
My Word(s) for 2026: Expansion & Humanness
Selecting a word for the year not only sets the pace but also tells the story of who you are and the path you’re choosing to create.
Level Up Solutions HRD LLC is about creating excellence through people. Sounds inspiring, right? It is, but it also takes a lot of work. Our goal is to create alignment that drives growth personally, professionally, and organizationally. At the heart of what we do is the belief that organizations develop only as far as the people within them do. Titles may define roles, but skills and abilities, particularly in the realm of leadership, are built through applied knowledge and behavior. In the same way, culture isn’t an initiative we roll out. It’s something individuals experience through daily actions, interactions, and systems.
Drawing on nearly two decades of insight and expertise in human resources and workforce development, we combine practical HR knowledge with learning, training, and development strategies to help organizations foster clarity and ownership. This strategy creates a clear path forward to achieve shared success and meaningful outcomes. We support building environments that attract top talent, empower employees to thrive, and align individual and organizational growth.
Whether through HR consulting, talent acquisition, or tailored learning, training, and development, Level Up Solutions empowers businesses to strengthen their workforce, create alignment, and cultivate the human capacity required to collaborate and achieve success together. We listen, learn, and generate Level Up momentum across organizations and the people within them.
Level Up Solutions HRD LLC helps clients maximize their competitive advantage by aligning business strategy with people and development. We support organizations that are committed to building stronger teams, cultivating talent, and achieving sustainable success.
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Terri Cummings presented a Communication and Conflict Resolution training on-site to our group of team leads and supervisors. While our group had worked together for a long time, they had not had any formal training on communication skills or how to avoid and resolve conflict through better communication.
We invited Terri and Level Up Solutions in for our first group training. Terri intuitively picked up on dynamics within the group and offered insight for each individual to understand their role in the communication process and offered sound and practical advice. All agreed it was time well spent.
As Lightbridge Academy aims to provide a superior early childcare educational experience, professional development of our management team is an important piece to meeting these standards and to our success at large!
Thank you, Terri Cummings, for your partnership in implementing Management and Leadership trainings for our centers. The team and I appreciate your style and approach and find the sessions engaging and insightful…and we have already seen great results! We appreciate this unifying and empowering journey as a team.
Terri Cummings has served as a long-term, strong partner with the Women’s Resource Center of Greensboro, and has volunteered with our organization where she has acted as a professional workshop facilitator, offering education and information on employment and career-related topics in tandem with our internal Women to Work Program.
Throughout this partnership, Terri’s insights and expertise have been invaluable, as she consistently goes above and beyond to ensure that our clients receive her top-notch advice and support. Terri is a person of high integrity, and fosters an environment of open communication and trust, which makes partnering together not only productive but also enjoyable. We are grateful for her partnership and the contributions that she brings to the WRC!
I recently enlisted the services of Level of Solutions to provide a workshop for a cohort from She Built This City, a nine-week training program that introduces women to careers in skilled trades and construction. Terri Cummings delivered an engaging and insightful presentation that was both informative and empowering. She made complex concepts accessible and relevant to everyone in the room and covered it all with clarity and enthusiasm.
Thanks to Terri’s expertise and ability to connect, the cohort of women felt better prepared and more confident. Feedback from participants was overwhelmingly positive. Her session was a valuable investment in the professional growth of attendees, and I highly recommend her to any group looking for inspiring and practical guidance!
We are incredibly grateful and appreciative for the oversight you have over our HR needs. You have helped us in the general day to day, the onboarding, the challenging conversations and decisions surrounding offboarding, and in highlighting potential needs as we grow.

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This level of conceptualization refers to the values, goals, and available knowledge, skills, and abilities that influence the design of a business or career path plan, including mission and vision of the company and the individual.
This level of activity requires dedication to short and long-term objectives and other components of the business or career path plan. Investment of time and resources are required to make measurable progress.
This level of action-oriented strategy development allows the business or individual to establish market positioning that aligns with the objectives of the business or career path plan, including brand image.
This level of sustainable growth and direction is influenced by internal and external variables including economic climate, industry trends, and ability to achieve the competitive advantage through continuous improvement, innovation of products and services, and value of contribution.
This level of accountability encourages corporate social responsibility and connection inside and outside of the business. Ethical behavior and initiatives further develop brand image that results in becoming a destination employer for the business or sought-after job candidate for the individual.