Professional Relationship Consultancy

Work is hard.
Conversations
make it better.

I created ModHR to tackle HR solutions. Over time I realized what Modern HR really is — conversations. Lots of them. This is where you have them.

Where it usually starts

I might ask "what pissed you off this week?" or "what's one thing you're proud of?" — either way, the answer tells me exactly where to begin.

Sometimes it's a promotion you're navigating. Sometimes it's a team that's lost its momentum. Sometimes it's just the week that went sideways. You're already doing the right thing by looking for support — let's figure out the rest together.

70% of team engagement is directly attributable to the manager. Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2024
$282M lost annually by median S&P 500 companies to disengagement. McKinsey & Company, 2023
Team Dynamics Promotion Navigation Strengths Exploration Productive Venting™ Conflict Resolution Leadership Transitions Culture Building Retention Strategy Org Psychology Individual Sessions Team Dynamics Promotion Navigation Strengths Exploration Productive Venting™ Conflict Resolution Leadership Transitions Culture Building Retention Strategy Org Psychology Individual Sessions
Signature Offering TM

Productive
Venting™

A structured, confidential space to work through the real mess of organizational life — with someone trained in the psychology of why it's actually messy.

Not therapy. Not a legal conversation. Not a LinkedIn post in the making. Just an honest, purposeful conversation that goes somewhere every time.

Open to everyone. The IC who's exhausted. The manager who's stuck in the middle. The executive who ran out of people they can actually talk to.

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01

It's not just venting

Every session has structure and intention. You leave with clarity, a decision, a reframe, or a concrete next step. Usually all four.

02

Grounded in org psychology

There's a reason the same dynamics keep showing up. We name them, understand them, and figure out what to actually do about it.

03

What's said here stays here

No HR paper trail, no organizational liability, no judgment. Sessions are confidential within the bounds of professional practice — which means you can actually say the real thing.

04

For any work moment

The promotion you're navigating. The team dynamic that's gotten weird. The raise conversation you keep putting off. The week that just went sideways. All of it.

Who We Serve

The fact that you're here
already says something.

Most people wait too long to ask for help — you didn't. Whether things are going well and you want to keep them that way, or you're in the middle of something complicated and need to think it through, you're in the right place.

C-Suite & Executives

The higher up you are, the more isolated the decisions get and the fewer people you can genuinely talk to. I'm that person — with organizational psychology behind it and no stake in the politics.

Newly Promoted Leaders

The title changed. The relationships did too — and nobody gave you a map. Whether you're managing former peers or learning to lead at a new level, I help you find your footing without losing yourself.

Individual Contributors

You don't need a title to have complicated professional relationships. Sometimes you just need a structured space to think clearly about what's happening and what you want to do about it.

Teams & Organizations

Scaling fast, going through a transition, or just realizing that culture doesn't build itself? I help teams understand how they work together — and build something worth staying for.

How It Works

Simple, structured,
no fluff.

Every engagement starts with a real conversation and ends with something you can actually use. Here's what that looks like.

01

Free Discovery Call

30 minutes. You tell me what's going on — the real version. I tell you what I think I can do about it. We figure out together if it's the right fit — and if it's not, I'll say so and point you somewhere better.

Free · 30 min
02

Intake & Context-Setting

Before we do any real work, I need to understand the full picture — the history, the dynamics, the things nobody's saying out loud. For individuals, this is a focused one-time session. For teams, it goes deeper. It's what makes every session that follows actually useful.

One-time · Individual or Org
03

Structured Working Sessions

1:1 coaching, team facilitation, strengths mapping, leadership transition support, Productive Venting™ — whatever the work calls for. Every session has intention and leaves you with something concrete.

Ongoing or project-based
04

Ongoing Partnership

The clients who get the most out of this aren't the ones who come in crisis mode — they're the ones who make it a standing practice. A regular space to think clearly before things get complicated is genuinely underrated.

Optional · Fractional retainer

Sidney Bruce, Founder

You've got more figured out
than you think. Let's find the rest.

When someone asks what I do at a party, I ask them a question first. "Who pissed you off last week?" or "Were you happy with your last raise?" They start talking — and eventually I say: that's what I do. I help people work through the stuff that's actually in the way.

Most people who come to me already know what's wrong. They just need someone to sit with the complexity, map the dynamics, and help architect a path forward. I'm not here to hand you answers — I'm here to help you locate the ones you already have, and build a bridge to the ones you don't yet.

I run ModHR lean by design. It's me, my AI research assistant, a deep library of organizational psychology, and a trusted network of referral partners for traditional HR needs. No junior consultants running your account. No templates. Just the work — grounded in a relentless commitment to understanding humans and how we operate at our best and worst.

A Relentless Commitment to Understanding Humans Informed by lived experience, graduate-level org psychology, and a belief that learning never stops

Sidney Bruce, Founder of ModHR
Mod = Modern HR

Investment

Transparent pricing.
No discovery theater.

You shouldn't have to sit through three "alignment calls" to find out what something costs. Here's what it costs.

Individual

1:1 Sessions

For anyone navigating a work moment — a promotion, a tricky team dynamic, a career question, a conversation you're preparing for, or just the week that went sideways. Structured, confidential, goes somewhere.

$375 per 90-minute session
+ one-time $275 intake fee — so we never start from scratch. Bundle of 3 sessions available at a discount.
  • 90 minutes of structured, focused work
  • Org psychology-informed frameworks
  • Confidential within the bounds of professional practice
  • Follow-up notes & concrete next steps
  • Promotion navigation, strengths, conflict, career pivots — all fair game
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Custom

Strategic Projects

A reorg. A leadership transition. A team that needs to get in the same room and actually talk. Time-bound, scoped, built around what you actually need.

Custom scoped per engagement
Starts with a free 30-minute call to figure out what you actually need — not what you think you need.
  • Workshops & facilitated sessions
  • Org assessment & recommendations
  • Leadership alignment intensives
  • B2B partnership engagements
  • Referral partners for traditional HR needs
Let's Figure It Out

Writing

Ideas worth
sitting with.

Sidney writes about the human dynamics of work — the stuff people think about after a hard meeting but rarely say out loud.

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The Formula for Positive Relationships in the Workplace

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The Art of Hard Talks: A Playbook for the Awkward, the Tense, and the Just-Plain-Difficult

Difficult conversations are like karaoke. Everyone knows they should do it. Almost nobody's ready when they actually step up.

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Let's figure out
where to start.

Send a message or book a free 30-minute call. Tell me what's going on — the real version. We'll figure out together if I'm the right person for it. And if I'm not, I'll point you somewhere better.

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