Thirty considered pieces on how growing companies should be thinking about workforce strategy. Published every Monday.
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Read article →You've thought about it long enough.
Read article →You've probably seen people post consistently on LinkedIn.
Read article →There's a type of CEO who views people strategy as something they have to do because HR tells them to.
Read article →You know you need to do something about your people strategy.
Read article →I ask this question in almost every initial conversation with a CEO: "If you could fix one thing about your team or organization tomorrow, what would it be?"
Read article →Here's something I've noticed after working with dozens of organizations: the companies that outperform their peers don't treat people strategy as separate from business strategy.
Read article →Your first 90 days with a new hire are the most critical period for retention and productivity.
Read article →Every CEO I talk to has some version of this conversation happening in their head: "We know our people strategy isn't great.
Read article →Most CEOs know they have a people problem.
Read article →You're having growth challenges.
Read article →Someone's leaving.
Read article →You're the leader of a growing function.
Read article →The economic landscape in 2026 is more uncertain than it's been in years.
Read article →You have an open role.
Read article →Here's a scenario I see play out at least once a quarter.
Read article →When a CEO asks for "workforce strategy," everyone nods like they know what that means.
Read article →The average enterprise employee receives 144 emails per day.
Read article →Your HR department is probably running at full capacity.
Read article →The consultant walks into a boardroom and hears it within the first five minutes.
Read article →Most CEOs aren't sure what a fractional Chief Human Resources Officer actually is.
Read article →There's a simple way to assess whether your workforce is actually aligned to your business strategy.
Read article →It usually starts with an email.
Read article →There's a very specific moment when every founder's mindset about hiring shifts.
Read article →I spent most of my career in traditional consulting.
Read article →A CEO calls with a problem.
Read article →I ask this question a lot.
Read article →The CEO who doesn't think about workforce strategy until something breaks is going to pay for it.
Read article →The person who handled HR beautifully when you had forty employees might be deeply out of their depth at eighty.
Read article →Most growing companies make the same critical error at the moment they need to get it right.
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