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Acquire, Retain, and Empower
Learn how applied People Operations strategies can be applied to your small business.
Your Employees Influence Your Business
Turnover Is (Very) Expensive
A single departure can cost the business as much as 4x the employee’s annual salary.
– Society for Human Resource Management
It’s An Employee’s Market
US unemployment reached a record low of 3.5%, meaning it’s easier than ever for your employees to find another job.
– NPR
Inconspicuous Business Killers
56% of employees say culture is more important than salary as it relates to job satisfaction.
– Forbes
About Me
Building, working with ambiguity, and having an impact give me energy. This is why I started a People operations consulting business.
As an accomplished academic, polished professional, and devoted HR pundit, I now use my acquired skills and experiences to help startups and small businesses establish necessary and game-changing People operations practices.
Projects
If You’re A Startup Or Small Business, Answer The Following
How are you attracting the best talent in the market?
Are you compliant with all local and federal labor laws?
Are you sure your employees are performing at their best?
How are you helping your employees improve each day?
What benefits do you currently offer and how are they tailored for your workforce?
What is your company culture, and what are you actively doing to maintain it?
Testimonials
“Recommending Brandon comes easily because I saw what he’s capable of first hand. He has exceptional values full stop. Being trustworthy and hardworking is a rare combination that allows team members to build trust quickly and enables good business outcomes. He’s curious, offers out of the box solutions, he’ll fail fast if they don’t’ work, and he’ll put in the effort to solve a problem and always comes out better for it on the other side.”
Aaron R.
HR Executive
“If you know Brandon, you know that he isn’t kidding when he says he likes working with people. Brandon is a fantastic team player, a very experienced and influential leader, and a skilled communicator.”
Brendon B.
Marketing Professional
“Not only did he excel at identifying indivudlas who would be qualified to do the what and the how of the job, he found and on-boarded those who were aligned with out “Why” and would reliably demonstrate our company’s core values. Facilitating a positive company culture and focusing on real relationships with people was what he did best.”
Scott H.
Sales VP
“Brandon was stellar. He created the groundwork of an HR department and continued building it up the entire time we worked together. He provided value in compliance, talent acquisition, employee relations, and many more fields.”
Mikal B.
HR Business Partner
“Brandon is the consummate professional. He is passionate about and skilled in collaboration and process improvement. Brandon is a great teammate and produces high quality work under pressure. I really enjoyed my time working with him and highly recommend him.”
Nicki O.
HR Specialist
I watched [Brandon’s podcast] with Eddy on compensation and pay transparency last night and found it super insightful. I’m in the process of creating my first-ever compensation philosophy and pay bands for a small team of ~25 distributed around the world. This interview was super helpful.”
Mikaila R.
Director of People & Culture
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Culture and Capability?
Culture and Capability is the name of Brandon’s People Operations consulting business.
What services do you provide?
Culture and Capability solves problems and sets you up for an optimized future. If it’s HR-related, it’s something Brandon can help with. This service can take the form of on-call retainer, 6-8 week projects, fractional HR work, or much more.
What do you charge?
Brandon charges either an hourly rate or a flat rate depending on the work and needs of your business. Rates are catered for each business.
What exactly can you help with?
Retention, recruiting, compensation strategy, legal compliance, FMLA, ADA, ACA, benefits, unemployment insurance, workers comp and safety, lawsuit avoidance, culture management, employee engagement, employee feedback, manager coaching, training, onboarding and orientation, HR analytics, performance management, workforce planning, and more.
Do you work with clients in-person or remote?
Both! If you’re local, Brandon would love to meet with you in person as much as is feasible.
What is your target market?
Culture and Capability is best catered for startups and small businesses with less than 200 employees.
How do I know I can benefit from your services?
HR and people operations is a crucial business function whether you have 1 employee or 1000. Regardless of how many employees you have, you need someone with eyes on how your people are performing and how people operations can be optimized. Chances are, regardless of your situation, there’s something Brandon can identify and help with.
If you have any employees, there’s a People Operations system to be optimized. A business is defined by it’s people. If there’s a problem, chances are, it’s founded in People Operations. Contact Brandon to identify what can be helped.
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