the answers for an organization. What interests me is creating enough space to understand what is actually happening, consider perspectives that may not have been visible before, and identify possibilities that fit the people, circumstances, and work involved.

What People Are Saying

  • "I have worked with Jen for many years. She is highly knowledgeable in every aspect of HR, and really shines when it comes to building people-centric company cultures. She is confident and a great speaker. I highly recommend Jen and her many coaching and HR services that she provides. "

    — Leah P.

  • "I had the best chat with Jennifer. Almost 30 years in HR, and she uses it to help both organizations and individual women handle the hard stuff at work with dignity. She listens closely and gives real, practical guidance. If you need fractional HR support or coaching, she's worth your time."

    — Staci H.

  • "Jennifer is a knowledgeable and professional HR consultant who brings real structure and clarity to one of the most overlooked areas in organizational leadership — employee leave management. Her Prepare. Sustain. Reignite. framework is practical, people-centered, and immediately applicable. I connected with Jennifer through the Alignable Alliance of Fresno and have been consistently impressed by her expertise, her responsiveness, and her genuine commitment to supporting both organizations and the people within them. I recommend her without hesitation to any HR leader or people-centered organization looking to strengthen their leave management practices and supervisor training."

    — Victor W.