Private Stabilization Session
map your next three stabilization actions first.
A 75-minute research-informed decision-making session for high-performing women who need to understand what is happening, what has already become visible, and what to do next before one wrong visible move makes the situation harder to control.
You have not done anything wrong.
But something has shifted, and you can feel it.
Not because of anything you did. Because once your response becomes visible to the organization, the situation can change quickly.
Most women are told to document everything, report to HR, or confront the bully directly. Sometimes that is exactly right.
But in my 2-year study with high-performing women being targeted at work, the strongest pattern was not which response path a woman chose. It was how visible her response became to her employer before she was prepared.
Reporting, confronting, explaining, resigning, documenting, and pulling back can all carry different risks depending on how visible they become and who can see them.
This session exists to help you pause long enough to stabilize your next action before the situation starts moving faster than you can control.
The Private Stabilization Session is a 75-minute, research-informed decision-making session with Karen Ellis, MSEd, researcher and creator of Tall Poppy Theory.
Karen Ellis guides you through a structured process to identify where you are, what has already become visible, and which first actions protect the most options in the next 72 hours.
You leave with your first three stabilization actions mapped in writing. A written 72-Hour Stabilization Brief is uploaded to your private client portal within 24 hours of the session.
This is not a generic strategy call. It is a structured diagnostic applied to your specific situation, using the same research frameworks behind the data.
Before we begin
If you have already completed the Workplace Targeting Assessment, bring your results. If you have not, the key scoring is completed together at the start of the session so there is a grounded starting point built from your actual situation: how far the pattern has already spread across your professional life, physical wellbeing, mental resilience, relationships, financial security, and sense of purpose.
Identify the visibility risk.
Tall Poppy TheoryUsing the Tall Poppy Theory framework, we identify the visibility risk in your current situation and what it means for your next action. Named situations are actionable. Unnamed ones keep you reactive.
Assess what has already become visible.
The Transparency TrapUsing the Transparency Trap, we examine what your organization may already know about your concerns, your awareness, your intentions, and your likely next move. This is the step most women skip. They ask what they should do. The better first question is what the organization can already see, and what the next action would reveal.
Map your first three stabilization actions.
Written. Sequenced. Specific to your position.Working through a structured decision-making process, you leave with three specific, written, sequenced actions tied to where you are right now. Whether you have not yet taken a visible action, have already reported or escalated, or are in the middle of leaving, your actions are specific to your position. Not generic steps. Yours. Before the session ends, they are documented.
Delivered within 24 hours
Your 72-Hour Stabilization Brief
Store this brief outside any workplace system. Not on a work device. Not in a work email.
75-minute session. Written brief delivered within 24 hours.
You do not need a pep talk.
You need a controlled decision-making process before your next visible action.
This session is for you if:
"She is not imagining it. I would give her resources so she is better informed about how the playbook works so she can get ahead of it and make better choices for herself from there."
A research participant, on the advice she would give
This session is not for you if your situation involves an immediate safety threat, a medical emergency, a pending legal deadline, a union or CBA-mandated reporting requirement, or an active NDA or settlement agreement with legal implications. Address those first. Consult the appropriate professional before booking. This session supports judgment. It does not replace urgent action.
If you leave the session without your first three stabilization actions clearly mapped, your session fee is refunded. No questions asked.
If you enroll in the Strategic Response System within 30 days of your session, 100% of your session fee applies toward the cost.
The guarantee exists because the session has one job. Either it delivers your first three moves in writing before you leave, or it costs you nothing.
The credit roll-up exists because for most women who complete this session, stabilization is triage. The full situation calls for a full response.
Karen is a researcher and educator who conducted a two-year formal mixed-methods study of 76 women across 6 countries who experienced workplace targeting, bullying, and harassment. That research introduced the Transparency Trap as an original theoretical construct: the finding that execution visibility predicted outcomes more consistently than strategy choice.
The research was presented at the International Association on Workplace Bullying and Harassment conference in Canberra, Australia, in June 2026.
Ellis is not a coach. She does not tell women what they should do. She studies patterns, documents outcomes, and provides data so women can make informed decisions for themselves. This session applies that research directly to your situation, for the moment most women are forced to improvise.
Legal counsel
If your situation involves active legal proceedings, an NDA, a settlement agreement, or deadline-sensitive preservation requirements, consult a qualified employment attorney. This session supports your judgment alongside professional counsel. It does not replace it.
Therapy
If you need mental health support, consult a qualified counselor. The research documents the mental health toll of workplace targeting. That toll is real. Professional support is appropriate and sometimes necessary.
Coaching
This is not one-size-fits-all advice. Karen Ellis is a researcher and educator. She applies the research to your situation. You make the call.
Crisis support
If you are in immediate danger, experiencing a medical emergency, or having thoughts of harming yourself or someone else, contact local emergency services or call or text 988 before booking. Strategy can wait. Your safety cannot.
Intake form
Your intake form must be submitted at least 24 hours before your session to allow adequate preparation time. If your intake is not submitted on time, your session will be cancelled. You will need to rescheduled, your original payment held as a credit, and a $50 rebooking fee applies.
Device and account
Book and complete your intake using a personal device and personal email address. Do not use an employer-owned device, employer email account, or any workplace system. Your Stabilization Brief is delivered to your private client portal, accessible only to you.
Single payment. No subscription. No recurring charges.
For a fraction of the cost of one impulsive move made under pressure, you get 75 minutes of structured, research-informed work applied directly to your situation, and three specific actions documented before you leave.
What's included
75-minute session. Written brief within 24 hours. Full guarantee.
You are operating without a map in a situation designed to keep you disoriented.
The data is clear on what happens when women act visibly before they understand their position. You may have already lived some version of it.
This session gives you the map.
Know what has already become visible.
Understand the risks of adding unnecessary exposure.
Leave with your first three moves
written down before you go.
75 minutes. Written brief within 24 hours. Full guarantee.