With over 30 years in HR and leadership, I help organizations transform workplace culture by aligning values, communication, and accountability.  

  • I’ve trained, mentored or advised thousands of managers, HR newbies and business owners to lead with clarity. 
  • This skill development resulted in 60% higher employee engagement and 75% lower employee turnover.  
  • My mentoring reduces employee relations escalations by 40%, proving that authentic leadership drives measurable results.  
  • My employee engagement surveys provide real employee feedback to affect positive change (and financial outcomes).

 

 My training and speaking approach blends experience, data, psychology, and humor to make leadership real, reliable, and realistic—no buzzwords, just practical tools leaders can apply immediately.  


Why? Because culture isn’t built by policies—it’s built by consistency, presence, ongoing skill development and true leadership. I teach people to communicate with courage, set boundaries without guilt, and create teams that don’t need a vacation to recover from work.   

  • Managers are the fulcrum.  Gallup estimates managers account for at least 70% of the variance in team engagement across business units. 

  • Engagement and performance follows the manager. If you train anyone, train managers first. 

  • Why does engagement matter? Engagement connects training to retention and revenue.

  • Gallup reports highly engaged business units achieve 10% higher customer loyalty, 18% higher sales productivity, and 23% higher profitability

  • Per Gallup, creating an engaged workplace culture – one that attracts talent and wins customers – isn’t about keeping employees happy. 

  • It’s about aligning them on purpose, performance and what they do best every day!

 

Award Winning

  • In 2026, Wendy Sellers was awarded the “Speaker of the Year” hosted by Excellence Awards.   
  • She has also been featured in USA Today and International Business Times
  • Her award-winning podcast (The HR Lady® podcast) was a 2025 honoree for The 31st Annual Communicator Awards, from The Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts! It was even on the radio. This podcast has now merged with the HR Empowerment podcast, which Wendy is also the host of. 
  • Wendy was a guest on a Forbes Author Podcast > Getting Real About Culture: The HR Lady’s No-Nonsense Approach. She’s a sought-after podcast guest, sharing valuable insights on HR, management, and business leadership.
  • Plus, her work as a contributing author has been recognized and curated by the Library of Congress and preserved in the U.S. Copyright Office – from her desk to the nation’s library!
 
Wendy Sellers, The HR Lady®

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