Solais HR Consulting
People First.
People First.
Purpose Driven.
Building Strong Cultures. Empowering People. Driving Success.
Building Strong Cultures. Empowering People. Driving Success.
"Solais means light. Bringing clarity, connection, and direction to human potential."
Complex ER cases, conflict resolution, and documentation that holds up under scrutiny. I've handled the cases most HR generalists dread — and built the paper trail that protects everyone.
Process design, compliance infrastructure, policy development, and HR systems setup. Whether you're building from scratch or cleaning up what's there, I can get it running right.
Helping managers have the hard conversations and make defensible decisions on performance. The goal isn't just to protect the company — it's to turn managers into leaders their teams actually trust.
Legally sound PIPs built around fairness, clarity, and dignity for the employee. Rooted in the RISE™ Framework — Review, Improve, Support, Extend — because a plan no one believes in doesn't work.
Interactive process documentation and reasonable accommodation guidance that meets legal requirements without losing the human element. Done right, the first time.
Experienced ER partnership for organizations that need HR depth without a full-time hire. I plug in where you need me — ongoing retainer, project-based, or case-by-case.
Get the full picture before acting. Performance history, context, root cause — not just the surface complaint.
Turn the review into a clear, specific plan. Concrete expectations, not vague feedback.
Show up as a partner, not a warden. Give the employee what they actually need to succeed.
Follow through past the plan's end date. Document progress, adjust in real time, and see it through to a real outcome.
We start every engagement the same way: figure out what's actually going on before we recommend anything. That means talking to the people involved, not just reading the file — because the paper trail never tells the whole story, and the part it misses is usually what decides whether a plan works or falls apart.
We write everything so it can hold up later — in front of legal, in front of a regulator, in front of the employee it's about. That's the standard: clear enough to defend, human enough to actually help. Anything less isn't worth building.
We use behavioral assessment frameworks — including DiSC and predictive behavioral principles — not to label people, but to help managers understand what motivates their team and how to meet individuals where they actually are. That's what separates coaching that sticks from coaching that gets filed away.
I work best when the situation is complex and the stakes are real.
ER backup on complex cases, second opinions, and documentation review before things escalate.
Coaching through PIPs, terminations, accommodations, and the conversations they've been putting off.
Building HR infrastructure for companies adding headcount faster than their policies can keep up.
Modernizing ER practices, updating documentation standards, and working through backlog cases.
HR-side context and defensible documentation on matters that could head toward litigation.
No retainer required. Book a session when you need a second opinion, a full audit, or a clear path forward.
A focused, confidential session to work through a complex employee relations situation before you act. Ideal for HR professionals, people managers, and business owners who need an experienced second opinion.
A structured review of your ER documentation — termination checklists, accommodation processes, investigation templates — delivered as a written report with prioritized fixes.
Most HRIS audits stop at the system — permissions, workflows, data hygiene. I go further: I look at how your people actually use it day to day, where adoption breaks down, and where the technology and the humans running it have stopped talking to each other.
Support for both ends of the performance spectrum — a legally sound PIP for someone struggling, or a development and succession plan for someone you don't want to lose.
Not generic templates. Systems built by someone who's used them in the room.
A complete toolkit for HR teams and managers running Performance Improvement Plans with dignity and legal defensibility. Pick the tier that fits where you are.
I'm Cazzi Coleman, founder of Solais HR Consulting — an HR Consultant and Employee Relations Specialist with over a decade of experience navigating the situations that keep HR leaders and people managers up at night.
I have a skill and a passion for seeing change as opportunity. When there's unpredictability and ambiguity, I can step back, take in all the factors, and build a clear path forward out of what could look like chaos. That instinct is what drew me to HR and what keeps me here.
I've spent most of my career as a department of one — which means I've had to handle complex terminations, ADA conversations, performance processes, ER investigations, and leadership coaching without the luxury of a team to hand things off to. That shaped how I approach every engagement: thorough, practical, and built to hold up under scrutiny.
The approach is rooted in the belief that good HR doesn't choose between protecting the company and protecting the person. Done right, it does both. The RISE™ Framework — Review, Improve, Support, Extend — is the clearest expression of that philosophy, and it's behind everything I build and every engagement I take on.
I work with HR Directors who need a specialist on complex ER cases, people managers who need coaching through difficult conversations, and scaling companies that need HR depth without a full-time hire. If you're dealing with something messy, I'm comfortable there.
No intake form. No discovery deck. Tell me what's going on and we'll figure out together if I'm the right fit.