Practice Area
Executive Advisory
C-suite level strategic counsel for organizations navigating growth, change, or complexity. 20+ years of Fortune 500 executive experience applied to your specific situation.
Accepting new advisory clients
Practice Lead: Michael King, PhD — Founder & Principal Consultant
Sound Familiar?
- Your CEO is spending 30% of their time on people problems that a strategic HR leader would handle
- You’ve outgrown the generalist — but you’re not ready for a $300K CHRO
- You’re navigating a restructuring, acquisition, or major organizational change without an experienced people leader at the table
- Difficult conversations get avoided until they become terminations or legal exposure
- You need someone who’s done this at scale to help you build it right
Whether you need an ongoing thought partner or a specialist for a defined engagement, you get someone who’s led people functions at Stanford, McKesson, T-Mobile, and Quest Diagnostics, working alongside your leadership team.
Services
How We Help
Fractional CPO & HR Advisory
Ongoing strategic HR leadership on a monthly retainer — strategy, quarterly planning, crisis support, and advisory on every people decision, without the $300K+ executive salary.
$8,500–$18,500/mo
Interim CPO
A senior HR leader in the seat — now — when the CPO role is vacant. Near-full-time leadership of the function through a transition, with a deliberate handover to the permanent hire.
$20,000–$28,000/mo
CPO/CHRO Selection Support
Hiring advisory that de-risks your most consequential people hire — defining the role, structuring the evaluation, aligning the decision-makers, and integrating the new leader.
$10,000–$15,000
Organizational Design & Restructuring
Right-size your organization, clarify roles, and design the structure that supports your growth strategy — not the one you inherited.
$12,000–$60,000
Change Management
Navigate restructurings, system rollouts, integrations, and cultural shifts with a structured approach that brings people along — not one that leaves them behind.
$7,500–$35,000
HR Due Diligence
The specialist HR track of an M&A transaction — examining the workforce, the liabilities, and the culture, buy-side or sell-side, alongside the deal’s financial and legal advisors.
$12,000–$35,000
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Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How do these services differ from one another?
Three are senior-leadership services: a Fractional CPO gives you ongoing part-time HR leadership; an Interim CPO fills a vacant CPO seat through a transition; and CPO/CHRO Selection Support helps you hire the permanent leader. Two are structural project work: Organizational Design reshapes how the organization is built, and Change Management guides a specific transition through. And HR Due Diligence is the specialist HR track of an M&A transaction. They share one thing — Fortune 500 people expertise applied to a consequential decision.
Which service is right for our situation?
That is exactly what a discovery call is for. The services solve different problems, and the right one depends on what you are facing — a leadership gap, a restructuring, a hire, a deal. A 30-minute discovery call is a free, honest assessment of fit: if one of these services is the answer, we will say which; if it is not, we will say that too.
What size company do you work with?
Our sweet spot is organizations with 50 to 1,000+ employees. If you are under 50, you likely need an HR generalist first. If you are well over 1,000, you likely need a full-time CHRO. In between, this practice area gives you senior people expertise without the full-time executive overhead.
Are these retainers or fixed-fee projects?
Both, depending on the service. The Fractional CPO and Interim CPO services are monthly retainers — Fractional CPO with a 6-month minimum, because meaningful organizational change does not happen in 30 days. CPO/CHRO Selection Support, Organizational Design, Change Management, and HR Due Diligence are bounded projects with a flat fee and a defined end. Each service page sets out exactly how that engagement works.