Fractional HR for growing companies
Growing pains are normal. HR chaos isn't. We fix misaligned teams, bad hires, and messy processes so you can get back to leading (without Googling "how to fire someone nicely").
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This isn't boring corporate HR. It's practical solutions that actually work. (And won't make your team roll their eyes.)
Get Executive Level HR expertise without the full time cost. Perfect for growing companies that need strategy but aren't ready for a full HR team.
Learn MoreCreate a workplace where people actually want to show up (shocking, I know). We help build Cultures that boost both happiness and profits.
Learn MoreTurn your managers into actual Leaders. Because let's face it, managing spreadsheets is not the same as inspiring humans.
Learn MoreStop scaring away great candidates with your painful hiring process. We'll handle the recruiting while you focus on running your business.
Learn MoreAlign your People practices with business goals. Because random HR initiatives are about as effective as herding cats.
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Founder of Think People.Culture and author of "Don't Suck at Recruiting" and "Don't Suck at Culture," Bill is an experienced HR executive with a passion for helping organizations build exceptional workplace cultures.
20+ years of HR Leadership experience
Respected HR Thought Leader
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We've helped organizations of all sizes improve their people strategies
"Bill was a joy to work with for all things People Operations. We partnered with Bill to help fill the gap as interim Head of People Ops while we had some turnover on our People team. Highly recommend Bill as a senior People Ops partner."
"Hiring a dedicated 'culture' officer, a trusted third party who can listen, understand, and synthesize, has already proven valuable in creating alignment and providing an outlet for frustrations."
"Bill did an amazing job sourcing, recruiting, and advising. He was a great communicator and very patient. I would recommend Bill to anyone and everyone."
Strategies and Techniques for Creating a Better Candidate Experience
Most hiring goes wrong long before the offer. The job post is vague, the interviews wander and great candidates get left hanging, so they take the other offer. This is the guide to fixing that, written for owners, hiring managers and HR people who are tired of hiring the wrong person twice.
Your Guide to Building a Kick Ass Company Culture
From the author of Don't Suck at Recruiting (4.8, 120+ reviews)
Most culture advice is a ping pong table and a mission statement nobody reads. This is the playbook for hiring for Culture Add instead of "culture fit," building the kind of trust where people actually speak up, onboarding people so they stick, and turning your values into how work gets done.
Includes the Culture Add Toolkit, ten worksheets you can use on Monday.
Fractional HR leadership brings CPO or CHRO level judgment into a company that doesn't need, or isn't ready for, a full time HR executive. A senior leader diagnoses what's really wrong, builds the plan and does the work with you, and you pay a fraction of what the full time seat costs.
For most startups, fractional wins early. You get senior judgment without carrying a full time executive's salary, bonus and search fee. When the daily work really does fill a seat, I'll write that job description and help you hire for it, even though it means you'll need me less.
Think People Culture does. Bill Brown works directly with Series A and Series B founders as a fractional CHRO, building the people function, the Compensation Philosophy and the managers who run it, so the company scales without the HR chaos.
Think People Culture offers fractional HR leadership built around your company's stage, size and timeline, with contracts from 60 days to a full year and one flat monthly fee.
Companies with roughly 12 to 350 employees, usually white collar teams with no HR person, or an HR gap because the last one left. They need executive level HR judgment but don't need, or can't justify, a full time HR executive yet.
Practical advice and Thought Leadership to help you navigate HR challenges
CPO level HR judgment, a defined 90 day build, what a senior People leader really costs, and when fractional HR is the wrong call.
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High performer burnout shows up months before the resignation. Here's how leaders spot it, fix the conditions causing it, and keep their best people.
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Read MoreHand the hiring, the handbook and the hard conversations to a senior HR leader with 20+ years in the room, who wrote the books on recruiting and culture. You get a 90 day plan, real work done and a reply within four business hours when it's urgent.