The Now & Next of Work Moves Fast.
Let’s Make Sure You’re Faster.
When clarity lags, value leaks. We help leadership teams spot people and culture risks early, move from insight to action fast, and turn every quarter into measurable gains in growth, retention, and performance. The result: you stop bleeding time, talent, and opportunity.
Our Philosophy
Design for Clarity. Build for Durability. Bet on Humanity.
We’ve spent two decades leading strategy and transformation inside Nike, Deloitte, and KPMG, learning what drives performance when speed and precision matter most. Today, we help leadership teams move faster, align deeper, and deliver results that last.
When the people and culture driving your strategy lose alignment, performance slips and value leaks long before the numbers show it.
Visibility changes everything. Here's what that shift looks like in real time.
Strategy without clarity is expensive confusion.
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❌ Leaders look aligned on paper but not in practice.
❌ Culture clashes stall growth before integration even begins.
❌ Top talent walks, taking trust and IP with them.
❌ Performance slices while teams wait for direction.
❌ The warning signs were there, they just weren’t measured.
√ Leadership teams fully aligned on direction, priorities, and execution.
√ Cultures integrated around shared goals and momentum that scales.
√ Top performers engaged, invested, and building the next wave of growth.
√ Teams moving fast with clarity, ownership, and measurable results.
√ The right signals tracked early, turning risk into insight and confident action.
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Clarity doesn’t just protect morale. It protects millions.
Confusion kills ROI
We turn people clarity into performance lift—fast enough to see it in the numbers. We identify the human behaviors that drive or destroy value so leadership can act before integration or capital deployment.
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Signals: People & Culture Due Diligence
A fast, data-driven audit of the human behavior side of the deal.
The Bottom Line:
Protect deal value before it erodes. We surface leadership gaps, cultural friction, and retention risks that never show up in the model, but always hit the P&L if you miss them.
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Clarity: Employee Value Proposition (EVP
Define what makes your company worth working for, and worth staying for.
The Bottom Line:
Turn culture into competitive advantage.
We distill what makes your organization credible and compelling so you can keep top performers engaged after bonus cycle, and attract the kind of talent who actually move the multiple.
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Growth: People Strategy
A focused roadmap that links your people levers to your growth thesis.
The Bottom Line:
Accelerate value creation.
We translate your EVP into a practical, 12-month people plan that drives retention, performance, and leadership capacity—without adding drag or overhead.
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Integration: Leadership Alignment
A facilitated working session to get your leaders operating off the same playbook, fast.
The Bottom Line:
Speed up execution and de-risk delivery.
We turn strategy into shared language and real accountability so leaders can make faster, coordinated decisions that actually move the business.
We protect value where strategy meets people.
When culture, clarity, and execution drift, performance stalls and value slips. We’ve been in the rooms where it starts to show up—in decisions, in turnover, in stalled growth—and we know how to steady it fast.
Our work starts where most strategies fall apart: in the people dynamics and operating friction that quietly erode return.
We get underneath what’s really happening, surface the signals others miss, and turn those insights into decisions and action that hold.
The result is measurable progress on what moves value most—performance, retention, and speed to execution.
The good news?
You don’t have to do this alone.
Your Work Friends are here to help!
Pick the play that protects your value.
One, a few, or the whole (damn) play.
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Signals: People & Culture Due Diligence
When you need to know if the people side adds up before it costs you value.
Starting at: $45K | Timeline: 3 weeks
What it is:
A fast, data-driven audit of the people side of the deal. This diligence identifies the human behaviors that drive or destroy value so leadership can act before integration or capital deployment.
The outcome:
Cultural Health Index and Cultural Risk Scan. Early visibility into people-related risk, clear red/yellow/green signals, and a 90-day action plan to stabilize performance.
Deliverables:
√ Leadership & Culture Risk Dashboard
√ Organizational Readiness Assessment
√ Integration Watchlist with Prioritized Actions
√ 90-Day Playbook to de-risk execution
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Clarity : Employee Value Proposition (EVP) Sprint
When your talent story needs to work as hard as your growth plan.
Starting at: $45K | Timeline: 3–4 weeks
What it is:
Your talent story — clarified and codified. We define what makes your company worth working for and worth staying for, turning culture into a performance lever, not a retention risk.
The outcome:
A sharp, credible EVP that keeps your top performers engaged post-bonus and attracts the talent your growth plan depends on.
Deliverables:
√ EVP Positioning + Core Messaging
√ Leadership Language Pack for consistent communication
√ EVP Playbook for recruiting, onboarding, and internal alignment
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Growth: People Strategy Roadmap
When you need a people plan that moves at the speed of your investment thesis.
Starting at: $60K | Timeline: 4–5 weeks
What it is:
A focused 12-month people strategy built around your growth thesis. We translate your EVP into a practical plan that drives performance, retention, and leadership capacity — without adding bureaucracy.
The outcome:
Clarity on which people levers drive ROI, how they connect to EBITDA, and what to execute first for measurable results.
Deliverables:
√ 12–18-Month People Strategy Roadmap
√ Prioritized Growth Levers (onboarding, manager capability, rewards, etc.)
√ ROI Map linking initiatives to enterprise value
√ Quick-Win Implementation Plan
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Integration: Leadership Alignment Lab
When performance depends on everyone pulling in the same direction.
Starting at: $40K | Timeline: Custom (typically 3–4 weeks with prep)
What it is:
A working session that turns strategy into coordinated execution. We align leaders around a single story, decision map, and definition of success so performance moves in one direction — forward.
The outcome:
Faster execution, higher trust, and clearer accountability across the executive team.
Deliverables:
√ 1–2-Day Alignment Workshop
√ Unified Leadership Charter + Decision Map
√ EVP Integration Plan Across Functions
√ Ownership Tracker for accountability
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The Whole (Damn) Play
When you want to move from people risk to performance return — end to end.
What it is:
End-to-end partnership across all four sprints — from identifying risks to full activation. We handle the clarity, data, decisions, and alignment so you can focus on value creation.
The outcome:
An integrated people-and-culture strategy that protects enterprise value across your portfolio and accelerates the next stage of growth.
Includes:
√ Everything from Signals, Clarity, Growth, and Integration, plus custom counsel and executive briefings throughout.
Need further discussion to help you choose?
Totally normal.
We’ll help you figure it out. Book a quick chat with us and we’ll point you to the right starting place—no pressure, no pitch deck.
At Your Work Friends, we know that what protects or grows enterprise value isn’t just the numbers — it’s the people behind them. Every deal, transformation, or growth push succeeds or stalls based on how quickly teams align around a shared story, a clear plan, and accountable execution.
We’ve spent two decades leading strategy and transformation inside Nike, Deloitte, and KPMG, learning what drives performance when speed and precision matter most. Today, we bring that experience to help leadership teams close the gap between intent and impact — with tools, insights, and sprints designed to protect value and accelerate results.
Our approach is simple and proven:
• Signals identifies people and culture risks before they erode performance.
• Clarity builds a compelling talent story that keeps high performers engaged and attracts the next generation of growth.
• Growth creates a focused, measurable roadmap that links people levers directly to ROI.
• Integration aligns leaders around a single story and operating rhythm so strategy turns into execution.
Each sprint delivers executive-ready outputs in weeks, not months, and can stand alone or combine into a full system for sustained performance. When you measure the right signals, move fast on the insights, and keep people aligned, you don’t just protect value, you multiply it.
Still not sure where to start? We’ve got you!
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Phone-a-Friend
Want to go deeper? After you download the guide, you'll have the option to book a complimentary 15-minute 'Phone a Friend' call with our team.
Think of it as having workplace strategy experts in your back pocket—we'll help you apply these insights to your specific situation and answer any burning questions about the future of work at your organization.
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