When the Stakes Rise
As leadership responsibility grows, how you communicate matters more than ever. What once worked may no longer land the same way–and the margin for error narrows.
This is not about confidence. It's about clarity, judgment, and presence in moments that matter.
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Email: sherry@fournorthconsulting.com
Phone: 312.505.8593
Executive Communications Coaching For Women
Leaders Navigating Visibility, Influence, And Change
Sherry Sissac
EMMY-NOMINATED CONSULTANT Sherry Sissac is an Emmy-nominated communications strategist and executive advisor. She has spent her career working with senior women leaders across corporate, nonprofit, and public-sector organizations.
Through Fournorth Consulting, she provides high-touch executive communications coaching for women navigating increased responsibility, public presence, organizational change, and career transition.
Her work helps leaders sharpen their voice, strengthen executive presence, and communicate with authority in rooms where big decisions are made.
THE ISSUE AT HAND As expectations increase, communication becomes more complex.
You may find yourself over-preparing, second-guessing, or adjusting your voice to meet competing expectations. Experienced leaders shouldn’t have to shrink, perform, or over-explain to be heard.
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YOUR ADVISOR Sherry Sissac has worked across corporate, nonprofit, government, and mission-driven environments—often as the first or only woman in rooms where expectations were unspoken—and the stakes were real.
That lived experience informs her work today.
Sherry is not a motivational coach. She is a strategic communications partner—trusted by executive women navigating visibility, responsibility, and change.
Through Fournorth Consulting, she provides high-touch, bespoke executive communications coaching grounded in judgment, discretion, and real-world leadership experience.
SHERRY HAS BEEN THERE Much of her career has been spent as the first—or the only—woman in rooms where excellence alone was not enough. She learned early that how you communicate—how you frame decisions, set boundaries, and claim space—often determines how your leadership is received.
Through Fournorth Consulting, she provides high-touch executive communications coaching for women navigating increased responsibility, public presence, organizational change, and career transition.
Like many executive women, she was conditioned to say yes. To carry more. To prove capability through constant availability and performance. She shares, "Over time, I came to understand that this approach wasn’t sustainable—and that real leadership requires discernment, not exhaustion."
That lived experience shapes how Sherry works today. She understands the moment when a leader realizes it’s time to refine how she shows up—not because she’s lacking, but because the room has changed.
"My clients don’t have to vocalize the pressure, the politics, or the weight of representation. The work is grounded in respect, discretion, and alignment—not performance."
HERE'S THE PLAN There is no standard program, no prescribed sequence, and no one-size-fits-all solution—because no two leadership contexts are the same. While every engagement is bespoke, the work typically follows a simple rhythm.
Our work is delivered primarily through confidential one-to-one advisory relationships, designed around the leader, the moment, and the environment she’s navigating.
Rather than prescribing scripts or fixed methodologies, the work is shaped in real-time—focused on judgment, presence, and how communication lands.
BE TRANSFORMED When your voice aligns with your leadership:
You don't speak more. You speak with impact.
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THIS IS WHAT WE DO Fournorth Consulting provides strategic communications services for executive women navigating increased visibility, complexity, and influence. This work supports leaders who need their communication to land clearly—internally, externally, and in moments where credibility matters most.
Each engagement is custom-designed based on the leader’s role, goals, and organizational context.
ADVISORY
Bespoke advisory support to strengthen clarity, presence, and credibility across leadership settings
COACHING
Focused on how leaders show up as visibility and responsibility increase
PREPARATION
Preparation for meetings, presentations, board engagement, and public-facing moments–without performance coaching.
COUNSEL
Strategic counsel during organizational change, role expansion, or leadership transition
STRATEGY
Thought partnership grounded in judgment, discretion, and experience
GROUPS
Small group coaching or leadership sessions during periods of growth or change
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP 
More than 300,000 Black women lost their jobs in 2025. That number should stop us. Not because it tells the
If you talk to executive women right now—across industries, sectors, and roles—you hear a common refrain: Everything feels in motion.
A reflection on leadership, visibility, and the moments that quietly demand more from how we communicate. There is a moment
"I came into the work thinking I needed help with communication. What I gained was clarity. Sherry helped me slow down my thinking, choose my words more intentionally, and lead complex conversations without being overwhelmed.”
"Sherry was a steady presence at a time when everything felt scrutinized. She didn’t offer scripts—she offered perspective. That made all the difference.”
"Her coaching changed how I communicate in technical and executive settings. I’m more concise, more confident, and far more effective than before.”
"She understands how leadership actually works. I stopped managing perceptions and started leading with intention."
