Purpose
The People Foundations package is a fixed-scope engagement designed to put strong, legally sound people foundations in place. This work focuses on clarity, consistency, and confidence — ensuring leaders can make good people decisions without over-engineering or unnecessary risk.

This is build work, not ongoing support.

What This Work Covers

People Foundations are tailored to the size, structure, and complexity of the business, and may include:

• Review of current people practices, risks, and growth plans

• Practical guidance on compliance fundamentals (without legal advice)

• Clear expectations and ways of working

• Performance and accountability basics

• Manager decision-making guardrails

• Right-sized policies and documentation that are designed to be used

• Early-stage role clarity and differentiation

• Foundational competency expectations and growth pathways

• Initial guidance on fair and consistent pay structures or salary band logic (where appropriate)

• A prioritised roadmap for the next stage of growth

The focus is always on what matters most now, with an eye on where the business is heading.

Timeframe

People Foundation engagements are typically delivered over 6–12 weeks.

Pricing Structure

People Foundations are priced as a one-off engagement fee, not a monthly cost.

Pricing is based on business complexity, including:

• Overall size of the organisation

• Number of distinct role families

• Level of role differentiation

• Mix of exempt and non-exempt employees

• Management layers and leadership structure

• State and regulatory complexity

Typical investment ranges:

• $5,000 – $7,500 for smaller or early-stage teams

• $8,500 – $12,000 for growing businesses with multiple roles and managers

• $15,000 – $20,000+ for larger or more complex organisations

Exact scope and pricing are confirmed following an initial conversation.

Hands-on people support — in the moments that matter most.

Once strong people foundations are in place, we work alongside founders and leaders as a true People partner.

This is not just advice from the sidelines — it’s practical, embedded support through real people decisions as your business grows.

That includes being closely involved in performance conversations, role changes, and terminations — helping you prepare, navigate the conversation itself, and follow through cleanly and confidently.

What This Looks Like in Practice

• Active support through performance and accountability conversations

• Preparation, presence, and follow-up for sensitive situations

• Calm guidance during terminations or difficult decisions

• A steady, experienced partner in high-stakes moments

• Ongoing sense-checking as teams, roles, and expectations evolve

• Light-touch oversight of people practices as the business changes

You’re not handed a policy and left to figure it out. You’re supported, in real time, when it counts.

Structure & Pricing

Ongoing People Partner support is offered on a monthly retainer, scaled to the size and complexity of your business.

Most retainers fall between $6,000 and $12,000 per month, depending on headcount, role complexity, and decision volume.

This is experienced partnership — not reactive HR, and not legal advice.

Focused support for specific people projects & challenges.

Sometimes a business needs help with a particular people issue or project — rather than ongoing support. In these cases, we offer clearly scoped, one-off support designed to bring clarity, structure, and calm to situations that need careful handling.

This work is practical and outcome-focused, with a defined scope and timeline agreed upfront.

One-off or project support can be helpful when:

• A performance or accountability issue needs addressing

• A role change or termination needs to be handled well

• A specific people process needs building or resetting

• Managers need clear guidance for a defined situation

• Something feels unclear or risky and needs sense-checking

Common Areas of Support

Examples of one-off and project work include:

• Performance improvement and accountability support

• Guidance and involvement in terminations or role changes

• Designing or refining specific people processes

• Manager playbooks or practical frameworks

• Competency expectations or role clarity work

• Performance review or feedback process design

• Targeted people or compliance reviews

All work is scoped in advance to ensure focus, quality, and alignment.

It is not:

• Open-ended HR support

• Day-to-day administration

• A replacement for legal counsel

Our group management development programmes support managers to grow their capability alongside others — either within the same organisation or as part of a mixed cohort of leaders from different businesses.

Designed around real-world leadership challenges, these sessions focus on building sound judgement, confidence, and consistency in how managers lead, communicate, and make people decisions.

Whether tailored to the needs of one organisation or delivered across a diverse group of leaders, the emphasis is on practical learning, shared insight, and applying what’s learned back into day-to-day management — not generic training or one-off workshops.

Drop us an email for more information or to get on the list for the next cohort admin@promoverecoaching.com