Organizational Assessment
Evaluate executive or leadership team effectiveness with custom 360 surveys, stakeholder interviews, team diagnostics, CEO debriefs, and prioritized improvement actions.
Build a stronger people function with expert-led HR advisory, leadership development, executive search, assessments, and practical implementation tools from People Leader Accelerator. Designed for HR leaders, executives, and high-growth organizations, these premium solutions help connect people strategy to business outcomes, improve decision quality, and give leaders frameworks they can apply immediately.
Strategic advisory, leadership development, search, assessment, and implementation tools for modern HR leaders.
Evaluate executive or leadership team effectiveness with custom 360 surveys, stakeholder interviews, team diagnostics, CEO debriefs, and prioritized improvement actions.
Recruit senior HR leaders for Director, VP, and Chief People Officer roles with direct Principal involvement and complimentary mentoring for placed candidates.
Support HR leaders stepping into broader scope, higher visibility, or first-time top-of-function roles through selective 1:1 mentoring and advisory guidance.
Develop leadership teams through a long-term, customized journey designed to strengthen alignment, decision-making, execution, and sustained organizational performance.
Navigate high-stakes people decisions involving readiness, execution risk, leadership transitions, and keep, coach, move, or exit scenarios.
Use structured guides and frameworks to align HR priorities with business goals, workforce needs, stakeholder influence, and measurable organizational outcomes.
People Leader Accelerator helps HR leaders move beyond transactional work into strategic business partnership. Through advisory engagements, assessments, mentoring, executive search, and implementation-ready guides, leaders gain the judgment, tools, and peer insight needed to solve high-stakes people challenges, improve organizational performance, and lead with greater clarity during growth, transition, or complexity.
See how stronger HR leadership turns people strategy into measurable organizational progress.
"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..."
"Every week I look forward to the PLA meetings and even get excited about the homework because I know the readings will provide valuable information to reflect on. What I have learned in PLA has helped build my confidence. It is not just the knowledge I've gained, but the connections..."
People Leader Accelerator combines strategic depth, practitioner wisdom, and tools leaders can actually use.
Learn from HR leaders with 25–30+ years of real-world executive experience.
Apply guides, templates, and frameworks built for immediate organizational use.
Blend research-backed methods with proven operating experience from high-growth environments.
Access peer learning, mentoring, and community through PLA’s active alumni network.
Experienced faculty for strategic HR leadership growth.
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.
An HR company helps organizations build, manage, and improve the systems that support people at work. Depending on its focus, it may provide recruiting, leadership development, compensation guidance, compliance support, workforce planning, performance management, onboarding, culture design, and people analytics. People Leader Accelerator focuses on strategic HR solutions, executive advisory, development programs, assessments, and practical tools for people leaders.
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