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AI-FIRST TALENT STRATEGY

AI is changing how work gets done, and most companies haven't redesigned their talent strategy to match. We help you decide where AI belongs in hiring, development and performance, redesign roles around it, and build the skills plan that gets your people there.

Kristie architected an enterprise AI-First Talent Strategy in her most recent executive role.

what you get

• AI readiness assessment of your talent processes
• Role and work redesign for priority teams
• Skills plan and upskilling roadmap
• HR technology recommendations
• Change and communication plan

01

Talent Acquisition

Hire the right people faster, with a process candidates respect and hiring managers trust. Built on experience leading enterprise hiring for a $19B retailer and global staffing at Google and Microsoft.

Featured projects

• Talent acquisition strategy & function build
• Structured interviewing & hiring-manager training
• Social media recruiting strategy
• Employee Value Proposition (EVP) & employer brand
• Recruiting technology selection & launch
• High-volume and surge hiring plans

02

Talent Management & Performance

Know who your critical talent is, how they're performing, and who is ready to step up. Frameworks that give leaders and boards real visibility into bench strength.

Featured projects

• Performance management framework
• Talent review & calibration framework
• Succession planning & leadership continuity framework
• Career architecture & internal mobility

03

Leadership Development

Develop the managers and executives your strategy depends on. Programs tied to business outcomes, not generic content.

Featured projects

• Manager development program
• Leadership competency model
• High-potential (HiPo) program
• Executive team alignment & offsites

04

Org Design & Workforce Planning

Shape the organization around where the business is going. Experience includes the enterprise workforce plan for opening the new Stanford Hospital.

Featured projects

• Organizational design & restructuring
• Strategic workforce planning model
• Skills-based workforce strategy
• AI-ready role & work redesign
• Position and cost review

05

Culture & Engagement

Build a culture people choose to stay in. Measure what matters, act on it, and lead people through change.

Featured projects

• Engagement survey & action planning
• Culture & values definition
• Change management for transformations
• Employee experience & retention strategy
• Employee resource group programs

06

HR Operating Model & Transformation

Structure HR to deliver what the business needs now, with the technology and data to prove its impact.

Featured projects

• AI-First Talent Strategy
• HR operating model redesign
• HR technology roadmap & platform selection
• People analytics & talent metrics

for startups

PEOPLE FOUNDATIONS BUILD

The people infrastructure a growing company needs, built from the ground up and handed to your team to run. One engagement, one fixed fee.

• Hiring process, interview kits & scorecards
• Onboarding program
• Performance & feedback cycle
• Career levels & job architecture
• Employee handbook & compliance essentials
• Hand-off training so your team runs it with confidence

fractional leadership

SENIOR LEADERSHIP, RIGHT-SIZED

Executive-level people leadership on a monthly retainer, for companies that need the expertise before they need the full-time hire.

specialist bench

SPECIALISTS, ONE PARTNER

For specialized disciplines, Griffin Barnes brings in vetted senior practitioners from our bench, working under our leadership and quality standards. You get one relationship and one point of accountability.

how an engagement works

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