Executive Coaching
One-on-one coaching for leaders and managers to strengthen self-awareness, communication, and accountability, and to build the interpersonal skills that prevent toxic dynamics before they start.
HR & Organizational Consulting
Working better,
together.
InterConnections, LLC helps organizations build a positive employee relations climate, eliminate counterproductive work behaviors, and create lasting cultures of respect.
01 — What We Do
Three disciplines. One connected system.
HR Investigations
Independent, rigorous investigations into employee misconduct, allegations of sexual harassment, and toxic workplace environments. A neutral, legally sound process yields clear findings that protect both the organization and its people.
HR Consulting
Executive and board-level performance evaluations, and development of HR professionals and the HR function itself — building the internal capability to sustain a healthy culture long after the engagement ends.
02 — Our Point of View
Toxic culture is a systems failure, not just a personal one.
InterConnections applies systems thinking to workplace culture: toxic behavior and disengagement are treated as symptoms of how roles, incentives, and relationships are structured — not just individual failings. We design interventions — coaching, investigation, consulting — as parts of one connected system, not siloed HR fixes.
This lens is grounded in real research. One of our principals is a systems scientist; the case for structural accountability is not a hunch, it is documented.
Toxic workplace culture costs U.S. organizations an estimated $44.6 billion annually and drives away roughly one in five employees — while toxic leaders are often promoted rather than corrected.
InterConnections exists to close that gap between reward and accountability.
$44.6B
Annual cost of toxic workplace culture to U.S. organizations
03 — Principals
Two disciplines, one practice.
Dr. Gary S. Metcalf
Systems Scientist & Organizational Consultant
Dr. Metcalf's work centers on organizational and social systems design, and the transition from techno-economic to socio-technical models of work — Industry 4.0 moving toward Industry 5.0. He is the editor of the Handbook of Systems Sciences (Springer, 2021) and the author of the novel A Dark Matter of Memory. He is based in Ashland, Kentucky.
Dr. Teresa A. Daniel, JD, PhD
Employment Law Attorney & Dean, Human Resource Leadership
Dr. Daniel is an employment law attorney and the Dean & Professor of the Human Resource Leadership Program at Sullivan University. She brings deep expertise in the legal and organizational dynamics of workplace misconduct and toxic leadership, and is the author of Toxic Leaders and Tough Bosses: Organizational Guardrails to Keep High Performers on Track, with Organizational Toxin Handlers forthcoming.
04 — Insights
Thinking, published.
Our point of view is grounded in research, not opinion. Our principals publish on systems science, organizational design, and the legal and human dynamics of toxic leadership — thinking that informs every engagement we take on.
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Handbook
Handbook of Systems Sciences
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Book
Toxic Leaders and Tough Bosses: Organizational Guardrails to Keep High Performers on Track
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Forthcoming
Organizational Toxin Handlers
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Novel
A Dark Matter of Memory
05 — Contact
Begin a confidential conversation.
Whether you are facing a sensitive personnel matter, developing your leadership team, or building a healthier culture from the ground up, we start every engagement with a private conversation.
hello@interconnectionsllc.com