People Planning
Align workforce priorities with business goals using structured planning guides, templates, and frameworks built for HR leaders managing growth, complexity, and executive expectations.
Build a stronger people strategy with expert guidance from People Leader Accelerator. Our HR Strategies Consulting Services help HR leaders, executives, and high-growth organizations align workforce priorities with business goals through assessments, mentoring, decision support, planning frameworks, and practical tools designed for real-world leadership challenges.
Strategic advisory, assessment, mentoring, search, and analytics support for HR leaders and executive teams.
Align workforce priorities with business goals using structured planning guides, templates, and frameworks built for HR leaders managing growth, complexity, and executive expectations.
Evaluate executive or leadership team effectiveness through custom 360 surveys, stakeholder interviews, team effectiveness diagnostics, CEO debriefs, and action-oriented recommendations.
Support HR leaders stepping into broader scope or top-of-function roles with customized mentoring focused on judgment, presence, decision quality, and strategic influence.
Recruit senior HR talent for Director, VP, and Chief People Officer roles through principal-led search, selective engagement, and complimentary mentoring for placed candidates.
Navigate complex leadership decisions involving readiness, execution risk, coaching, movement, or exits with experienced advisory support grounded in business consequences.
Improve workforce decision-making with practical guidance on HR dashboards, labor spend, productivity, turnover cost, and metrics that influence organizational priorities.
People Leader Accelerator helps HR leaders move from operational support to strategic business partnership. Through expert-led advisory, assessments, mentoring, search support, and practical frameworks, organizations gain sharper priorities, better people decisions, stronger leadership alignment, and tools that translate directly into action during growth, transition, or complexity.
Helping HR leaders build stronger systems, sharper decisions, and more strategic influence across growing organizations.
"I left the PLA program with several key takeaways. First, the value of making time for your own thoughts. This program was great for structured reflection. Second, don't over-engineer things, especially in growth companies. And finally, my biggest 'takeaway' from the PLA was really the new relationships. I've already found..."
People Leader Accelerator combines seasoned HR leadership experience with tools built for real business impact.
Learn from faculty with 25–30+ years leading HR, talent, and executive coaching.
Use templates, guides, and frameworks designed for immediate application inside real organizations.
Blend practitioner experience with research-backed methods from respected academic and leadership institutions.
Access peer learning, mentoring, and alumni connections that extend beyond a single engagement.
Faculty-led expertise for strategic people leadership.
Core Faculty – HR & Talent Leadership
Andrew Bartlow is a Core Faculty member at People Leader Accelerator, specializing in HR and Talent Leadership with 25 years of deep practitioner experience. He is co-author of 'Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organizations' and holds prestigious certifications including CECP, SPHR, Six Sigma, and Executive Coaching. Andrew brings a unique blend of academic rigor and real-world application to his teaching, having served as a private equity operating partner, venture advisor, and HR mentor. His curriculum equips HR and people leaders with strategic frameworks to drive organizational success in high-growth environments. Andrew is dedicated to bridging the gap between operational HR and strategic business partnership for professionals across the United States.
Core Faculty – People Operations & Executive Coaching
Marie Szuts serves as Core Faculty at People Leader Accelerator, focusing on People Operations and Executive Coaching. She brings firsthand experience leading the people function at high-growth tech organizations, including Figma, where she developed scalable HR strategies during periods of rapid expansion. Marie holds a BA and MA from Yale University and is a certified Executive Coach through the prestigious Hudson Institute. She also advises people leader networks, venture capital firms, and companies navigating growth challenges. Her practical, experience-driven approach helps HR professionals elevate their strategic impact and build resilient people operations within dynamic organizations across the United States.
Core Faculty – Management & Human Resources Academic
Brad Harris, Ph.D. is a Core Faculty member at People Leader Accelerator, bringing academic excellence and real-world management expertise to HR and people leaders. He serves as Associate Dean of MBA Programs and Professor of Management and Human Resources at HEC Paris, and is an affiliated professor at the University of Illinois. Brad is co-author of 'Scaling for Success' and '3D Team Leadership,' with research published in leading academic journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Management from Texas A&M University and an Executive Coaching Diploma from Emory University. Recognized as a top '40 Under 40 Business School Professor' by Poets and Quants, Brad is committed to equipping leaders with evidence-based frameworks for organizational success.
Core Faculty – HR Leadership & Executive Coaching
Carmela Krantz is a Core Faculty member at People Leader Accelerator, specializing in HR Leadership and Executive Coaching with an impressive 30 years of experience building and leading HR functions in rapidly growing businesses. A trailblazer in her field, Carmela has served as the first VP of HR at nine companies, including six start-ups, giving her unparalleled insight into the unique challenges of scaling people operations from the ground up. She is a certified executive coach and the founder of WOVEN. Carmela's practical wisdom and passion for developing HR leaders make her an invaluable resource for professionals seeking to accelerate their strategic impact within high-growth and entrepreneurial organizations across the United States.
HR strategy consulting helps organizations connect people priorities to business outcomes. At People Leader Accelerator, this may include workforce planning, leadership assessment, people analytics, compensation benchmarking, culture design, onboarding strategy, decision support, or HR leader mentoring. The goal is to move HR from reactive execution to strategic influence with practical frameworks and clearer leadership decisions.
Connect with our faculty-led team for practical guidance.
Recognized excellence in management and HR education.
Faculty credentials in executive compensation and HR.
Certified coaching expertise from respected institutions.
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