Where I Can Help
Every organization is different. Some need an experienced People leader embedded in their team. Others need a specific problem solved or support through a period of change. Here’s what that can look like.
Fractional People Leadership
Some organizations need an experienced People leader embedded in their team - someone who sits at the table, shapes strategy, and helps leadership make better decisions about their people. Others need a senior partner who rolls up their sleeves and gets the work done without a lot of oversight. Most need both, depending on the day.
I work in both modes. As a strategic partner, I function as a member of the executive team - weighing in on organizational design, workforce planning, leadership decisions, and the people issues that carry real business risk. As an operational partner, I own the execution - building systems, managing employee relations, keeping the organization compliant, and making sure the day-to-day runs smoothly.
What stays consistent across both is the level of commitment. You work directly with me, I get to know your team and culture, and I show up as a true partner - not a vendor.
This engagement is retainer-based with consistent availability. It’s the right fit for organizations that want experienced People leadership without the overhead of a full-time hire.
People Ops Build, Stabilization & Support
Not every People Operations need looks the same. And not every organization is ready for or interested in a long-term engagement.
You might be a founder who has been handling people matters yourself and needs someone to build the function property and hand it off cleanly. You might have infrastructure that exists but is inconsistent, outdated, or no longer serving the organization. You might be going through a period of change - growth, transition, a leadership shift, or a merger or acquisition - and need experienced support on the people side to get through it without things falling apart. Or you might simply have a specific problem that needs solving and need someone capable to solve it.
I work with organizations at all of these stages. That might mean building the entire People Operations function from the ground up. It might mean stabilizing or rebuilding what’s already there. Or it might mean providing support through a specific challenge or transition.
Common engagements: full People function builds, employee handbook development, onboarding redesign, recruiting strategy and process builds, HRIS selection and implementation, HR audits, organizational change support, role clarity and job architecture, M&A people operations support, including due diligence and integration.
HR Compliance & Employment Guidance
Employment law is complicated, and the cost of getting it wrong - in time, money, and organizational trust - is real. Compliance isn’t just about avoiding risk. It’s about building practices that are fair, consistent, and defensible so your organization can focus on the work.
I bring deep working knowledge of employment law across multiple states and a track record of building the policies, processes, and systems that keep organizations protected. This work is available as part of an ongoing engagement or as a standalone project - and it’s just as relevant for a 15-person company navigating a leave situation as it is for a growing organization managing compliance across multiple states.
Whether you’re dealing with a specific compliance question, managing a complex leave, or simply not confident your current practices would hold up to scrutiny - I can help you get to a place where you are.
Areas covered: HR audits, policy development, multi-state compliance, leave management, ADA and reasonable accommodation, wage and hour, employee lifecycle compliance, handbook development and updates.
Employee Relations & People Advisory
Some of the most important People work doesn’t fit into a project or retainer scope. It shows up as a situation that needs careful handling, a decision that carries real organizational risk, or a conversation that needs to happen and you’re not sure how to have it.
I serve as a confidential thought partner to founders, executives, and leadership teams on the people matters that don’t have easy answers - conflict, performance issues, investigations, terminations, RIFs, severance agreements, organization alignment, and the complex dynamics that can quietly derail a team if left unaddressed. I’ll tell you what I think, including when it’s not what you were hoping to hear, because that’s what a real partner does.
This work is available on a retainer basis or as needed for specific situations.