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The practice
A senior advisory firm at the intersection of employment law, HR leadership, coaching, and facilitation.
Faith 1st Consulting · Leadership, People & Culture Advisory
Steady counsel for high-stakes people, leadership, and workplace moments.
Faith 1st Consulting helps mission-driven, values-led, and public-sector-adjacent organizations navigate the people, culture, leadership, and organizational moments that cannot be managed through policy alone.
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Who we serve
Mission-driven, values-led, public-sector-adjacent, and mid-sized organizations — and the leaders who carry them.
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How it is held
Confidential by default. Scoped in writing. Led with senior judgment throughout.
Confidential by default. Senior throughout.
When organizations reach out
The moments that bring leaders to Faith 1st Consulting.
01Sensitive matters
A sensitive people or workplace matter needs steady handling.
02Change & transition
Leaders need support through change, transition, or tension.
03Manager capability
Managers need more capability and confidence.
04People function
The people function needs senior-level structure or support.
05Coaching
A leader or team needs strengths-based coaching.
Services
Four ways the firm shows up.
Every engagement is scoped in writing, held in confidence, and led with senior judgment. Scan the focus areas to find your situation, then explore the service.
01Explore HR & People Consulting02Explore Strategic People & Leadership Advisory03Explore Management Training & Workshops04Explore Coaching for Leaders & Teams
HR & People Consulting
Hands-on HR delivery for the matters an organization cannot afford to mishandle.
Focus areas
- Policy & handbook review
- Performance management
- Workplace investigations
- Conflict facilitation
- Sensitive employee matters
- HR project delivery
Strategic People & Leadership Advisory
Senior counsel for the people decisions that shape structure, strategy, and change.
Focus areas
- Fractional HR leadership
- Change & transition
- Strategic planning
- Organizational design
- Labor & employee relations
- Executive & board counsel
Management Training & Workshops
Practical training that gives people managers the judgment, language, and confidence the role requires.
Focus areas
- People manager training
- Supervisory fundamentals
- Difficult conversations
- Leadership team workshops
- Retreat facilitation
- Custom learning series
Coaching for Leaders & Teams
Strengths-based coaching — grounded in Gallup CliftonStrengths — for leaders and teams doing consequential work.
Focus areas
- Executive coaching
- Team coaching
- CliftonStrengths
- Career transitions
- New-leader onboarding
- Strengths-based culture
Why Faith 1st Consulting
Judgment built for consequential rooms.
01 · Senior judgment
People, leadership, HR, and organizational judgment at the level the decision actually sits.
02 · High-stakes experience
Two decades of practice in confidential, consequential environments — boards, executive teams, sensitive matters.
03 · Practical & discreet
Human-centered support that respects the room, moves the situation, and leaves capability behind.
04 · Mission fluency
Built for mission-driven, values-led, and public-sector-adjacent organizations — the culture is not a foreign country.
Resources
A working library for leaders who carry the people side.
Insights
Longer advisory material and expert perspectives from the practice.
Guides & Tools
Practical how-tos, templates, and free resources leaders can use today.
Field Notes
Anonymized practice-based stories, lessons, and case material.
Insights2026-01-12
The Third Path: Holding Conduct and Culture Concerns Between HR and Counsel
Why the most sensitive workplace concerns rarely resolve inside traditional HR or outside counsel — and what a consulting-led third path looks like in practice.
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Guides & Tools2025-09-22
A Board's Guide to Choosing a Fractional HR Partner
The five questions boards and executive directors should ask before bringing an outside People leader inside the tent — and the answers that indicate real fit.
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Field Notes2025-08-19
Field Note: A Founder Transition Held Well
An anonymized account of a founder-to-successor transition sequenced across ten months — what the board did early, what deferred well, and what the practice held between the two.
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Process
Four steps from first inquiry to work beginning.
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Confidential inquiry
Share a brief overview of the situation and the support you're looking for.
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Initial fit conversation
Talk through context, priorities, and whether Faith 1st Consulting is the right fit.
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Scoping
Define the engagement — deliverables, sequence, and rhythm of the work.
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Work begins
Practical, discreet support aligned to the organization's needs.
Start a confidential conversation
Bring the situation into view.
Every inquiry is confidential and reviewed personally. You will hear back within two business days — with a proposed time to talk, or a thoughtful referral if the practice is not the right fit.