Organizations at an inflection point
Growing.
Transforming.
Building.
Reorganizing.
Becoming more intentional about culture.
These moments create opportunity, but they also create complexity.
I help CEOs and leadership teams make the People and organizational decisions that allow the business to move forward with greater clarity, capability, and confidence.
ORGANIZATIONAL Effectiveness
Build the organization you need for what's next.
As organizations grow and change, structures, roles, responsibilities, decision-making, and leadership expectations can become unclear.
I help leaders create organizational structures and operating models that support accountability, collaboration, and sustainable growth.
CULTURE & EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE
Create a culture people want to be part of.
Culture isn't a slogan or a list of perks.
It's what people experience every day through leadership, communication, decision-making, expectations, and opportunity.
I help leaders translate values and culture aspirations into behaviors, systems, and experiences that strengthen trust, engagement, performance, and retention.
TALENT, LEADERSHIP & SUCCESSION
Build the leadership capability your organization needs.
Strong organizations don't just recruit talent. They develop it, retain it, and prepare people for what's next.
I help organizations strengthen leadership capability, succession, talent strategy, career development, performance, and internal mobility.
Create systems that support both people and performance.
Compensation, performance, and rewards should be understandable, equitable, competitive, and aligned with organizational goals.
I help leaders build practical approaches to compensation, job architecture, performance management, total rewards, and recognition.
TOTAL REWARDS & PERFORMANCE
PEOPLE Function & INFRASTRUCTURE
Build the foundation that allows the organization to scale.
Sometimes the strategy is clear, but the People function isn't equipped to deliver it.
I can help assess the current state, identify gaps, strengthen systems and processes, and build or restructure the People function so it operates as a strategic partner to the business.
The Common Thread
Whatever the challenge, my approach is the same:
Understand the business.
Understand the people.
Find the real issue.
Create clarity.
Build the capability.
Move the work forward.
That's the value of having an experienced People executive at the table.
Let's Talk
If your organization is at an inflection point, or you simply need experienced People leadership at the table, I'd welcome a conversation.
Mara Rae Rivera, MS, SHRM-SCP
Fractional Chief People Officer
Mara Rae Consulting
mara@mararaeconsulting.com
802.299.7900
