Fractional CHRO Strategy
We serve as strategic HR counsel to executive teams and boards, aligning people strategy with business objectives during periods of growth, restructuring, or leadership transition.
Core Areas of Support:
✔ Fractional CHRO advisory ✔ HR enterprise audit ✔ Org scale Strategy ✔ Executive workforce strategy ✔ M&A workforce integration ✔ Organizational design & planning ✔ Change management leadership ✔ Governance oversight & risk strategy
Embedded HRBP
HR Dept Build Out
We step in as the HR function itself. For organizations with no HR infrastructure in place, or leadership in transition, we build and run the systems that let the organization operate, protect itself, and prepare for a permanent HR leader.
Core Areas of Support:
✔ HR handbook development ✔ Policy Architecture, Compliance ✔. Compliance Oversight & Training ✔ Employee Relations Management
✔ Onboarding / Offboarding Systems
✔ Union & Workforce Investigations ✔ Performance Management Infrastructure
How Organizations Engage Us
Project-Based Advisory Targeted workforce infrastructure or transformation work delivered within defined timelines and scope.
Retained Advisory Ongoing strategic partnership providing continuity, governance oversight, and executive-level counsel.
Embedded HRBP Support Hands-on management of day-to-day HR operations, building the systems and processes that carry an organization through its in between stage.
Fractional Executive Support Embedded workforce leadership at the executive level, aligning people strategy with operational objectives until a permanent HR leader is in place.
Testimonials
Our engagements are designed to strengthen leadership clarity, governance alignment, and organizational performance.
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"Duncan Workforce Solutions served as our fractional CHRO executive advisor during merger and acquisition restructuring, and a governance overhaul. The partnership strengthened my leadership clarity and reinforced the governance principles that guide executive decision-making, particularly around long-term reorganizations. The engagement supported disciplined boundary-setting, strategic alignment, and long-term organizational effectiveness."
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"Duncan Workforce Solutions advised us through complex employee relations matters and helped build out our performance management approach. As I stepped into a senior HR leadership role, Duncan also owned our onboarding process, giving me the structure and confidence to lead a workforce of more than 100 employees."
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"Duncan Workforce Solutions was brought on as our Fractional CHRO while our organization was without one. Duncan led a comprehensive enterprise-wide HR audit that surfaced our real risk and compliance gaps, then partnered with us to map a revamped org-scale strategy through significant change management. Duncan led the communications and helped identify the senior leadership needed to drive the organization forward. It felt like having a true partner in the room, not just an advisor on the sidelines."
Trisha P..
Executive Director
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" The executive advisory support sharpened my professional positioning and strengthened my strategic leadership narrative. The clarity gained through the engagement directly supported my advancement into a senior leadership role".
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"Duncan Workforce Solutions partnered with us to build a learning and development strategy from the ground up for our experiential retail team. The structure and frameworks put in place led to a measurable increase in internal promotions across the organization."
