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For HR Teams

Advisory Services

Advisory Services

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HR Team Accelerator


You know your team is capable of more strategic work if you could manage to rise above the chaos! The Accelerator offers HR advisory services that help you step back, confront where you currently stand with brutal honesty, and build a plan that's practical, human, and sustainable. It’s time to get your HR team focused, aligned, and ready to lead with confidence.


What We'll Work On

  • Reality check: Where's your time going? Why do you feel overwhelmed?
  • Ruthless prioritization: What 3-5 actions - if implemented right now - will significantly move the needle?
  • Building strategic muscle: How can you transition from being a “doer” to a strategic advisor?
  • Ditching dysfunction: Which outdated policies and unnecessary processes need to be eliminated?
  • Translating value: How do you effectively communicate HR's impact on the organization?


Formats

  • Intensive Sprint: A full-day workshop, complete with pre-work and a 60-day follow-up.
  • Partnership: Up to 12 months of workshops, coaching calls, and continuous support tailored for your team.
  • Solo HR Leader Coaching: A regular cadence of sessions specifically designed for the overwhelmed HR professional operating solo.


The HR Team Accelerator is specifically designed for HR teams of 1-10 people. If you find yourself constantly reactive and know you should be focusing on strategic human resource management but struggle to get there, you need a partner who provides unflinching honesty while helping you navigate the path to HR and organizational success through effective team workshops.

Advisory Services

Advisory Services

Advisory Services

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Trusted Advisor


You don’t need another “fractional” anything - you need a thinking partner.


As part of our HR advisory services, we embed ourselves as an on-call strategist for your executives and HR team, blending expertise with coaching and providing decision support.


Let us assist you in navigating the big picture and long-term HR elements: People Strategy, Talent Systems, Culture & Change, HR Ops Maturity, and HR Tech & AI.



Advisor on Speed Dial

A strategic partner on call. Steady support, predictable cost. Custom pricing based on scope.



Strategy Sprint (4-8 weeks)

You define the problem, and we co-design the solution, delivering the roadmap and initial assets for your strategic human resource management initiatives. Defined scope, fixed fee.



Embedded Partner (10-20 hrs/month)

We collaborate with your HR lead or CEO to establish systems, coach managers, and maintain momentum between significant meetings. Plus, we offer team workshops to enhance engagement and collaboration. Fixed monthly pricing.




Helping organizations make their people strategy real, practical, and human.

For Organizations

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Manager Training Programs


Our HR advisory services offer a comprehensive manager toolkit covering essential topics such as Feedback and Coaching, Respectful Workplace, Creating a Culture of Recognition, Performance Management, and Interviewing and Hiring. Whether you need an entire program or want to focus on an individual topic, we provide flexible delivery options, including both virtual and in-person sessions.


Team Workshops + Training


Our team workshops are designed with customized content tailored to your needs. Sample topics include Values and Cultural Alignment and Navigating Change, with options for half-day or full-day sessions. These workshops are part of our strategic human resource management approach, ensuring alignment with your organizational goals.


HR Strategy Development


We provide a people strategy that is intricately connected to your business objectives. Our 4 to 8-week engagement involves assessing your current situation, diagnosing issues, designing effective strategies, creating a roadmap, and implementing measurement practices to ensure success.

Speaking + Content

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Keynotes + Breakouts

Candid, research-grounded, and refreshingly un-boring. Great for conferences, internal summits, all-hands, or webinars. You get an engaging talk, sharp POV, actionable takeaways, and minimal buzzword nonsense.


Link to representative topics, previous engagements, and downloadable speaker kit.


Writing + Content


Thoughtful, readable content for HR tech vendors, service providers, and business outlets. We'll write content for your HR or business audience: articles, blog posts, reports, playbooks, or "explain-it-to-humans" product narratives, including information relevant to team workshops.

When you need momentum. Not another consultant.

Please reach out to robin@velvetcubicle.com if you can't find an answer to your question.

No. But I can help you make HR more effective - and/or stand it up the right way.


Founders/CEOs or HR teams (or newly formed teams) who need leverage and frameworks - and of particular assistance to HR Departments of One and to teams / orgs navigating scale.  



If you want me to run payroll, handle administrative tasks, or be your Employee Relations department. ... it's a hard pass. But I DO know some GREAT people/firms who do that and will be delighted to make a referral! 


If it protects people and the business, yes. Diplomatically, but directly.


Resources and Guides

Working Together | Velvet Cubicle (pdf)Download
Speaker Kit | Robin Schooling (pdf)Download
Building HR from Scratch | Field Guide for HR Pros (pdf)Download

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