Fractional CHRO for founders scaling past their people — and PE teams protecting deal value. 25 years inside the moments where culture either carries the business forward or quietly tears it apart.
These are the moments I walk into. If any of this hits close to home, you're not alone — and it's fixable.
Every hiring decision, every conflict, every HR question lands on your desk. You're spending 40–60% of your time on people problems instead of building the business.
Top performers don't leave because of comp. They leave because there's no structure, no career path, and no accountability. The best ones leave first — they have options.
No structured process, no competency models, no interview guides. Every role is reinvented. A bad leadership hire costs $50K–$200K+ when you factor in the damage.
Your culture isn't what's on your website. It's what happens when you leave the room. And right now, people are choosing their words carefully around you.
Two companies became one on paper. But nobody owned the people side. 75% of key employees leave within 3 years post-acquisition. The deal value is walking out the door.
They're asking careful questions: "How's the team?" Translation: do you have your people figured out, or are you winging it? 65% of VCs say this is what kills startups.
Most founders think they have a hiring problem, a retention problem, or a performance problem. They're all symptoms of one thing: a culture that was never intentionally built.
I've spent 25 years inside organizations in crisis — Blackstone portfolio companies, post-merger integrations, founder-led teams in chaos — and I've rebuilt them.
My niche isn't an industry. It's a moment. The moment where culture is either going to carry the business forward or quietly tear it apart.
I work with two types of clients:
Founders (20–150 employees) — First-time CEOs scaling past their ability to manage people. The people side is in chaos and it's threatening everything they've built.
PE & M&A Teams — Leadership teams navigating post-acquisition cultural integration. 33–50% of all M&A failures are attributed to people problems. I make sure yours isn't one of them.
No bloated HR programs. No corporate bureaucracy. Just senior leadership exactly when and where you need it.
A paid diagnostic that shows you exactly what your culture is costing you. Data, not guesses. Credits toward any future engagement.
Intensive engagement to stop the bleeding. We identify root causes, fix what's broken, and build the foundation for everything that follows.
Senior HR leadership without the full-time executive price tag. Strategy, coaching, hiring infrastructure, and accountability.
End-to-end cultural integration for post-acquisition teams. Leadership alignment, retention strategy, and integration roadmap.
Everything — retention, performance, growth, deal value — flows from that. If something on this page made you think about your own team, that pause is worth something.
No pitch. No pressure. Just an honest conversation about where your culture stands.
Email: info@unorthodoxhr.com
Based in: Kansas City, serving clients nationwide
Whether you're a founder wondering if your culture is holding you back, or a PE team mid-acquisition with people questions — I've been in that exact conversation hundreds of times.
Start with the free Culture Health Scorecard, or book a $497 Crisis Assessment for a full diagnostic.