HR OPERATIONS
Most HR reviews check whether you’re compliant. This one answers a harder question: can your people function carry the business you’re building? It’s a diagnostic engagement that scores your HR function against a clear, stage-appropriate standard and gives you a prioritized roadmap for what to build next — whether you’re a 50-person company standing up HR for the first time or a 1,000+ employee organization ready to upgrade.
You suspect your HR function isn’t where it needs to be — but you don’t know the specifics.
Maybe you’re a CEO spending too much time on people issues. Maybe your HR team is buried in tactical work with no bandwidth for strategy. Maybe a board member or investor asked about your people infrastructure and you didn’t have a great answer. This assessment gives you the facts — and a clear roadmap forward.
Assessment Tiers
This assessment fits organizations like:
- Companies growing past 50 employees with no dedicated HR leadership
- Organizations where the HR team handles tactical work but no one is thinking strategically
- PE portfolio companies needing to assess HR health pre- or post-acquisition
- CEOs spending too much time on people issues that should be handled by HR systems
- Companies experiencing retention problems, compliance gaps, or talent acquisition challenges
| Package | Target Size | Investment | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR Foundation Review | 50–200 employees | $7,500–$12,000 | Review what exists, scored against a stage-appropriate maturity standard. Document and data review plus leadership and HR interviews, with a prioritized buildout roadmap. |
| HR Function Assessment | 100–500 employees | $18,000–$28,000 | All seven domains scored against the standard. Interviews across leadership, HR, and managers, plus an employee focus group, gap analysis, and a detailed, domain-by-domain roadmap. |
| HR & Organization Strategy Assessment | 200–1,000+ employees | $35,000–$60,000 | Everything in the Function Assessment, plus organization, culture, HR-capability, and technology/analytics reviews, multiple focus groups, and a strategic, board-grade roadmap. |
Investment scales with your size and scope within each tier. Every engagement is scoped to your situation in a short conversation first.
Assessment Domains
Every engagement assesses the seven core domains of your HR function:
- Talent Acquisition & Onboarding
- Performance Management
- Learning & Development
- Compensation & Total Rewards
- Employee Relations & Culture
- Compliance & Risk
- HR Technology & Analytics
The HR & Organization Strategy Assessment adds four strategic modules:
- Organization design & structure
- Culture & engagement
- HR team capability
- Technology & analytics maturity
Deliverables
- HR Function Scorecard — every assessed domain scored on a defined maturity scale
- Gap analysis comparing your current state to a stage-appropriate standard
- A prioritized optimization roadmap (30/60/90-day and 6–12 month)
- A working-session readout for your leadership team, run as a discussion rather than a presentation (board-ready version available)
- Clear recommendations on what to address first — and where each piece is best done
How It Works
Discovery
A 60-minute intake with leadership to understand context, goals, and the pain points you already feel.
Assessment
Document and data review, stakeholder interviews, and — at the Function tier and above — an employee focus group, scored against a defined maturity standard.
Analysis
We triangulate what we heard and saw, score each domain, and prioritize the gaps by impact.
Preview
Before any formal readout, we walk you through the findings privately — so nothing in the room is a surprise, and you can shape how it lands.
Readout & Roadmap
A working-session readout with your HR Function Scorecard and a prioritized roadmap (30/60/90-day and 6–12 month) — and a clear view of what to tackle first.
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Common Questions
How long does the assessment take?
Typically 3–6 weeks depending on the tier and company size. The HR Foundation Review for smaller companies can be completed in about 3 weeks. The HR & Organization Strategy Assessment for larger organizations takes 4–6 weeks.
Will this feel disruptive to our team?
No. We’re experienced at conducting assessments without creating anxiety. Stakeholder interviews are positioned as “input sessions” and we work around your team’s schedule. Most people appreciate being asked for their perspective.
Is what people share with you confidential?
Yes. Individual input is reported as themes, never attributed to a name. That confidentiality is what produces candor — and candor is where the most useful findings come from. Leadership receives the patterns, not who said what.
What happens after we get the roadmap?
You decide what to act on, and how. Some clients run the roadmap themselves; others bring in help for specific pieces such as fractional CPO advisory, recruiting strategy, or performance management design. The roadmap is explicit about what to tackle first and where each piece is best done — in-house, as a separate engagement, or with another partner. We recommend what’s right for you, even when that isn’t us.