Fractional HR for growing companies

    Your Company Wasn't Built on Mediocrity. Why Should Your Team Settle for It?

    Growing pains are normal. HR chaos isn't. We fix misaligned teams, bad hires, and messy processes so you can get back to leading (without Googling "how to fire someone nicely").

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    Our HR Consulting Services

    This isn't boring corporate HR. It's practical solutions that actually work. (And won't make your team roll their eyes.)

    Fractional HR Leadership

    Get Executive Level HR expertise without the full time cost. Perfect for growing companies that need strategy but aren't ready for a full HR team.

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    Culture Development

    Create a workplace where people actually want to show up (shocking, I know). We help build Cultures that boost both happiness and profits.

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    Leadership Training

    Turn your managers into actual Leaders. Because let's face it, managing spreadsheets is not the same as inspiring humans.

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    Recruitment Process Outsourcing

    Stop scaring away great candidates with your painful hiring process. We'll handle the recruiting while you focus on running your business.

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    HR Strategy

    Align your People practices with business goals. Because random HR initiatives are about as effective as herding cats.

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    Bill Brown, Founder of Think People.Culture

    Meet Bill Brown

    Founder of Think People.Culture and author of "Don't Suck at Recruiting" and "Don't Suck at Culture," Bill is an experienced HR executive with a passion for helping organizations build exceptional workplace cultures.

    HR Executive

    20+ years of HR Leadership experience

    Published Author

    Respected HR Thought Leader

    Multilingual

    English, Portuguese, Spanish

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    What Our Clients Say

    We've helped organizations of all sizes improve their people strategies

    20+
    years in HR leadership
    7,000+
    people hired
    300+
    organizations helped
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    books on hiring and culture
    "Bill was a joy to work with for all things People Operations. We partnered with Bill to help fill the gap as interim Head of People Ops while we had some turnover on our People team. Highly recommend Bill as a senior People Ops partner."
    COO
    ServiceCore
    "Hiring a dedicated 'culture' officer, a trusted third party who can listen, understand, and synthesize, has already proven valuable in creating alignment and providing an outlet for frustrations."
    Adam Spector, Founder & CEO
    "Bill did an amazing job sourcing, recruiting, and advising. He was a great communicator and very patient. I would recommend Bill to anyone and everyone."
    VP of People
    Rocket Travel (Booking Holdings)
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    "Don't Suck at Recruiting"

    Strategies and Techniques for Creating a Better Candidate Experience

    4.8 (120+ reviews)

    In this practical guide for HR professionals and hiring managers, Bill Brown shares proven strategies to build effective recruitment processes that attract top talent, reduce hiring costs, and create winning teams.

    What You'll Learn:

    • How to build a recruitment strategy that attracts the right candidates
    • Techniques for interviewing effectively and assessing cultural fit
    • How to create an employer brand that resonates with top candidates
    • Strategies for reducing time-to-hire and improving quality of hires
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    Cover of the book Don't Suck at Culture by Bill Brown

    "Don't Suck at Culture"

    Your Guide to Building a Kick Ass Company Culture

    From the author of Don't Suck at Recruiting (4.8, 120+ reviews)

    Most culture advice is a ping pong table and a mission statement nobody reads. This is the playbook for hiring for Culture Add instead of "culture fit," building the kind of trust where people actually speak up, onboarding people so they stick, and turning your values into how work gets done.

    What You'll Learn:

    • How to hire for Culture Add with the ADDS framework, not a vibe check
    • How to build psychological safety that makes teams speak up before things break
    • How to onboard people so they stay, not just show up
    • How to coach like Mr. Miyagi, so it actually lands

    Includes the Culture Add Toolkit, ten worksheets you can use on Monday.

    Common Questions

    What is fractional HR leadership?

    Fractional HR leadership brings CPO or CHRO level judgment into a company that doesn't need, or isn't ready for, a full time HR executive. A senior leader diagnoses what's really wrong, builds the plan and does the work with you, and you pay a fraction of what the full time seat costs.

    Fractional HR vs. full time HR: What's better for startups?

    For most startups, fractional wins early. You get senior judgment without carrying a full time executive's salary, bonus and search fee. When the daily work really does fill a seat, I'll write that job description and help you hire for it, even though it means you'll need me less.

    Who offers fractional CHRO services for Series A and Series B startups?

    Think People Culture does. Bill Brown works directly with Series A and Series B founders as a fractional CHRO, building the people function, the Compensation Philosophy and the managers who run it, so the company scales without the HR chaos.

    Where to find flexible HR leadership services?

    Think People Culture offers fractional HR leadership built around your company's stage, size and timeline, with contracts from 60 days to a full year and one flat monthly fee.

    What size companies do you work with?

    Companies with roughly 12 to 350 employees, usually white collar teams with no HR person, or an HR gap because the last one left. They need executive level HR judgment but don't need, or can't justify, a full time HR executive yet.

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