Advisory & Fractional
Chief People Officer
Senior people leadership for the companies that make and move things, sized and priced for where you are.
Still in It
25 years leading HR in businesses that make and move things, and I’m still doing the work today, not narrating it from the sidelines.
Built for the Floor
I work where the frontline is most of the workforce and HR is often one person. The playbook is built for that reality, not borrowed from corporate.
Sized for You
The senior people leadership of a much bigger company, scoped and priced for where you actually are, for exactly as long as you need it.
Flexible. High-Impact. Custom Designed for You.
You don’t need a full-time Chief People Officer. You need someone who’s done the job, who can set the people strategy, steady your HR team, and keep your frontline from walking out the door, for exactly as long as you need them. That’s the work I do alongside the CEOs of mid-sized manufacturers and distributors, the companies where the frontline is most of the workforce and HR is often one person doing the work of five.
Far less than the turnover itself. Replacing one skilled frontline worker can cost tens of thousands of dollars once you count recruiting, training, and lost productivity. The diagnostic puts a real number on your situation, so the investment is a business decision, not a guess.
Midsized manufacturers, distributors, and other frontline businesses, often with lean HR teams carrying a lot, where the frontline is most of the workforce.
Most HR consultants hand you a report and leave. I’ve actually run the people function inside companies that make and move things, for 25 years. I help you measure where you stand, build the plan, and then stay to lead the work alongside your team.
A fractional Chief People Officer gives a company senior, strategic HR leadership part-time, for a fraction of the cost of a full-time executive. I set the people strategy, coach your existing HR person or team, and lead the work that keeps your frontline workforce from walking out the door, without you having to hire a full-time CPO.
Probably the best gift of all is Tracie’s unmistakable humanity, her oftentimes quiet, yet always powerful authenticity. It has been an ongoing joy, privilege, and most humbling of discoveries sharing conversation spaces with her within the Hacking HR community and beyond, as Tracie is a rare human gem. Tracie, THANK YOU for you!
Minola Jac – Change Management Expert and Author, “Everyday Inspiration for Change (EIFC)”
