Description

What if your organization’s biggest people problems aren’t a skills issue — they’re an access issue? 

Only 2% of global CEOs have ever been CHROs. Dr. Suzi Potts spent 25 years watching family-owned businesses hit critical moments, generational transitions, restructurings, down markets, without anyone in the room who understood the human side of the decision. So she left a prestigious SVP role and built something different: a fractional CHRO model that gives small and mid-size businesses access to board-level people strategy exactly when they need it. 

In this episode, Suzi and Kim Bohr dig into how the model works, what it took to bet on herself when the income was uncertain and every instinct said go back, and the one thing she tells every leader sitting on the edge of a transition. 

What You’ll Learn 

• Why P&L is a lagging indicator and what signals you’re missing upstream 

• How “seasons and reasons” works in practice for high-stakes people strategy 

• What radical transparency did for Suzi’s longest client relationship 

• What every leader in transition needs to hear before they fold 

Key Quote 

“You absolutely can’t afford to not do it, because you’re already compromising.” — Dr. Suzi Potts 

Connect with Suzi: suzie@suziepotsconsulting.com 

Courage to Advance is hosted by Kim Bohr, President and COO of SparkEffect. New episodes drop every 2nd, 3rd and 4th Tuesday of each month.