Executive Advisory & Fractional Leadership
Senior people leadership when you need it, for as long as you need it.
“We need someone who has sat at the executive table and will tell us the truth.”
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Executive & Board Advisory
A seasoned executive in your corner for the people decisions that carry the most risk.
“Our board is asking questions we can’t answer yet.”
Why it matters
Most leadership teams have plenty of advice about strategy and finance. Fewer have someone who has sat at the executive table, carried the people agenda through restructurings, crises and leadership changes, and can tell them plainly what they are missing. That is the role James plays.
You might recognize this
- A leadership transition, reorganization or merger is coming, and the people side is the part that worries you.
- The board wants a clear view of culture, turnover and workforce risk, and the answers are spread across reports.
- A culture problem has turned into a leadership problem.
- The people function needs a reset, or there is a gap at the top of it.
What Palagn does
The work.
Confidential executive counsel
A trusted advisor to the CEO, president or executive team on structure, leadership, employee relations and change.
Board and committee briefings
A plain-language read on organizational health, culture and workforce risk, with the questions the board should keep asking.
Fractional and interim leadership
Senior leadership of the people or culture function during a search, a transition or a rebuild.
Operating model and organization design
Decision rights, roles, spans and layers, and workforce planning that support the strategy rather than fight it.
Starting engagements
A clear way to begin.
Defined deliverables, agreed in a written scope. Many clients start here and decide later whether they need more.
Organizational Health Briefing
Give your board and executive team a clear, honest read on the organization.
“What should the board be asking about our people and our culture?”
See what you getEspecially relevant for: Health systems & academic medicine · Higher education · Nonprofits & foundations
Bring one stuck decision.
A free, 20-minute introductory conversation. No deck, no pitch. Just a clear look at what is in the way and whether Palagn can help.