People Readiness Assessment
Find where your people operations will break before your board, your auditor, or your next hire does.
Most teams do not know where their people gaps are until something forces the issue. A hire goes sideways. Compliance questions surface. Investor diligence starts asking for documentation that does not exist. The People Readiness Assessment is a scored evaluation of HR maturity, compliance stability, and leadership alignment.
When this comes up
The moment usually sounds like one of these.
When we're needed
- You're growing headcount faster than your systems can keep up.
- You're expanding into new states and the compliance map just got bigger.
- You're implementing an HRIS and need to know what should live in it.
- You're exiting a PEO and rebuilding internal infrastructure from scratch.
When we're needed
- Undocumented I-9s, leave policies, and payroll controls.
- As teams scale, so does exposure. What works at 20 employees, is a liability at 80.
- CEO and HR lead with different views on what is urgent, so nothing moves.
- No way to answer "how ready is our HR?" with anything measurable.
When this comes up
This is more than a report.
Every engagement ends with three things you can put in front of a board, an investor, or your leadership team.
An executive-level presentation.
A board-ready deck that summarizes findings, scored baselines, and recommendations in language your CEO and investors can act on.
A prioritized 90-day roadmap.
Phased by what to fix this month, this quarter, and next, so the team is not staring at a 40-item list with no sequence.
An executive-level presentation.
A board-ready deck that summarizes findings, scored baselines, and recommendations in language your CEO and investors can act on.
The methodology behind it draws on patterns we have seen across 150+ growth-stage companies. We are not just naming what is broken. We are telling you what tends to break next and helping you decide what to do about it.
How it works
Three steps. One clear picture.
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Score Surveys
Two to three key stakeholders complete Score surveys covering the operational areas that most often drive risk for growth-stage teams: leave administration, payroll controls, hiring workflows, classifications, records, and more. Results aggregate into a composite that shows where the team agrees and where perceptions diverge.
Stakeholder Q&A
We sit down with the people who own HR, payroll, and operations to go deeper than the scores. Who's doing your I-9s, and are they done compliantly? What breaks when a key person is out? This is where we uncover the why behind your policies and practices, not just whether they exist or are absent.
In practice, we run roughly three focused Q&A sessions, each going deeper into specific policies and processes. This is where the gaps, informal workarounds, and single points of failure tend to surface, and it's the part of the engagement clients consistently tell us they get the most from.
Analysis and Roadmap
Everything is synthesized into a report with scored findings, risk-ranked observations, and a 90-day roadmap. Each finding includes what is off, why it matters, and what to do about it. The roadmap is phased so the team knows what to fix this month versus this quarter.
In just a few weeks, you'll know exactly where you stand, backed by a scored baseline, a triaged risk and action plan, and a defensible report to share with leadership or your board. Most engagements run four to six weeks end to end.
What changes
After the Assessment, you have answers.
The goal is a people function that can answer hard questions with documented evidence and fix the gaps before they surface in a board meeting, a fundraise, or a compliance audit.
You know exactly where HR is compliant and where it is not.
Board and investor questions about people operations have specific, documented answers.
Leadership sees the same picture and agrees on what to fix first.
You know exactly where HR is compliant and where it is not.
Pick your scope
Pick the scope that fits where you are.
People Readiness Pulse
A scored read on where you stand, with a clear path to deeper work. Best for teams who want a baseline before deciding where to focus.
- Diagnostic survey across core people and operational areas
- Scoring with visibility into strengths and gaps
- Recommendations on highest-impact areas to address next
- Summary report with near-term priorities
People Readiness Assessment
The full picture, with the depth needed to act on it. Best for Founders and operators who want a comprehensive read on their people function and a 90-day plan to act on it.
- End-to-end evaluation across your entire people function
- Stakeholder Q&A sessions
- Policy and SOP review
- Risk heat map and 90-day roadmap
- Executive presentation and top 5 priorities
- Decision-ready insights tied directly to business performance
Not sure where to start with HR? That is exactly what this is built for.
In just a few weeks, you'll know exactly where you stand, backed by a scored baseline, a triaged risk and action plan, and a defensible report to share with leadership or your board.
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