PLA Advisory
PLA Advisory provides senior HR leaders with experienced executive judgment during moments of growth, transition, and consequence.
When people decisions materially affect company outcomes - growth, risk, leadership continuity, or value creation - HR leaders need more than best practices or gut feel.
PLA Advisory offers targeted, high-trust support grounded in decades of operating experience as CHROs, operating partners, and senior advisors inside complex, scaling organizations.
Why Leaders Engage PLA Advisory
You are navigating increased complexity, scrutiny, or stakes as your organization grows.
You need clear thinking and sound judgment, not generic frameworks or one-size-fits-all advice.
You want people decisions tightly aligned with business priorities like growth, leadership readiness, M&A, and operational scale.
You value perspective from advisors who have sat in the seat, not just studied the role.
Inflection Points
Growth, capital events, or transitions that outpace leadership capacity
Leadership Risk
Senior talent decisions where missteps carry outsized consequences
Decision Isolation
When the most senior People leader lacks a trusted thought partner
Execution Breakdown
When structure, accountability, or leadership alignment undermine strategy
PLA Advisory Offerings
PLA Advisory Engagements are selective, customized, and designed for senior leaders facing real business consequence
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1:1 mentoring for HR leaders stepping into broader scope, increased visibility, or first-time top-of-function roles.
This work focuses on judgment, presence, and decision quality — helping leaders operate confidently as true business executives, not functional specialists.
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Ongoing access to senior-level perspective and decision support.
Advisory retainers provide HR leaders with a trusted thought partner to pressure-test decisions, navigate tradeoffs, and avoid costly missteps — without the overhead of a full-time executive hire.
Common use cases include executive team effectiveness, leadership succession, organization design, and complex people decisions tied to business outcomes.
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Bring rigor and clarity to decisions that are too important to leave to instinct alone.
We assess executive talent, leadership dynamics, and organizational capability to ensure your people strategy supports where the business is going — not where it has been.
Ideal for moments of inflection: leadership transitions, rapid growth, post-acquisition integration, or pre-investment diligence.
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When leadership decisions carry outsized risk, execution matters.
We support selective senior-level searches where context, judgment, and long-term fit are critical — drawing on decades of operator experience and deep executive networks.
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As part of a leadership team, you are on a continuous journey together. This multi-part offering delivered over several months, will set up your team for success.
