Relief from the people decisions keeping you up at night.

I help leaders make the people decisions they don't want to make alone, with honest advice and no judgment.

The ProvenHR Approach

Honest, judgment-free HR for the people decisions you've been carrying alone, built on three things:

1. Fractional & In It With You

Senior-level people advisory without the retainer bloat or the generic dashboards. Not a firm that advises from the sidelines: a thinking partner who steps into the mess with you. The support you need, when the decision can't wait.

2. Built for the Calls That Matter

The terminations, the accountability resets, the senior hire you can't get wrong. We don't hand you a policy and a PIP template. We help you see what's actually happening, what it's costing you, and what to do about it — so the people problem stops becoming a business problem.

3. Clarity, Not a Checklist

You already know something has to change. What's missing is someone with no skin in the game who'll tell you the truth and help you act on it cleanly. That's how you make a call you'd make again, and stop carrying it into Sunday night.

The Founder's HR Playbook: 19 Ways to Spot Risk Before It Finds You

Most HR problems don't announce themselves. They surface as your best person quietly checking out, or a decision you kept putting off until it got expensive. This free playbook gives you 19 plain-English things to watch for, so you catch the ones that matter while they're still small. No fluff. No corporate jargon. Just what to look for, and what to do about it.

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Founder exhausted from late-night HR work on laptop, showing stress and fatigue.

You already know, don't you.

You've rewritten the same message to them four times and sent none of them.
You've described the situation to your partner using a fake name.
You've had the "development conversation." Twice. Nothing changed.
The rest of the team can see it. It's only you who seems still on the fence.

You're not looking for a policy. You're looking for someone to say the thing with you, who has no stake in how it turns out.

That's the whole job.

The Honest Translation

Most HR advice is built to protect the advisor, not to help you decide. Here's what the standard playbook usually means.

What HR Says	What HR Means
"Let's open a 90-day Performance Improvement Plan and document thoroughly."	"We're not going to tell you what you already know, and we'd like 90 more days of paper first."
"It depends on a number of factors."	"We don't want to be wrong, so we won't actually answer."
"You'll want to consult employment counsel before proceeding."	"This is the part that matters, and we'd rather it not be us."
"Have you considered a culture-fit workshop?"	"We'd like to bill you for something other than the decision in front of you."
"Let's not be hasty — these things take time."	"Your discomfort is now a project."

Proven HR is the other kind.

Here's what's actually happening, here's what it's costing you, here's what to do about it.

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Real Businesses. Real Results.

“Jennifer was extremely flexible to meet us where we were at and deliver exactly what we were looking for.”
- Adam McWethy, COO, BLVR.com

“Her strategic approach has reshaped my understanding of HR’s potential impact on an organization.”
- Susan Brandt, President & CEO, Dr. Seuss Enterprises