Focus Hu-Energy Consulting, LLC Restoring the Professional. Realigning the System for Sustainability.
Company Overview
Focus Hu-Energy Consulting is a premier transformation and organization development advisory firm. We support high-pressure organizations and individual professionals navigating complexity, sustained pressure, and systemic transition. We specialize in "change that holds - without costing people" by integrating the clinical rigor of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology with restorative, heart-centered healing. Our work ensures that professional excellence is sustainable by fixing broken systems and restoring the people who lead and work in them.
Core Competencies
Our dual-pathway approach addresses both the institutional structures and the human energy of the workforce.1. Organizational Advisory & Systemic Realignment
- Organizational Diagnosis: Cultural audits, policy reviews, and qualitative inquiry to identify systemic dysregulation and institutional trauma.
- Trauma-Informed Design: Redesigning institutional structures and decision-making to support psychological safety and accountability.
- Strategic Transformation: Managing large-scale change through a proprietary 5-phase methodology.
- Holistic Trauma Restoration: Specialized delivery of transformational coaching and healing for individuals affected by organizational and personal trauma using a holistic approach.
- BIOP Leadership Focus: Targeted restorative advising for BIOP (Black in I-O Psychology) women and leaders, helping them navigate and heal from systemic stressors and chronic strain.
- Heart-Centered Orientation (HCO): A holistic approach to leadership development that integrates somatic awareness, mindfulness, and professional socialization.
The Signature 5-Phase Methodology
We facilitate organizational and individual evolution through a field-tested, science-based cycle:
- See Clearly: Diagnostic truth-telling and shared clarity regarding trauma and dysregulation.
- Make Meaning: Sensemaking and readiness for restorative change.
- Realign Systems: Structural policy and practice change to prevent future trauma.
- Build Capacity: Transformational coaching to strengthen leadership resilience.
- Sustain & Adapt: Ongoing integration of healing and growth to prevent burnout.
Differentiators: The Hu-Energy Advantage
- Specialized Advocacy: Deep focus on the unique challenges faced by BIOP women, providing a sanctuary for restoration in high-stakes environments.
- Pioneering Expertise: Led by the first African American woman to earn a PhD in I-O Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park.
- Research-Backed Healing: Direct partnership with the Organization Trauma Intervention Studies (OTIS) Lab at Rutgers University.
- Holistic Integration: A rare capability to deliver Reiki, Hypnotherapy, and Somatic Mindfulness within a doctoral-level business strategy framework.
Past Performance & Impact
- Collaborative Labor Realignment: Key faculty lead on the joint faculty-labor team (UDC/SEIU) that established the inaugural adjunct professor union.
- Federal Grant Management: Managed over $300,000 in U.S. Department of Education grants to pilot STEM career pathways for underrepresented populations.
- Global DEI Design: Collaborated to design and facilitate inclusive leadership practices for Soka Gakkai International (SGI).
- Corporate & Government Leadership: Senior leadership roles held for Equitable Life Assurance Society, AAA of Michigan, USPS, and the S. Department of the Army.
Key Personnel
Dr. Colin Cooper, PhD (CEO & Founder)I-O Psychologist, Retired Tenured Professor, Reiki Master Teacher, and Scholar in Residence at Rutgers OTIS Lab. First African American woman to earn a PhD in I-O Psychology from UMCP.
Dr. Preston V.L. Lindsay, PhD (Principal Associate)
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Rutgers GSAPP, organizational psychology faculty. Graduate Professor in Organizational Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania. Director of the OTIS Lab at Rutgers University.
Ujjayini Brawley, MPIO (Associate)
I-O Practitioner and Creative Transformation Interventionist; Expert in Somatic Mindfulness and Trauma Restoration.
Company Data
● NAICS Codes: 541611 (Admin/General Consulting), 541612 (HR Consulting), 611430 (Professional Training), 621330 (Offices of Mental Health/Healing Practitioners).
● Location: Chevy Chase, MD | Serving Clients Globally.