GENERAL QUESTIONS

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Q: What types of organizations does InfluenceHR Consulting support?

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A: For Fractional HR & HR Leadership, we specialize in helping small to mid-sized organizations—usually up to 200 employees—who don’t have HR or have one HR person who’s stretched thin. We also support organizations with an HR department that need strategic support, organizational development expertise, or help elevating the employee experience.

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Q: Why should a business choose InfluenceHR Consulting?

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A: Because we make HR simple, strategic, and sustainable. With 36+ years of deep and broad experience, we help you strengthen the systems, practices, and leadership habits so your people can perform, grow, and stay. We meet you where you are, fix what’s not working, and help you build a workplace that retains great talent.

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Q: Do you offer one-time projects or only ongoing support?

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A: Both. We offer strategic project-based work (like career paths, handbooks, strategic assessments, leadership workshops) as well as ongoing fractional HR leadership for organizations that have ongoing needs. 

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Q: You mention doing Organizational Development consulting. What is Organizational Development (OD)?

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A: OD focuses on improving how your organization functions which includes your structure, processes, leadership effectiveness, communication, and overall culture. We help companies clarify strengths and gaps, align teams, improve workflows, and build healthier, more productive workplaces.

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STRATEGIC HR LEADERSHIP

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Q: What is Fractional HR, and how does it work?

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A: Fractional HR gives you access to senior-level HR leadership without the cost of hiring a full-time employee. We become your on-call HR partner—helping you manage employee relations, compliance, retention, hiring, performance, culture, and HR systems—at a level and pace that fits your budget.

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Q: What types of HR issues can you help with?

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A: Everything from hiring and onboarding to conflict resolution, performance management, policy updates, compliance requirements, manager coaching, and building better people practices across your organization.

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Q: How quickly can you start?

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A: Most fractional HR partnerships begin within 1–2 weeks. We’ll start with a People & Performance Clarity Assessment to understand your needs, then create a customized plan.

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Q: We already have an HR person—can you still help?

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A: Yes! Many clients have HR but need additional support, especially in strategic planning, leadership development, or building scalable people systems. We expand your HR team’s bandwidth and help you tackle projects they don’t have time for.

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Q: How do you know where to start?

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A: We typically start with a People & Performance Clarity Assessment and then build a plan from there. 

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PERFORMANCE & ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

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​Q: What is the People & Performance Clarity Assessment

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A: Our People & Performance Snapshot is often a starting point for engagements. It provides data on what is going well in your organization from a people and performance standpoint, and what is holding it back. We also offer a more comprehensive, strategic engagement that takes things to the next level as it identifies where employees are getting stuck across the full journey from recruiting to onboarding, engagement, growth, and exit. It includes a survey and/or interviews with employees and leaders. Using all this information, we help you strengthen the systems and leadership behaviors that impact what employees live every day.

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Q: We have engagement issues. Where do we start​

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A: We begin with discovery: interviews, surveys, HR health checks, and operational assessments. From there, we identify root causes and create a roadmap that addresses clarity, communication, leadership habits, development opportunities, and overall culture.

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Q: Can you help us reduce turnover?

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A: Absolutely. Retention is one of our core strengths. We help you diagnose the causes of turnover, improve the employee experience, develop managers, and build practical systems that keep great people engaged.

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Q: What is performance management?

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A: Performance management is the ongoing process of setting clear expectations, supporting performance, and developing people through regular feedback, coaching, and accountability. It’s not a once-a-year review. It’s how leaders help people succeed—every day. Our Performance Management & Accountability framework addresses all of these components and helps you build a process that actually moves the needle. 

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​LEADERSHIP & TEAM EFFECTIVENESS

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Q: What types of leadership development programs do you offer?

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A: We offer the Habits of High-Retention Managers Leadership Program, custom leadership workshops, coaching, 360s, employee soft skills training, and more!

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Q: Can you create a custom development program for our organization?

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A: Yes. We design tailored programs for emerging leaders, new managers, supervisors, team leads, individual contributors, and executives. All programs can be virtual or onsite.

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Q: What is performance management?

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A: Performance management is the ongoing process of setting clear expectations, supporting performance, and developing people through regular feedback, coaching, and accountability. It’s not a once-a-year review. It’s how leaders help people succeed—every day. Our Performance Management & Accountability framework addresses all of these components and helps you build a process that actually moves the needle. 

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Q: How does InfluenceHR help with optimizing teams?

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A: We offer Team Effectiveness session using tools like the Enneagram and the Working Genius to help increase understanding of self and others. In addition, we help facilitate Team Working Agreements, alignment sessions, the 5 behaviors, and languages of appreciation at work to improve team camaraderie, collaboration, and performance. 

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SERVICES & PROCESS

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Q: What does your first engagement with a new client look like?

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A: Almost every partnership begins with a People & Performance Clarity Assessment to understand your goals and challenges. From there, we create a simple, actionable plan, whether it’s a fractional HR engagement, leadership development series, or a People & Performance Blueprint. 

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Q: What industries do you work with?

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A: We work across industries—professional services, construction, manufacturing, nonprofits, service companies, churches, and more. If you have people, we can help.

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Q: How do you measure success?

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A: We track improvements in clarity, communication, manager effectiveness, engagement, retention, and overall employee experience systems. Most clients see measurable improvement within just a few months.

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ADMINISTRATIVE & LOGISTICAL

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Q: What are your fees?

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A: Pricing depends on the level of support you need. Fractional HR partnerships start with predictable monthly packages, while project-based services are scoped individually. We’re transparent, flexible, and happy to design a plan that fits your budget.

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Q: Do you work onsite or virtually?

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A: Both.