Global Aptitude Advisory

Your people are your
greatest competitive
advantage.

Summer Coxe partners with leaders to design organizations that work, build workforces ready for what comes next, and develop the leaders who will get you there.

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$225M Annual savings from one change initiative
1,000+ Hires across 4 global service centers
20 yrs Of global HR leadership
Summer Coxe

“You aren’t like any other HR person I’ve worked with.” Exactly.

Summer Coxe — Advisor, Consultant & Coach

Consulting Services

Four ways to work together.

Every engagement starts with listening. Not templates, not a standard playbook. What your organization needs is where we start.

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Organizational Transformation

Catalyze Breakthrough Change

Most transformations fail at the human layer, not the technical one. I guide organizations through complex change with the rigor and care that makes it stick.

Change Management Operating Models Org Design
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HR & Talent Process Optimization

Build Talent Systems That Actually Work

I design HR processes and talent ecosystems that connect directly to business outcomes. No bureaucracy for its own sake. Just systems that attract, develop, and keep the right people.

Workforce Planning Talent Strategy HR Transformation
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Leadership Development

Develop Leaders Built for What Comes Next

The leaders who got you here are not automatically equipped for what is ahead. I develop leaders who perform under pressure, lead through ambiguity, and bring their teams with them.

Executive Coaching Leadership Programs Succession Planning
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Strategic HR Advisory

A Trusted Voice When the Stakes Are High

CHROs and CEOs bring me in when the decisions are hard and the margin for error is small. I provide the outside perspective, the honest assessment, and the experience to help you get it right.

C-Suite Advisory AI Transformation Workforce Strategy
Summer Coxe
20 yrs
Global HR leadership across 4 continents

About Summer

Built for complexity. Wired for people.

I spent twenty years transforming talent functions inside some of the world's most complex organizations: Alcon, Astellas Pharma, and Hewlett-Packard. I built HR infrastructure from scratch across four continents, designed operating models for functions spanning Finance, IT, R&D, Supply Chain, and Customer Operations, and led change initiatives at a scale most HR leaders never see.

I founded Global Aptitude Advisory because the work I love, helping leaders and organizations genuinely get better, is better done without the constraints of a single company's agenda. I bring the same rigor I applied inside Fortune 500s, with the outside perspective that internal teams rarely have access to.

$225M
Annual savings through org design at Alcon
$27M
Cost savings uncovered via assessment at Astellas
1,000+
Associates hired across 4 global service centers in 2 years
500+
Roles insourced into cost-effective locations

Signature Program

Leading in Constant Change

A modular leadership development portfolio built for the complexity leaders actually face. 24 modules. 11 packaging options. Half-day executive briefings to two-day immersions. Built around tension, not theory.

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Foundation & Skills

The mindset shifts and core capabilities that enable everything else. Deciding without certainty. Communicating under pressure. Holding complexity without defaulting to rigid mandates.

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AI Judgment & Amplified Human Skills

When to trust AI. When to override it. The five strategic skills no algorithm produces: pattern recognition, imagination, political navigation, relational intelligence, courageous bets.

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Resilience & Middle Manager Track

Programs for the leaders carrying the most weight. Change fatigue, recovery cycles, and a dedicated track for middle managers, the layer most often overlooked in development.

Packaging Options

Executive Briefing · 2 hrs Leadership Foundations · Half-Day Leading Through Ambiguity · Full Day AI-Ready Leader · Full Day The Resilient Leader · Half-Day Middle Manager Intensive · Full Day Uniquely Human · Full Day Full Immersion · 2 Days Complete AI Integration · 2 Days

What Leaders Leave With

✓ Make decisions without waiting for certainty
✓ Know when to trust AI, when to verify, when to override
✓ Have the hard conversations most leaders are avoiding
✓ Build trust at speed and sustain it through change
✓ Identify the system changes that make behavior change last
✓ Design work around how people actually think
Schedule a Consultation Up to 25 participants · Every format includes workbooks, facilitator guides, and 6-month follow-up

Insights

How Summer thinks.

Direct, grounded, and written for leaders who want more than surface-level takes. Summer writes about the forces reshaping organizations and the decisions that matter.

AI & The Economy

What If AI’s Success Is What Breaks the Economy?

The most dangerous AI outcome is not a system gone wrong. It is a system that works exactly as intended and hollows out the consumer economy in the process. What every business leader needs to sit with right now.

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Leadership

The Leadership Paradox: Why Your Best Leaders Will Struggle Most

The traits that made your top performers exceptional in a stable world are the same ones that will trip them up in an uncertain one.

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Change Management

Building Change Aptitude in a Time of Fatigue

73% of HR leaders say their employees are experiencing change fatigue. The answer is not to slow down. It is to build the muscle to keep moving.

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Automation & Ethics

When Efficiency Meets Community: What Leaders Can Learn from Shreveport

Amazon chose Shreveport as a test bed because the city needed jobs too much to push back. Every leader automating at scale needs to understand what happened next.

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Beyond Consulting

A few other things worth knowing about.

The Adventures of Casey and Miles book cover Book 1 in Series

Children's Book · Coming Soon

The Adventures of Casey & Miles: Two Brothers Come Home

Young Sean has been wanting a puppy for a long, long time. Mom's answer has always been no. Sean finally gets his yes, but the adventure does not end up as straightforward as you might think.

With adorable puppy personalities and hilarious mishaps, this heartwarming story follows Casey and Miles: two golden doodle brothers with personalities so distinct that even confirmed non-dog people stop to say hello. Based on Summer's real dogs, the book weaves growth themes and learning activity pages into a story kids want to read again.

Ages 4–8 Learning Activity Pages First in Series Dogs & Family

Inspired by real life: Casey taps his paw on anyone who needs encouragement. Miles is neurotic, desperate for attention, and prone to swimming adventures and unexpected car sickness. Her son Sean, the family's biggest Casey and Miles fan, gave his approval before the dogs became fictional characters.

Publishing Soon Follow Summer on LinkedIn for the launch announcement

Writing · LinkedIn Articles

Ideas worth reading.

Summer writes regularly about AI, leadership, organizational design, and the human side of transformation. Direct, practical, and grounded in real experience from twenty years inside Fortune 500 organizations.

Read the Articles

Program · Leadership Development

Leading in Constant Change

24 modules. 11 packaging options. From two-hour executive briefings to two-day immersions. Built for leaders navigating complexity, AI, and the pressure of constant change.

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Work Together

Ready to build something that lasts?

Whether you are restructuring, preparing for AI, or developing your next generation of leaders, the conversation starts here. No hard sell. Just a real conversation.

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