HR Advice for the Decisions and Moments that Matter

Get access to HR professionals who help you move forward with confidence, clarity, and compliance.

Sometimes, what you need most is experienced judgment – a trusted perspective to help you think through a decision, understand risk, and choose the right path forward.

Drake’s HR Advice‑on‑Demand solutions provide flexible access to seasoned HR professionals who support both day‑to‑day people decisions and higher‑impact leadership issues. From interpreting legislation and navigating employee relations to pressure‑testing executive decisions, we act as a trusted sounding board – helping you move forward with clarity and confidence, without the commitment of ongoing HR delivery.

We offer fixed-time packages as well as a range of monthly subscriptions to provide you with access to different levels of expertise when you need it. Our experts advise on a variety of HR and people-related topics.

Strategic CHRO-Level Advice

Drake’s CHRO-level HR advice-on-demand provides senior, strategic guidance for high impact people decisions, offering CEOs and HR leaders trusted judgment on risk, leadership, and workforce strategy when it matters most. Common areas of advice include:

  • Strategic HR – Strategy, strategic workforce planning, M&A, restructuring and workforce reductions, succession planning. Board advisory, total rewards design
  • Culture and engagement – culture assessment and transformation, employee value proposition, employee engagement
  • Organization and talent performance – organization design, job architecture, skills gap analysis, leadership development, performance management, redeployment, reskilling, career management and mobility, change and transformation planning
  • HR management and governance – HR governance and operating model, HR technology, AI automation and adoption

Tactical Day-to-Day HR Generalist Advice

Drake’s HR advice-on-demand offers responsive, generalist-level HR expert support for people issues as they occur. This allows you to help address employee concerns, performance matters, and compliance questions quickly and consistently – reducing risk and preventing small issues from becoming larger problems. Common areas of advice include:

  • Employee and labour relations – attendance management, conflict guidance, progressive discipline, termination advice, union relations
  • Compliance and legislative interpretation and guidance – Employment legislation interpretation, basic policy clarifications, accommodation guidance, harassment and discrimination complaints, health and safety, severance decisions
  • Talent managementt – hiring and selection guidance, review of job descriptions, onboarding guidance, performance management, manager coaching for difficult conversations, basic compensation decisions

Get In Touch, Today

Count on us to be more than just a solution but a dedicated partner in your long-term success. Contact our team today to discuss your hiring needs, and let’s work together to find the right solution for your business.

Contact Us