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Consulting

Consulting that starts upstream

When structure, roles, performance and pay are designed as one chain, many people problems stop coming back.

01 —Practices

Practices along the chain

Each practice works on one layer of the Architecture Chain and connects it to the layers around it.

  • Practice 01

    Business Strategy and Operating Model

    We help organizations translate their strategic ambitions into clear business priorities, effective operating models, and actionable plans.

    • Translate the business strategy into people priorities
    • Design the operating model: capabilities, structure, governance and decision rights
    • Shape the HR function: its service model, roles and partnership with the business
  • Practice 02

    Organization Design and Workforce Architecture

    Our approach connects organization design, job architecture, workforce planning, and job evaluation to build an effective and sustainable workforce

    • Diagnose the current structure: layers, spans, duplication and gaps
    • Agree design principles with leadership before drawing any chart
    • Design the structure, roles and accountabilities, unit by unit
  • Practice 03

    Talent, Capability and Performance

    From competency frameworks and talent management to performance management and succession planning, we connect people development with business priorities.

    • Link goals and measures to the strategy and to each role
    • Design the performance cycle: goals, check-ins, reviews and calibration
    • Define the capabilities each role needs
  • Practice 04

    Total Rewards Architecture

    By connecting compensation, benefits, incentives, recognition, and employee value proposition, we help organizations build reward systems that support both people and business objectives.

    • Set the reward philosophy: where to position pay, and why
    • Build the grade and salary structure from evaluated jobs
    • Compare pay with market data and test the cost

02 —Supporting capabilities

Capabilities that support the practices

Culture, technology and data work, done in service of the design.

  • Supporting capability

    Culture and Employee Experience

    From culture transformation and employee listening to change management and experience design, we turn organizational values into meaningful everyday practices

    • Describe the behaviours behind each value
    • Map the employee journey, from offer letter to first-year review
    • Turn survey results into a short action plan
  • Supporting capability

    Digital Transformation and People Analytics

    From HR digitalization and system advisory to people analytics and process automation, we connect technology with business needs to improve efficiency and insight

    • Define the HR processes before choosing or configuring a system
    • Write requirements and support the system selection
    • Agree the people measures leadership needs, and their definitions

03 —How engagements run

Three ways to work together

Every engagement follows the same six stages. What changes is how closely we work alongside your team.

  • Advisory

    Regular sessions with your leadership or HR team to test decisions, review designs and unblock work you run yourselves.

    Best when your team has the capacity and wants a second opinion.

  • Defined project

    An agreed scope, deliverables and dates, from diagnosis to an approved design and a plan to implement it.

    Best when the question is clear and a decision is due.

  • Embedded support

    We work inside your team for a set period, alongside the people who will run the design after we leave.

    Best during implementation, or when internal capacity is short.

05 —Learning

Build the capability in-house

Programs that teach your team the methods we use in our engagements.

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  • CourseStarts Fri 1 Jan 2027

    Total Rewards Architecture Program (TRAP)

    Online180 min0
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  • CourseStarts Sat 2 Jan 2027

    Organization Design Architecture Program (ODAP)

    Online180 min0
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  • CourseStarts Thu 4 Feb 2027

    Strategic Incentives Architecture Program (SIAP)

    Online1800
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