CB3 Connections

After over 25 years of helping organizations build, scale, and elevate, I founded CB3 Connections to empower female founders ready to transform growth challenges into breakthrough opportunities.

Female founders often face unique roadblocks on their business journey - from strategic uncertainty and implementation overwhelm to confidence barriers that limit their impact and income. 

The A3: Abundantly Above All Coaching Program provides the clarity, strategy, and implementation support needed to navigate these challenges with confidence and purpose.

What We Deliver:
Clear pathways for women feeling stuck not knowing where to start, how to progress or at revenue plateaus and overwhelmed by growth decisions. The program transforms confusion into confidence through proven business principles and timeless wisdom that ensure businesses build on foundations strong enough to support sustainable growth.

Client Transformations Include:
- Breaking free from revenue ceilings without sacrificing personal wellbeing
- Turning market confusion into clear, compelling positioning that attracts ideal clients
- Replacing overwhelm with efficient systems that support scaling
- Building businesses that create both profit and purpose-driven impact

The mission at CB3 Connections is simple: equipping women with strategic insight, practical tools, and the confidence needed to steward their talents effectively and create businesses that bear fruit in every season.

👉 Ready to overcome growth roadblocks and scale effectively and efficiently? Let's connect!

Founder & CEO (Chief Elevation Officer)

Helping Female Founders Build Businesses That Work for Them (Not the Other Way Around) In a private space just for you, no competing voices or distractions, where you can be as candid, vulnerable, and realize transformation at its height.

You’ve poured your heart into building your business—working tirelessly, juggling endless tasks, and doing everything you can to make it successful. And it shows.  But even the most driven entrepreneurs hit moments where they feel stuck. Maybe you’ve hit a revenue ceiling. Maybe your days are consumed by fires and never-ending tasks. Or maybe you’re just tired.  

Through the A3: Abundantly Above All Coaching Program, I work with you to move beyond hustle mode and start making bold moves that lead to real results.  This isn’t group coaching where you’re one of many. This is private coaching tailored to YOUR business challenges, YOUR goals, and YOUR next breakthrough—a place where you can be as vulnerable as needed without wondering if you’re sharing too much. This means faster breakthroughs, deeper clarity, and strategies designed specifically for YOUR success.

Here’s What You Can Accomplish in A3  
1. Clarify Your Vision:  renewed focus and confidence in where your business is headed.  
2. Craft Winning Strategies: a clear plan to grow revenue without adding chaos to your life.  
3. Build Systems That Work: freedom from being the bottleneck so your business can thrive without exhausting you.  
4. Elevate Your Leadership: stepping out of the grind and into leadership with clarity and authority.

This isn’t about working harder—it’s about working smarter and building a business that works for YOU.

Why Work With Me? For over 15 years, I’ve helped organizations uplevel their operations and achieve extraordinary growth as an advisor, consultant, and coach. I know what it takes to turn overwhelm into opportunity—and I’m here to help you do the same.

Here’s what happens when we work together:  
Revenue grows (on average by 30-50% in months), Chaos turns into clarity with systems that free up hours of your time weekly. You finally get off the hamster wheel and start leading your business instead of letting it run you.

YOU get to see measurable revenue growth, more time for what matters most, and a business that supports your life, not consumes it.

Ready for Your Breakthrough?  Apply to work with me! https://forms.gle/jps3pryNHysRZogj9

Cerissa "Cece"💰 B.

HR Strong LLC

Principal Consultant of HR Strong, leading a team of HR consultants who build sound HR infrastructures that enable growth, scalability, and position organizations for the future of work. We provide HR Consulting, HR Project Management, and Fractional HR Management services across the full employee lifecycle—centered on aligning strategy, operations, and employee experience.

For executive leaders, we remove the guesswork from people strategy.  For employees, we design a better employment journey from talent acquisition, talent development and engagement systems.  
For the business, our work translates into measurable results: reduced compliance risk, improved retention, cost savings, and higher productivity.

Examples of business results for our clients:

Helped launch new food manufacturing facility by designing organizational structures, benchmarking competitive compensation, leading local recruitment efforts, and buildout of employee-centric communal spaces that strengthened culture and retention.

Guided a nonprofit association through HR modernization, improving compliance, workforce planning, updating job classifications, reskilling & upskilling programs, and streamlining performance management systems.

Partnered with a global healthcare company on HRIS implementation and data cleanup, ensuring system accuracy and smooth adoption.

Supported agricultural association in increasing membership growth through workforce planning, governance training, and the implementation of customer service and CRM systems that enhanced member engagement and sponsorships, while improving workflows with new SOPs and automation.

Fractional CHRO & Chief Transformation Officer

Borden

Directed people strategy for Southeast Region covering dairy manufacturing, supply chain, sales and general administration.

Served on the Regional Executive Leadership Team, shaping strategy and workforce priorities.

Led labor relations in unionized worksites and represented the company at collective bargaining negotiations.

Oversaw organizational redesign and drove change management during a company-wide reorganization.

HR Director

Nestlé USA

Factory HR Manager of $180MM greenfield construction and 500,000 sq.ft. expansion of Nestle USA Ice Cream Facility. 

Oversaw workforce growth from 100 to 700+ employees, including recruitment of 400+ new hires.  

Supported installation of 21+ high-speed robotic lines and launch of 24/7 operations.  

Designed new organizational structure, wage scales, and career pathways to meet advanced skill demands.

Implemented TPM principles, new SOPs, and a Learning Management System to upskill and reskill workforce.

Improved operational effectiveness by 30% while building a sustainable leadership pipeline with robust succession planning and recruitment strategy models.

HR Manager

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

Served as HR Business Partner for the Chesapeake Region, supporting manufacturing, sales, supply chain, fleet, vending services, and customer service operations.

Partnered with business leaders to align workforce planning, employee engagement, and operational goals across diverse departments.

Directed a successful union avoidance campaign, strengthening employee relations and mitigating organizational risk.

Implemented HR projects including ERP/SuccessFactors integration, streamlining HR processes and improving data accuracy and compliance.

Launched initiatives that improved compliance, operational excellence, and the overall employee experience.

Employee Relations Manager

Principal Consultant | Global HR Strategist | Top 100 MBE Winner | Workplace Healer | HR Tech & Workforce Transformation Leader

Here are the facts:

47% of small businesses have no dedicated HR staff.

43% of business leaders report not having a future of work strategy.

75% of organizations with remote workers are at risk of employment noncompliance across jurisdictions and borders.

I’ve seen what happens when businesses ignore this.

CEOs, nonprofit leaders, and growth-focused founders come to me after trying to “patchwork” HR with office managers, accountants, or generic templates. The pattern is familiar:

Compliance gaps that turn into costly risks.

Attempting Ai implementation with zero systems HR or infrastructure.

Leaders spending more time putting out fires than scaling their business.

Doing the same thing next quarter won’t fix it. It just costs more: more money, more turnover, more missed opportunities.

I believe HR should be strategic, human, and scalable. Build systems that keep you compliant, protect your culture, and prepare your workforce for the future of work. That’s how you achieve growth without breaking your people—or your bottom line.

HR Strong helps you:

Build HR infrastructures that scale with your business.

Align people strategy with operations and business goals.

Create compliant, engaging, and future-ready workplaces.

Deliver Fractional HR Management, HR Project Consulting, and Workforce Transformation services across the full employee lifecycle—powered by a growing community of HR Strong franchisees united in our commitment to healing workplaces

Results we’ve delivered:

Partnered with food manufacturers to launch greenfield facilities and capital expansion projects—building leadership teams, surge recruitment fulfillment, shaping workplace culture, and delivering on time and on budget through LEAN manufacturing principles.

Guided a nonprofit association through HR modernization, improving compliance and employee engagement while growing member participation.

Partnered with global brands like Nestlé, Coca-Cola, and Mondelez to integrate people strategy into major expansions, mergers, and workforce upskilling initiatives.

If you’re ready to stop guessing with HR and start scaling with intention, contact me.

I’m Talitha Beverly, Principal Consultant of HR Strong, where we heal workplaces and build resilient, future-ready organizations.

📧 talitha@hrstrong.biz

🌐 www.hrstrong.biz
🌐 www.hrstrongfranchising.com

Clarity, compliance, and scalability are closer than you think. Let’s get you there.

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