EXECUTIVE ADVISORY & STRATEGIC HR CONSULTING
Trusted HR Advisor for CEOs, Executive Leaders & Boards
Strategic counsel, executive coaching, and expert guidance to help leadership teams navigate complex people challenges, execute strategy, and build resilient organisations.
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Senior HR Leadership Built on 30+ Years of Industry Experience
I serve as a discreet, independent sounding board for CEOs, Executive Teams, Boards and Senior HR Professionals. In moments of strategic shift, growth, or complex workplace change, leaders require more than standard HR templates—they need seasoned wisdom, objective input and strategic clarity.
My focus is partnering directly with decision-makers to flesh out strategy, resolve high-stakes people dynamics and build the organisational capability required to deliver long-term strategic goals.
Senior Leadership Experience
Decades of proven executive HR advisory across sectors.
Chartered Member
Chartered Member of the Australian HR Institute.
Organisational Design & Change
Specialist in structural redesign & strategy execution.
PRACTICE AREAS
Strategic Practice Areas
Focused advisory services designed to provide executive clarity, strategic alignment, and high-impact guidance for complex workplace requirements.
Organisational Redesign & Change
Guiding leadership teams through structural change, workforce realignments, and organisational design to ensure your structure, roles, and culture align with strategic goals.
Structural Change Guidance
Workforce Realignment
Values-Aligned Execution
In-House HR Capability & Counsel
Partnering with senior in-house HR leaders to provide peer-level advisory, strategic input, and practical frameworks for complex people challenges and change management.
Senior HR Peer Advisory
In-House Capability Building
Practical Change Frameworks
CEO Coaching & Strategic Advisory
Serving as an independent, trusted sounding board for CEOs, Executive Leaders, and Board members to test ideas, flesh out strategy, and navigate sensitive, high-stakes people decisions.
Executive Sounding Board
Strategy Refinement
Complex People Decision Support
TARGET ENGAGEMENTS
Who I Work With
CEOs, Board Members & School Principals
Confidential sounding board support for CEOs, Board Members and School Principals navigating complex people dynamics, high-stakes decisions and strategic shifts.
- Discreet, independent executive sounding board
- Strategic clarity for high-stakes leadership decisions
- Resolution of complex executive and governance dynamics
Executive Leadership Teams
Strategic advisory and hands-on guidance for executive teams leading significant organisational change, structural realignment or growth transitions.
- Aligning cross-functional leadership strategy
- End-to-end change management & transition counsel
- Building resilient organisational structures & capability
Senior HR Professionals & People Leaders
Expert peer advisory and technical HR counsel for HR Directors, Heads of People and senior practitioners managing complex workplace challenges.
- Objective peer review of HR strategy, structure & policy
- Counsel for complex workplace relations & grievances
- Mentoring & capability building for internal HR teams
GET IN TOUCH
Let’s Discuss Your Strategic HR Needs
Whether you are seeking an executive sounding board, planning an organisational review, or require senior advisory support for an upcoming change, let's start a conversation.
DIRECT EMAIL: shirley@shirleygrayhr.com.au
MOBILE: 0472 615 342
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