About Storybook HC™
At Storybook HC™, we believe every organization is writing a leadership story that will define its future. Our role is to help organizations shape that story into one of growth, continuity, and resilience — by connecting talent, development, and succession into one unified system.
Origin
Arnao Anderson & Associates — focused on executive coaching and HR consulting.
Evolution
Became a leadership development advisory platform.
Purpose
Align leadership strategy with measurable business outcomes
Why the Change
Over the years, we’ve learned that the story people tell about a company always comes back to its leaders. Yet when the hiring, development, and succession of leaders are written as separate chapters, organizations pay the price in talent gaps, churn, and stalled growth. Storybook HC™ was created to solve that — connecting the full leadership lifecycle into one continuous storyline.
The Leadership Storyline™
Our proprietary framework, Leadership Storyline™, integrates how leaders are hired, developed, and succeeded into one cohesive architecture.
ReadyBench™
Prepares leaders for key roles
Elevate360™
Comprehensive 360° leadership development
NextSeat™
Succession planning
LeadLaunch™
Activating leadership potential
Our Mission
To help organizations write leadership stories where every chapter strengthens the next — through growth, transformation, and disruption.
Credentials and Expertise
Meet the Founder
I founded Storybook HC™ to help organizations change their leadership story. After more than two decades leading People & Culture and Operations functions across industries, I saw the same pattern: leadership decisions written in separate chapters, leading to costly business impacts when it mattered most.
Today, our proprietary Leadership Storyline™ System connects those chapters — ensuring continuity, readiness, and leadership strength through every transition. The result? Succession-ready leaders, better-performing leaders, and stronger teams — creating organizational stories that end well.