Human Resources Executive and Coach

Human resources executive leader, coach, author, and award-winning podcast host Andrea Sides Herron is a passionate advocate for addressing mental health and bolstering diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace. She also strives to promote and encourage a healthy sense of humor because work doesn’t have to be boring.

Andrea draws on her 15+ years in the HR trenches to create workshops, trainings, blogs, and presentations about people—more specifically, why they do what they do and how companies can find success using a more holistic approach. She often features this knowledge as host of WebMD Health Services’ podcast, The HR Scoop. In its first season, HR Scoop received a 2021 Digital Health Award® for Digital Health Media/Publications: Audio Series.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in industrial/organizational psychology from Western Kentucky University and holds multiple certifications in human resources management. Additionally, Andrea serves as an accredited Fierce Conversation and Personalysis Facilitator and a Social + Emotional Intelligence Certified Coach. 

Andrea lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, two kids, and French bulldog, Norman. In her free time, she loves to run, sit in the sunshine, and bake all the cookies.

about the book

There’s an Elephant in Your Office

A quarter of the US adult population, 64.6 million people, live with a mental health disorder. But, shhhh, we don’t talk about that at work—until now.

Having recognized that it’s time to create a post-pandemic environment where everyone can do the job they were hired to do, including employees with a mental illness or psychiatric disability, Ashley Sides Johnson and Andrea Sides Herron are back with There’s an Elephant in Your Office: Practical Tips to Successfully Identify and Support Mental and Emotional Health in the Workplace, Second Edition.

Using a herd of elephants as a metaphor for employees experiencing a mental illness or episode of poor mental health, Ashley and Andrea share their collective knowledge and experiences to equip employers, managers, and supervisors with the tools and information they need to help people on all rungs of the corporate ladder notice, identify, and properly interact with the elephants in their office.