Most organizations arrive at their culture
accidentally.
We make it intentional.
Modern Work LLC partners with leaders and organizations ready to move beyond performative gestures toward culture that is built by design — grounded in behavioral science, shaped by evidence, and sustained by your people long after our engagement ends.
EXPLORE THE WORKCulture is not a perk.
It's a strategy.
The organizations that invest in culture infrastructure now are the ones your best talent will choose — and stay for — in three years. We treat culture the way elite organizations treat operations: with rigor, measurement, and intent.
People and performance.
Not one or the other.
This is the false choice we refuse to make. High-trust environments don't trade results for belonging — they generate both. Our frameworks are built on the science of what actually makes organizations perform at their highest level.
We build with you.
Not for you.
Real change doesn't arrive in a deck. It's built in rooms with your leaders, embedded in your systems, and designed to outlast us. We co-create solutions your people can sustain — because the work belongs to you.
THE MODERN WORK STANDARD
"Every intervention is evidence-based. Every engagement is people-first. Every outcome is built to last — because culture by default is just dysfunction with a dress code."
— DR. CHERISE BERNARD, PHD · FOUNDER & CEO, MODERN WORK LLC
Four Ways to Work With Us
The work, in full.
Every engagement is customized to where your organization is — and where it needs to go. We don't bring generic playbooks. We build yours.
Organizational
Consulting
End-to-end culture transformation for organizations ready to move from reactive to intentional — with strategy that scales and outcomes you can measure.
- Culture Assessment & Diagnostics
- Green Flag Your Culture™ Integration
- ERG Strategy & Community Design
- Facilitation Bootcamps
Executive
Coaching
1:1 and cohort coaching grounded in neuroscience, identity, and what I call your Personal Operating System — so leaders understand how they're wired and lead from that place.
- Transition Blueprint (90-day intensive)
- Deep Partnership (6–12 months)
- Personal Operating System™ Framework
- Navigating Ambiguity™ Coaching
- Group Coaching Cohorts
Keynotes &
Speaking
Science-backed, story-driven sessions that shift how leaders think about culture, belonging, and leading through uncertainty. Research-grounded, never off-the-shelf.
- Your Brain on Ambiguity™ (Signature)
- Green Flag Your Culture™ Keynote
- Navigating Ambiguity Workshop
- Executive Panels & Facilitation
- Conferences, ERG Summits, Universities
Fractional
HR Executive
Senior People leadership on a fractional basis for scaling organizations that need strategic HR infrastructure — without the full-time hire. Part-time presence, full-time impact.
- Culture Strategy & People Operations
- Organizational Design & Workforce Planning
- Talent Frameworks & Performance Systems
- Leadership Team Advisory
- Retainer-based monthly engagement
How We Work
We embed deeply.
We co-create. We keep it real.
Our process is thoughtful, strategic, and always people-first. No generic models. No one-size-fits-all answers.
Discovery & Listening
We start with a deep dive. Culture assessments, listening sessions, data analysis. We assess, we listen, and we design responses specific to what your people are actually living.
Strategy & Design
Together, we build a plan rooted in your values, your data, and your goals. We don't give you a generic playbook. We build yours — with you at the center of it.
Delivery & Facilitation
From facilitation bootcamps to leadership coaching to keynotes, we meet your teams where they are. The work is practical, evidence-based, and built for your real world.
Sustainable Integration
We create tools, frameworks, and practices your people can sustain long after the engagement ends. Because culture by design only works when it outlasts the consultant.
Let's build something
that lasts.
The organizations that invest in culture strategy now are the ones your best talent will choose in three years. Whether you need a keynote, a coach, or a complete culture overhaul — Modern Work meets you where you are.
Leaders Coached
From emerging talent to C-suite — across Fortune 500 organizations and scaling companies.
Sessions Per Year
These are not projections. This is what we do, every year, with real people in real organizations.
Years of Practice
Grounded in Spotify, McCann, Invitae, Elsevier — and a PhD in molecular pharmacology.
Client Satisfaction
Clients include Warner Bros. Discovery, AstraZeneca, Wells Fargo, DailyPay, and Salesforce.