Strategic HR consulting for growing organizations

The gap between a great manager and a liability isn't talent. It's documentation.

ThriveJ People Advisory helps growing organizations build stronger managers, better documentation, and more consistent people decisions — before they become employee relations problems.

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Women-owned · WBENC certification pending
Minority-owned · NMSDC certification pending
JD · MBA · MSGC · PMP · MHRM (pending)
📝 Manager's PIP draft
- john keeps missing deadlines
- attitude seems bad lately
- talked to him about it twice i think
- not sure what expectations should be
- might need to let him go soon
High risk · Missing evidence
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PIP · 30-DAY · JOHN SMITH
Performance Improvement Plan
82% quality
John has missed 4 of the last 6 sprint deadlines (March 3, March 17, April 7, April 21), resulting in delayed releases affecting 2 downstream teams.
Achieve 80% of sprint commitments in each of the next 4 sprints. Submit blocker report by Wednesday EOD each week.
Low risk · Defensible documentation
BUILT FOR
Series A–B startups
50–300 person companies
Federal contractors
Remote-first teams
Organizations with ER risk

Strategic HR. Not transactional HR.

We specialize in the HR work that carries the most risk and requires the most expertise — performance management, documentation, and manager development. Everything we build eventually becomes software.

Performance Management Design
Build or overhaul the systems managers use to evaluate, document, and develop employees — from rating scale design to calibration frameworks.
Manager Development & Coaching
Coach managers through hard conversations, documentation, and the decisions that carry legal weight — before they need an attorney.
Documentation Intelligence
Powered by PeopleProof. Review existing documentation for quality, consistency, and risk before it becomes part of the employee record.
Employee Relations Strategy
Design ER investigation processes, disciplinary frameworks, and separation protocols that are defensible, consistent, and fair.
Compensation & Career Architecture
Build leveling frameworks, salary bands, and promotion criteria that hold up to scrutiny and retain your best people.
HR Technology Optimization
Audit your HR tech stack and build the workflows that connect your HRIS, ATS, and performance tools into a coherent system.
Powered by PeopleProof

Every engagement is powered by our own documentation intelligence platform.

PeopleProof reviews documentation before it becomes part of the employee record — flagging subjective language, missing evidence, inconsistent expectations, and bias signals.

Our clients get access to PeopleProof as part of every engagement. It's not a feature. It's the infrastructure that makes our consulting work defensible.

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PeopleProof — Documentation Review
Review needed
Subjective language
"Bad attitude" detected — replace with observed behaviors. 3 instances.
Missing evidence
No documented dates or examples for performance concerns.
Vague expectations
"Improve performance" is not measurable. Define specific metrics.
Tone check
No hostile or discriminatory language detected. ✓ Pass
Documentation quality score
Address 2 high-risk flags before finalizing
62%

We've been in the room.

Most HR consultants advise from the outside. We've spent 15+ years inside — writing the PIPs, defending the documentation, coaching managers through the conversations that determine careers.

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Tammie Williams
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
JDMBAMSGCPMPMHRM (pending)

15+ years leading HR and legal operations at The Linux Foundation and Serco supporting federal contracting environments. Deep expertise in performance management, employee relations, compensation architecture, and HR compliance. Founder of PeopleProof.

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Rodney Williams
Co-Founder & Partner
MAStrategic HRBPFederal HR

20+ years advising C-suite and senior leaders at PBGC, FDIC, U.S. Census Bureau, and IBM Federal on workforce planning, organizational design, performance management, and complex employee relations. Deep federal HR transformation expertise.

CERTIFICATIONS
WBENCWomen-owned · Pending
NMSDCMinority-owned · Pending
SBA 8(a)Federal set-aside · Planned
51% Women-ownedMajority ownership
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