Advisory and Consulting for HR Leaders and CHROs
Independent advice for hard HR decisions.
HR leaders face decisions without a precedent: how to prepare for a different workforce, how to rethink pay, and which HR technology will still make sense years from now. Information is rarely the problem. I help you weigh the trade-offs and decide.
Advisory, focused consulting and executive sessions, tailored to you.
Workshops and executive sessions I’ve led
Three ways to work with me
Clarity, perspective and independent judgment.
My advisory work is for senior HR leaders who want to think a decision through with someone who has been there. You won’t get a team of juniors, a standard framework or an implementation project.
Strategic advisory
A trusted outside perspective for high-stakes choices: space to think, test your assumptions and sharpen the decision.
This often covers
- What workforce trends mean for your HR strategy
- Decisions on skills, careers and workforce planning
- Pay and compensation changes
- HR technology, payroll and AI choices
- Preparing for a leadership or board discussion
Focused engagements
Deeper support on one defined topic. Scoped and time-bound, without unnecessary complexity.
Typical topics
- Future of Work strategy and its workforce implications
- Pay and compensation innovation
- Skills-based approaches and career frameworks
- HR technology, payroll and AI decisions
- Aligning HR strategy with the business
Executive sessions & workshops
Facilitated sessions for leadership teams, boards and HR groups, often built on a keynote.
These sessions help you
- Create a shared language for a complex topic
- Explore what workforce, pay or technology changes mean for you
- Support a decision at senior or board level
- Align leaders before a major initiative or investment
The three can be combined, for example a keynote, followed by a workshop and advisory support.
Is this right for you?
For the moments when the right answer isn’t obvious.
Who I work with
- CHROs and senior HR leaders
- HR and payroll leadership teams
- Boards and executive teams
- Organizations facing a strategic HR decision or transition
When it helps most
- The stakes are high and there is no precedent to follow
- You want an independent, experienced perspective
- The decision will shape your workforce for years
- You need to bring a board or leadership team along
How engagements work
- Format
- Ongoing advisory, a short focused project, or a combination with a keynote and workshop. Short or longer term, depending on what you need.
- Independence
- Vendor-neutral, with no ties to any supplier
- First step
- A conversation about your context and your questions
Why HR leaders ask me
Experience from the inside, judgment from the outside.
I’ve done the work
More than 20 years inside HR, payroll and technology, including the executive team of NGA Human Resources. I know what breaks when theory meets a real organization.
I’m independent
I have no vendor ties, no implementation team to sell and no standard framework. You get a straight view of what is worth doing.
I bring the data
My advice rests on research and current data, the same foundation as my keynotes and my books.
“You directly challenged us right where we needed it, and since then you never stopped helping, contributing and supporting us. Thank you!”
One foundation
The same thinking as my keynotes, applied to your organization.
My advisory work builds on the topics I speak about. A keynote gives your audience the perspective. Advisory work applies it to your context, your challenges and your decisions.
Future of Work
Workforce trends, skills and technology, and what they mean for your organization.
See the keynote →Payroll
Where payroll technology is heading, and what to decide now.
HR Tech & AI
Long-term technology decisions, made with the future workforce in mind.
See the keynote →Facing a hard HR decision?Let’s talk it through.
Real transformation doesn’t start with improving the status quo. Tell me about your context and your questions, and we’ll work out what kind of support is most useful.
Want to know where my experience comes from? Read my professional background.