Cultivate HR Consulting helps HR professionals and people leaders build the
knowledge, judgment, and confidence to make better workplace decisions.
I spent more than 20 years leading HR, became a licensed attorney, and sat at
the executive table where these decisions actually get made. Now I teach
the people who have to make them.
Latisha Newby, Esq. SHRM-SCP · PHR · J.D. · 20 years in executive HR
J.D.licensed attorney SHRM-SCP · PHR · M.S. HRD
20years in executive HR and employment law
85%of students who reported their exam results have passed
A leave request. A complaint. A difficult conversation. A hiring decision. A warning.
A separation.
Leaders make people decisions every day, and almost none of them come with complete
information. Waiting isn’t usually an option. The decision still has to be made.
The quality of your workplace is shaped by the quality of the decisions your leaders
make every day.
Why it matters
A decision made without the right information rarely stays a small decision.
One difficult conversation becomes an employee relations issue.
An employee relations issue left alone becomes disengagement, then turnover.
A complaint handled without a process becomes an investigation.
An investigation without a record becomes a compliance issue.
A compliance issue eventually becomes an expense that could have been prevented.
None of that begins as a legal problem. It begins as a Tuesday.
What leaders actually ask
These are the questions leaders search at eleven at night, after the conversation
has already happened. The Legally Savvy Leader™ Library answers them. Free, always.
Twenty years inside the room where these decisions get made.
I am an HR executive, an attorney, and an educator. I spent two decades in executive HR, most
recently as Chief People & Legal Officer at a national nonprofit.
I teach SHRM certification as Certification Director for SHRM Raleigh Metro, and I
speak on employment law and leadership across the Southeast. That combination is the
whole point: I can tell you what the law requires and what will actually work with
the people in front of you.
“Latisha has a broad range of skills that include compliance, benefits, training, and employee management. She is a caring professional who tries to find solutions that benefit both the employer and employee.”
Patricia SpillaneUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill