When Your HR Is on Fire, You Don’t Need Another Brochure. You Need a Plan.

I help mid-sized companies who’ve outgrown their HR, lost a key leader, or are buried in people problems get clear on what’s broken, what to fix first, and how to build a people system that runs without me.

St. Louis–based. Veteran-owned. Not your typical HR.

Talk Through Your Situation

In a 30–45 minute conversation, you’ll walk me through what’s keeping you up at night. I’ll tell you honestly if I can help, what that would look like, and what it won’t be.

Three Ways I Help When HR Is Stretched, Stuck, or Leaderless

1. HR Strategy & Department Design

When you’ve lost an HR leader, outgrown your structure, or aren’t sure what HR should even

look like for your size, I come in short-term to:

Audit what’s really happening (people, processes, systems)
Map the HR/org design you actually need
Build a practical roadmap your team can execute without me sitting in the seat

HR Systems & People Ops Audit + Reset Plan

2. Talent & Leadership Development

Your managers were promoted because they were good at the job not because anyone taught them to lead.

I help you:

Run talent reviews and succession planning that actually guide decisions
Design and deliver practical management training (no fluff, no theory for theory’s sake)
Mentor or coach key HR and line leaders as they grow into bigger roles

Manager & HR Leader Development Path

3. Hiring & Development Assessments

If you’re tired of guessing who will perform or who’s ready for more, we bring in legally-defensible assessments that:

Support better, more consistent hiring decisions
Reveal leadership strengths, blind spots, and derailers
Give you data to back up promotions and development plans

Powered by an industry-leading, legally-defensible assessment platform.

What This Is — and What It Isn’t

This is:

A short- to medium-term partnership to fix, design, or level up your HR and leadership.
A place to say, “Here’s our mess,” and get a clear, honest, practical plan.
Led by someone who has actually run HR and people teams, not just consulted from the sidelines.

This is not:

Long-term fractional HR where I become another internal employee.
A “check-the-box” training program that feels good in the room and dies on Monday.
A one-size-fits-all playbook copy-pasted from some other company.

If you want someone to sit in your HR seat for the next two years, I’m not your guy.

If you want someone to help you get your arms around the chaos, design what HR should look like, and equip your leaders to run it that’s where I come in.

Start Here: HR Systems & People Ops Audit + Reset Plan

When you’re up against the wall leader gone, growth exposing gaps, or HR just not keeping up you don’t need another “nice to have.”

The HR Systems & People Ops Audit is a focused engagement where we:

Map your current HR, people, and leadership reality

Identify the top 3–5 risks and opportunities costing you the most

Design a clear, phased plan to stabilize, rebuild, and strengthen your people systems

You walk away with a concrete plan, not a binder:

what to focus on first, what to tackle next, and what you can safely ignore for now.

See What’s Included in the Audit

Talk Through Whether This Fits Your Situation

How We Work Together

Conversation & Context

You share what’s happening right now where it hurts, what’s on fire, and what can’t keep going the way it is. I’ll ask the questions you may not be asking internally.

Diagnosis & Design

I look under the hood: people, processes, systems, and leadership. Then I design a practical plan that fits your size, your reality, and your goals.

Support & Follow-Through

You decide how you want to move forward. I can support your team through implementation, leadership development, and assessments or equip your people to run with it themselves.

Why Bring Me In

Most people don’t say “our HR is amazing.”

I’ve been on the other side of that.

I’m a veteran and a former corporate HR leader who’s been told more times than I can count,

“You’re not like other HR people” and they meant it as a compliment.

What that means for you:

Straight talk, not buzzwords.

A business-first view: risk, cost, and the culture you’re really running, not just the one on the wall.

Someone who’s comfortable stepping into messy situations and helping you work them out.

My job is simple: help you design and build people systems and leadership that actually support the business you’re trying to run.

Tell Me What’s Going On in Your HR World

If you’re dealing with a people or HR situation that can’t be ignored anymore, let’s talk it through.

Share a few details below, and we’ll schedule time to:

Get clear on what’s really happening
Put numbers to the cost of doing nothing
See whether an HR Systems & People Ops Audit—or something else—is the right next move