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Colere provides strategic people and culture support for growth-stage companies and teams transforming their people function through three flexible paths designed to meet you where you are.

Embedded partnerships offer ongoing leadership as a fractional Head of People, supporting the full employee experience and aligning people strategy with business goals.

Project-based engagements deliver focused, time-bound support to solve specific challenges like building a compensation framework, refining hiring practices, or defining company culture from the ground up.

Custom collaborations are designed for unique needs or one-off initiatives that fall outside a defined path. These engagements are flexible in scope and tailored to your company’s goals, stage, and growth plans.

Each offering is designed to help growing teams build strong, people-centered foundations that align with their stage, values, and vision for growth.

Let’s grow something meaningful together.

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Sapling

Project-based engagements for startups that need focused support to plant something specific.

Designed for companies laying the groundwork for growth, Sapling engagements focus on building or refining one part of the people function, like compensation, hiring, or culture design. Each project is scoped, time-bound, and actionable, creating clarity and momentum that lasts well beyond delivery.

Ideal For: Early-stage startups establishing their first people systems or addressing specific needs within their growing teams.
Duration: Typically 4–12+ weeks.

    • Develop transparent, sustainable compensation frameworks

    • Align pay structures and reward programs with business priorities

    • Conduct benchmarking and performance-based adjustments

    • Build simple, repeatable hiring processes that scale as teams grow

    • Create clear roles, train hiring managers, and standardize interviews

    • Strengthen candidate experience and employer brand

    • Map the full employee lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding

    • Identify gaps, streamline processes, and clarify ownership across stages

    • Deliver simple, actionable tools that improve the employee experience

    • Build systems for gathering, understanding, and acting on employee feedback

    • Introduce lightweight tools for engagement surveys and eNPS tracking

    • Partner with leaders to translate insights into clear next steps

    • Facilitate sessions to define or revisit company values

    • Translate values into practical behaviors and everyday rituals

    • Build programs that foster connection and make culture visible as teams grow

    • Guide leadership through defining priorities, role clarity, and operating norms

    • Design feedback and accountability systems that build trust and transparency

    • Support founders and leaders in communicating with consistency and care

Canopy

Embedded support for startups that need a strategic partner in the day-to-day.

Everything offered in Sapling, with the added benefit of ongoing, hands-on partnership at the leadership level. Canopy engagements include both execution and strategy, guiding founders through organizational design, long-term people planning, and team alignment as the company scales.

Ideal For: Seed to Series B companies without in-house people leadership.
Availability: Part-time fractional blocks (10–25 hrs/week) or retainer-based.

    • Develop a shared people roadmap that connects business goals to team growth

    • Bring structure to org design, headcount planning, and leadership alignment

    • Help founders approach growth intentionally—not reactively

    • Establish weekly or biweekly strategy sessions with leadership

    • Create planning and accountability rhythms that keep teams aligned

    • Build communication habits that strengthen transparency and trust

    • Design clear, consistent systems for onboarding, development, and transitions

    • Ensure every stage of the employee experience is fair, intentional, and scalable

    • Align lifecycle programs with company values and long-term goals

    • Build feedback systems that help leaders understand team sentiment

    • Translate engagement data into clear, actionable next steps

    • Create programs that sustain morale and retention

    • Provide coaching and resources to help managers grow with their teams

    • Support leaders in giving feedback, setting goals, and managing performance

    • Develop leadership frameworks that scale with company maturity

    • Set up HR tools and workflows that support daily operations

    • Streamline processes for compliance, documentation, and reporting

    • Create repeatable systems that free up time for strategic work

fieldwork

Got an idea and a budget? Let’s build it.

Fieldwork is designed for unique or one-off projects that fall outside a defined scope. Whether it’s a quick collaboration or a custom engagement, Colere can help you design exactly what your team needs to grow.

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