20 People Operations Experts You'll Want to Work With

How to make 'culture' feel tangible, manageable and impactful to performance.

I help organizations bridge the communication gap between leadership’s vision and employees’ day-to-day experience by turning strategy into action. Many companies struggle with internal communication that feels disjointed, unclear, or misaligned with their culture and goals. I specialize in creating strategic communication frameworks that don’t just inform but engage employees and drive real change. Whether it’s guiding leadership on messaging during major transitions, improving information flow, or aligning teams around shared objectives, I ensure communication becomes a tool for clarity, trust, and measurable business success.

Pay transparency. I help companies implement clear, consistent pay structures that eliminate bias and build trust with their employees. This includes salary bands, regular reviews, and transparent communication around compensation decisions.

1. I make employee surveys less scary‚ both hitting 'send' and figuring out what to do with the responses.

2. There’s a clear gap in HR training relating to employee engagement, and I’m proud to be helping close it. This summer, I created the Rinse Repeat ASIE Framework‚ a practical approach to driving engagement that works no matter your industry, company size, or stage of growth.

I love making workplaces work for everyone by helping Talent Teams and leaders become intentionally inclusive. My passion lies in identifying equity and accessibility gaps in HR processes, then designing practical, tailor-made solutions teams can implement right away.

I also love creating highly customized training programs that transform how organizations approach inclusion and equity—moving beyond theory to real, easy-to-follow, actionable steps everyone in the organization can follow.

I love solving the disconnect between people and process. When clunky systems, unclear workflows, or rigid policies get in the way of employees doing their best work—or HR teams spend more time fighting the process than serving people—I get to work. I thrive on streamlining the chaos, designing processes that actually serve the humans behind the work, while keeping the business running smoothly.

I also love helping teams get unstuck from unproductive patterns—whether that’s siloed work, communication breakdowns, or “the way we’ve always done it” thinking. Bringing people together, creating clarity, and restoring connection fuels my work. Watching a team rediscover momentum and start moving forward together is the best kind of win.

I love solving the problem of messy, inefficient, or non-existent systems that hold businesses back. Nothing is more satisfying to me than transforming a chaotic process into a streamlined, automated, and easy-to-use system that makes life so much easier for my clients and their teams.

The solutions I create allow my clients to take on more work, impress their clients, and keep their team running smoothly - without stress or sacrificing quality.

Providing an accessible, modern management training option to businesses who are usually priced out of that specific support category.

There are specific scale-up milestones that leadership teams need to nail but might not have experienced before such as: hyper growth, c-suite conflict, mergers, acquisitions, restructures and other high stress, high impact events. If these aren’t managed effectively from a comms, culture and change perspective, then the business suffers. I help de-risk these.

I get excited about complex career and leadership dilemmas for neurodivergent professionals and organizations that want to be more inclusive. i.e.

1. Helping clients navigate career transitions & growth and especially people who "feel" stuck (note - not “are” stuck)—whether it’s due to structural barriers (reorganizations, unclear paths), internal struggles (perfectionism, burnout), or external limitations (lack of recognition, being in the wrong role). I help them gain clarity, advocate for themselves, and make strategic moves that align with their values.

2. From a corporate lens - improving workplace inclusion beyond just "Accommodations". I've never been just interested in checking the DEI box (hence me exiting my corporate role in 2021)—I really try to push companies and leaders to rethink how they engage neurodivergent employees. I help them shift from “How do we accommodate?” to “How do we leverage neurodivergent strengths?” That’s a much more powerful and strategic reframing, right?

3. Executive function & leadership development for neurodivergent professionals who are high-achieving and who struggle with time management, delegation, and burnout—often because they’ve been conditioned to overcompensate in neurotypical work environments. I help them develop sustainable strategies for leadership success without masking or overworking themselves.

I NERD OUT about supporting individuals and teams through opportunities for change and transformation. Gimme weird office politics, or new team culture, or organizational upheaval, and I'm psyched to find clarity, structure, and progress with and for you.

Recruit. Reskill. Retain.

At HigherPeople, we view talent development as a full-circle journey. Beyond finding great people, it’s about investing in long-term growth and retention. We primarily partner with early-stage startups (Pre-Seed to Series B) to deliver meaningful talent outcomes. Our commitment goes beyond one-off placements—we’re with teams every step of the way to recruit top talent, upskill teams, and build lasting reasons for people to stay.

With over 100 placements spanning 40+ roles, industries, and verticals, we provide cost-effective, flexible solutions that allow companies to pay only when hiring needs arise. Instead of bearing fixed and high recruiting costs, our model integrates seamlessly as a scalable, fractional resource that can be activated as needed. Known for our speed, transparency, and proven track record, we are the trusted choice for startups aiming to scale their teams with top-tier talent.

A quick note on how me & my team work: We have a couple options! We do have embedded clients where we charge a monthly retainer based on a number of roles and timeline to fill. We also offer contingency and retained services!

I'm passionate about building workplaces where people truly feel they belong and can thrive. 💖 I believe everyone deserves to feel valued, included, and empowered at work, and I love the challenge of making that a reality. ✨ Whether it's reimagining how we hire to create a fairer process, building clear paths for career growth 🪜, or nurturing a culture where everyone feels they belong 🤗, I'm dedicated to helping organizations put their people first. I know that when we get the people strategy right, it not only benefits individuals, but also drives real, lasting success for the entire organization. 🚀

I curate programs that maximize the performance of individuals, teams and companies!

Finding great talent and keep them for the long-term!

My passion in a nutshell is relationship building and I channel that through helping companies find great talent and training their teams to keep them for the long term. My background in HR provides an opportunity to be a true talent acquisition and retention partner, not just a job filler. I love nothing more than matching great employees with great opportunities and watching that success play out.

• How we create and deliver gatherings and employee programs that employees want to do versus must do.

• How to get a group of people to care, engage, and act—without relying on authority, compliance, or force.

• The challenge of moving a room, not just talking to it.

It shows up in:
Town halls where employees tune out
Trainings that don’t stick
Offsites that inspire but don’t lead to action
Leadership messages that don’t land

My expertise is in designing conditions where people don’t just hear a message—they feel it, connect with it, and do something because of it.

Smashing HR silos, adding strategic value and turning People teams into growth teams.

I love helping organizations improve the retention, engagement and performance of their people by empowering individuals, teams and leaders to accelerate their success in their roles and unlock their fullest potential. I do this through thoughtful coaching, facilitation and program design.

As a highly empathetic coach and facilitator, I excel in cultivating environments of psychological safety, enabling individuals to embrace vulnerability and adopt a growth mindset.

Establishing and fixing remote-first operations and best practices across the organisation, including:  

1. the 90%:10% remote operations model with regular offsite meetups,  

2. implementation via key organisation wide behaviours via human-centric process and training, and  

3. documented in a handbook, to act as a blueprint for development.

How to embed equitable and fair practices into People Operations.

I am really committed to making work work for everybody.