Leadership & performance infrastructure for scaling companies
You've outgrown the team that got you here. Decisions are slower, your best people are restless, and you're not sure if the leadership team can carry you to the next phase.
You need scalable infrastructure, not another engagement survey. Leadership wants performance and a culture worth staying for. Build both.
Your portfolio company has a people problem showing up in the numbers. Diagnose it fast, build the fix, hand you clear outputs you own.
These costs compound. Most leadership teams underestimate them because they're distributed and invisible.
Where Are Your Gaps? →We define what excellence looks like at every level and integrate it into every decision that impacts performance. Hiring, calibration, promotions, and AI assessments all align with the same standard.
We build the frameworks, habits, and accountability structures that make managers effective at every level. Not just training. Practical coaching paired with the systems to make it stick.
Talent and org strategy that gives leadership teams the frameworks to make faster, better decisions about their people, and the measurement infrastructure to prove it to the board.
Development programs designed for your context, your people, and your pace. Built to be used, not lifted from a template and forgotten.
Every leader now manages a blended team of humans and AI agents. The skill required is the same: clear standards, accountability, measurement. But the context is new. We help leaders navigate this shift with human-centered design principles that foster genuine integration and redefine what high performance looks like.
Find the fractures before they become failures. We map symptoms to root causes and measure what boards actually care about: revenue per employee, cost of turnover, and execution velocity.
Companies that know something is off but can't pinpoint where. You need clarity before you commit to a plan.
Infrastructure, not just one-time programs. We design systems that integrate standards into every talent-related decision and become more robust as you scale.
Companies that need systems, not just advice. You know what's broken and need it built.
We stay until it sticks. We measure what matters, iterate quarterly, and when we're done, you own the work. No dependency, no vendor lock-in.
Companies scaling fast that need a senior team building your leadership and performance infrastructure without a full-time hire.
Scaling companies from 50 to 500+ employees, typically Series A through post-IPO. The common thread isn't size, it's the moment: you've outgrown your current infrastructure and need systems that scale with you.
It depends on the diagnosis. Every engagement starts with understanding your specific gaps. Deliverables range from performance strategies and leadership blueprints to calibration playbooks, hiring toolkits, and board-ready measurement frameworks. You walk away with documents, systems, and processes you own and can run without us.
Your People team is running the day-to-day. wrkhappy builds the infrastructure they operate on. We design the performance systems, leadership frameworks, and measurement architecture that your internal team then owns and runs. Most of our clients have strong People leaders who bring us in for the build, not the operations.
That's common, especially at earlier stages. We build the infrastructure and train whoever will own it going forward, whether that's a future People hire, your ops lead, or your leadership team directly. For companies that need ongoing support, our Partner retainer gives you a senior leadership and performance voice without the full-time hire.
It starts with a 30-minute discovery call to understand what's happening and where it hurts. Within a week, we come back with a point of view, a recommended scope, and a clear timeline with investment. Work typically begins 2-4 weeks from the first call. Depending on the scope, engagements range from a 2-4 week diagnostic to a 6-12 month embedded partnership.
Enough to make it stick. We typically need executive sponsorship and access to 2-3 key stakeholders for discovery. Beyond that, we do the build. Leadership reviews and approves at milestones, but we're not asking for hours of their time every week.
No. Diagnose is a focused engagement with a clear output. Some companies need the diagnostic and nothing else. Others want ongoing partnership. We scope to what you actually need.
We build and leave you the keys. No 40-slide decks. No $500K retainers. You get infrastructure you own and can run without us.
Yes. Most engagements start with Diagnose. If there's a fit, we scope Build or Partner from there.
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