About Elevated Talent Consulting

What We Do

Elevated Talent Consulting equips new leaders, executive leaders, and HR Professionals with the know-how, tools, and guidance to elevate your people and your business. With our specialization in growing blue-collar businesses, we empower practical leadership from the cab and the field, not just the office. Our services equip you to grow personally and professionally, optimize your talent, and/or build your HR Infrastructure so you get the results that matter most.

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Why We Do It

We believe every employee has a right to be fulfilled in their work. We also believe leadership has an obligation to create a culture in which staff can be successful while hitting key business goals. We help you do both.

Giving you confidence in your HR decisions.

Who Certifies Us

Our ICF credential (International Coaches Federation) means that we meet the highest standards for personal and professional leadership coaching. The Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional® (SHRM-CP/SCP) credential also sets us apart. We’re a SHRM recertification provider and a certified partner with Predictive Index. These endorsements mean we’re equipped to train your most important leaders to become exceptional leaders, and/or align your people strategy with your business strategy.

ICF, SHRM, and Predictive Index give us their seal of approval.

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Now, Meet Traci Austin

Traci Austin, MPA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, PCC, is a certified HR professional with two decades of experience building HR departments from the ground up for small businesses. Her mission is to create the container for every employee, if they choose, to be fulfilled in their work while meeting business outcomes. She does this through employee development and engagement, performance consulting, training facilitation, and coaching HR professionals.

She is the Chief Strategy Consultant and owner of Elevated Talent Consulting, a certified women-owned business, that impacts small businesses and HR professionals in exceeding performance expectations while being fulfilled in their work.

Traci uses her consulting expertise to serve clients in applying behavioral concepts to hiring and selection, designing and implementing talent pathways, coaching, motivation, and leadership. She is a highly sought-after expert on these topics. She hosts a weekly podcast titled The People Strategy Podcast with 214 episodes and has been distributed to thousands of HR professionals and business leaders across the globe.

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