YOUR PEOPLE PROBLEMS
HAVE MET THEIR MATCH
Fractional People leadership and talent consulting across the entire HR vertical
Here's something most fractional firms won't tell you: not every People problem needs a Chief People Officer to solve it. What organizations actually need is the right level of expertise for the specific challenge in front of them, and that looks different at every stage of growth.
coLeague covers the entire talent vertical because we've seen what happens when organizations have to squeeze their needs into the only option someone offers them. You shouldn't have to do that.
PARTNERING WITH
WHAT YOU CAME HERE FOR
Fractional People Leadership
Your organization's People Leader. Just not full-time.
A coLeaguer embedded in your organization isn't a consultant who leaves as mysteriously as they arrived. They're your People Leader — a genuine member of your team who joins your leadership meetings, knows your staff by name, and handles both the strategic and the day-to-day for as many hours a week as you actually need.
What's Included:
A vetted, experienced People Leader embedded in your organization
Custom scope developed with you to match your unique organizational needs
Expertise spanning day-to-day HR support, talent leadership, strategic thought partnership, and more
Ongoing coaching and support for your coLeaguer so they’re never figuring it out alone
Recommended 3-month contract minimum. 30 hours per month minimum. Starting at $5000/month.
Talent Consulting & Strategic Projects
Expert hands solving a specific organizational challenge.
Not every People problem requires an ongoing fractional leader. We have coLeaguers for every job, including those sprints that accomplish targeted work on a specific initiative that ends with a system you can actually build on. Our coLeaguers work directly alongside your team (not at arm's length) to build a custom solution that couldn’t be further from a generic template.
Common Project Types:
Core Competencies Development
Compensation Analysis
Change Management Support
Talent Acquisition Strategy
6–18 week average timeline. Pricing is custom per project, starting at $4800.
ALL ENGAGEMENTS ARE BACKED BY OUR RAPID REPLACEMENT GUARANTEE
If the fit isn't right or circumstances change, we'll place a new coLeaguer in 10 days or less.
HOW THIS WORKS
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Tell us what's going on.
We get on a call and you walk us through your organization, your challenges, and what you need. No judgment — with 25+ years of experience, we've heard it all.
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We find your match.
With more than 100 vetted experts in our database at all times, we know the perfect coLeaguer for your needs and company culture. Whether you want to move forward with our top pick or review a short list of the top three candidates is up to you.
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You choose, we handle the contract.
You're contracting with coLeague, not with an individual. That means we manage the relationship, handle any changes, and stay accountable for the quality of the work.
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Your coLeaguer joins your team.
They get to work — embedded, invested, and backed by coLeague’s network of expertise when they need an extra layer of advice.
NOT YOUR TYPICAL HR FIRM
coLeague was founded in 2022 on the belief that every mission-driven organization deserves access to experienced People leadership, regardless of size or budget. We own the entire talent vertical — from Chief People Officers to HR Managers — and we stay actively involved with every coLeaguer we place, because we believe the organizations doing such important work shouldn't have to figure out their people challenges alone.
WE FIGURED YOU'D ASK
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A fractional People leader is an experienced human resources or talent professional who works with your organization on a part-time basis, typically 10 to 30 hours per week, embedded in your team rather than consulting from a distance. They show up as your People leader, attending leadership meetings, knowing your staff, and handling both the strategic and the day-to-day. They bring the expertise of a full-time, senior leader without the commitment.
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Absolutely. Most fractional human resources firms focus exclusively on the C-suite, which means you’re out of luck if you actually need an HR Manager or an HR Business Partner. Our pool of candidates (who we call coLeaguers) range across the entire talent vertical — Chief People Officers, HR Directors, Business Partners, HR Managers, and Recruitment Directors — because organizations at different stages need different kinds of support.
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Fast. Depending on your needs and how much vetting you want to do yourself, we can typically have a coLeaguer in place within a matter of days. We've built our matching process and our database specifically so we can move at the pace your situation requires.
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For starters, it’s very rare, but when it does happen, we handle it. Since you're contracting with coLeague and not an individual, we can replace your coLeaguer quickly if the fit isn't right. This is one of the things our clients tell us they value most about the model.
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No — we’ll check in with you regularly to make sure the fractional placement is working, but also to offer ongoing advice and support to your coLeaguer. You may only have one coLeaguer officially on your team, but when you work with us, you’re getting the expertise of our entire Rolodex.
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Traditional consultants typically work on a defined deliverable from a distance and hand it off when the project is done. Our coLeaguers are embedded in your organization. They know your team, your culture, and your context, and they show up as a genuine member of your leadership team for the duration of the engagement. The work is more flexible, more responsive, and more connected to what's actually happening inside your organization.
STILL ON THE FENCE?
Not every organization comes to us knowing exactly what they need, and that's completely fine. Tell us what's going on and we'll help you figure out the rest. That's kind of our thing.
