Fractional Head of People HR Consulting Leadership Coaching

Your people strategy is
your business strategy.

I partner with pre-seed to Series B founders to build the people infrastructure their business actually needs — nothing more, nothing less.

Let's work together → How it works ↓

Founders supported

Countries supported

cNPS

+40

Onboarding satisfaction

92%

02 — The Problem

People are your most complex variable. They're also your most expensive one.

When the people side isn't working, everything else breaks down. When the people side is dialed in, it becomes your unfair advantage.

But when the people side starts crowding out everything else you're already carrying, that's when you need someone who knows what to do.

You don't need a basic framework. You don't need a policy manual copied from a company three times your size. You need someone who's been in the room when things got hard and knows how to move forward anyway. Someone who learns your business and builds what it actually needs.

03 — Services

Two ways to work together.

Consulting

HR Consulting

Fractional Head of People or project-based. Org design, hiring, onboarding, compensation, performance, compliance, and the culture infrastructure that lets everything else function.

Founders supported

Coaching

Leadership Coaching

From founders to new managers, one-on-one support built on a practical, proven approach. Short term or ongoing. Your agenda, your goals, your growth.

200+

Hours of individualized coaching

04 — How it works

Every engagement starts the same way.

Not with a deck. Not with a standard framework. With real questions, real answers, and a clear picture of where you actually are.

Listen

Structured listening tour with founders, key people, and even "the troublemakers." Understand the business & goals. Make no assumptions.

Diagnose

Honest assessment of where you actually are. What's working, what's broken, and what's about to start costing you.

Plan

You bring the destination. I bring the map. Together we build the path that is customized for your business.

Build

Right-sized solutions for now and the next 12–24 months. Not over-engineered. Exactly what's needed.

05 — About

Built from
the inside out.

I didn't start in HR. I ran what were essentially small businesses inside Stanford University and the University of Wisconsin. Responsible for P&L, annual funding, and a workforce that the standard HR playbook wasn't written for.

When HR failed those teams, I was left picking up the pieces. I moved to startups to build what I wished had existed for me and my teams. I've been building it for founders ever since.

SHRM-CP Co-Active Coaching · CPCC StartupExperts HR Leader

Let's work together

Ready to solve for your most complex variable?

Every engagement starts with a conversation. Tell me where things stand, what's not working, and where you want to be.

Let's work together → No commitment. Just a real conversation. kirbirogers@gmail.com