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Fractional People Leadership

Your People Director. On your terms.

Senior people expertise when you need it, without the commitment of a full-time hire — built on deep expertise in people experience, people strategy and people transformation.

In plain English

What does “fractional” mean?

A fractional People Director is an experienced senior people leader who works with your business part-time — a fraction of the week or month — rather than as a full-time employee.

You get the judgement and experience of someone who has done this before, at the level your business needs right now. As you grow, the arrangement can grow with you, or help you hire your first full-time people leader when the time is right.

Who it’s for

  • 01Founders building their first teams
  • 02Startups preparing to scale
  • 03Growing businesses without senior people leadership
  • 04Organisations navigating significant change
  • 05Businesses needing strategic guidance alongside an existing HR team

What you get

  • 01Senior-level people advice
  • 02Strategic direction
  • 03Practical implementation support
  • 04Leadership partnership
  • 05Flexible engagement arrangements
  • 06Expertise aligned to your stage of growth

How it works

Three ways to work together.

01

Advisory

Strategic guidance, leadership support and expert input when needed.

A trusted senior sounding board for founders and leadership teams.

02

Embedded

Ongoing fractional People Director support integrated into the business.

A regular part of your leadership team, a set amount of time each month.

03

Project

Focused expertise for a defined challenge, transformation or business priority.

A clear scope, a clear outcome and a clear end point.

Every arrangement is agreed around your needs. We’ll talk through scope, time commitment and fees in an initial conversation.

Let’s discuss what you need.

Tell us where your business is, where it’s heading and what people leadership would help most.