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People, leadership, and value creation, without the HR jargon.
Twice a month. Short, specific, and written for people who have a board meeting coming up.
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The People Risk Scan.
Twenty-five questions a CEO can answer in an afternoon, scored, with a “what to fix first” key. It is the same structure we use in the first week of a Diagnostic.
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The People Risk Scan
Twenty-five questions. One afternoon. A scored read on where your people risk actually sits.
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Integration
What breaks first after the deal closes
The people work that stalls integration is predictable. Here is the order it usually fails in, and what to own in week one.
6 min read
Compensation
The comp conversation to have before diligence
Three pay structures and no bands is a diligence finding. Fixing it takes a quarter; explaining it takes a discount.
7 min read
Leadership
Promoting managers without breaking them
Your best individual contributors are not automatically your best managers. What to put around them before you promote.
5 min read
Sponsor notes
A people scorecard the board will actually read
Ten metrics on one page, delivered on the fifth business day. What belongs on it and what does not.
6 min read
AI and workforce
AI in HR without the data risk
Where AI earns its place in a people function, and the employee-data lines you do not cross to get there.
8 min read
Leadership
When to hire a full-time CPO
The honest version: headcount, complexity, and deal timing signals that mean you should stop renting the role.
5 min read
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Podcast
The Next Introduction
Conversations with the people who make the introductions that change a career.
Podcast
You Are Not Your Job
On identity, work, and what is left when the title goes away.
Book
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Talks and panels.
- What breaks first after the deal closes
- Building a people function a board will trust
- Compensation before diligence
- Managers, not martyrs: leadership in a scaling business
Thirty minutes. No pitch.
Tell Finesse what is going on. You will leave with a clear read on the situation and what she would do first, whether or not you work with ScalePath.