SEPTANANCE™ is a boutique HR consulting firm built on over 30 years of experience helping organizations navigate change, develop stronger leaders, and build healthier workplaces. We are not a staffing agency or a one size fits all HR platform. We are a strategic partner who brings both depth and a human touch to every engagement.We work across four service lanes: HR Consulting, Coaching, Leadership Development, and Mediation and Conflict Resolution. So whether you need hands-on HR support or a trusted thought partner for a leadership challenge, we meet you where you are.SEPTANANCE™ is powered by The Development Edge, the HR consulting practice Ann Brown built over the past several years. Same team, same expertise, new name.

Two things set us apart: strategic depth and the human touch. We do not hand you a template and walk away. We bring 30+ years of real world HR and leadership experience, across corporate, non profit, and consulting environments, and we stay engaged as a true partner through the work.We are also uniquely equipped to move across the full spectrum of people challenges, from compliance and HR strategy to executive coaching and workplace conflict, which means you do not have to manage five different vendors to address what is happening in your organization.

Yes. Ann Brown speaks on topics related to HR strategy, leadership development, and workplace conflict, bringing the same practical, people first approach to the stage that she brings to every client engagement. If you are planning a conference, retreat, or internal event and want a speaker who can make HR and leadership topics feel relevant and actionable, reach out to discuss availability and topics.