We know that organizations don’t always have the budget or the work for a full-time HR professional.
Managing the HR function is complex and bringing in an expert that can lead the function and implement solutions enhances your effectiveness, efficiency and employee engagement, while ensuring compliance with legislation. You get access to HR expertise without the full-time cost, get immediate leadership to address your people challenges, and receive scalable HR solutions that support your business’s growth and success.
Amplify Work delivers the HR leadership you need, when you need it, empowering your people and driving business success.
With more than two decades of HR experience...
Our founder, Gillian Hynes has excelled in leading HR strategy and HR operational excellence
both as an internal HR leader and an external HR consultant.
Her professional experience spans HR operations, Talent Management and Development, EDI strategy and implementation, enterprise Learning and Development, Change Management, Performance Management and more. This experience stems across Multinational organizations in Calgary, Houston, London and the Netherlands, along with many field and operating locations in Canada and the United States. Gillian is a sought after speaker and thought leader at conferences including CPHR Alberta, HRD Leaders Summit, HRD Tech Summit, Workforce Forward and more.
Our team also has decades of experience consulting with C-suite and Executive Leadership Teams, Multinational organizations, Small and Medium Enterprises, government departments, academic institutions and non-profit organizations. Our HR consultants hold, or are pursuing, their CPHR designation, offering a level of HR skill mastery and commitment to the highest standards of practice in human resources.
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Which Creates Challenges with Managing People-Related Needs
The organization may be growing and requires HR support immediately, they need day-to-day HR expertise but not at the full-time level, or their current HR team doesn’t have the experience in specific HR areas. Without specific HR expertise in an organization, there are risks that need to be managed including organizational culture issues, legal compliance uncertainty, challenges in managing employee relations and performance or retention issues.
Many organizations don’t have the time, budget or internal capabilities to lead the HR function
Fractional HR Leadership Offers Effective and Efficient Solutions to these Challenges
Investing in Fractional expertise is an investment in your business, having the HR expert focus on the people function and enhancing the employee experience at work. You gain immediate access to an HR professional that fits your budget and time. This strategic HR experience covers all areas of the HR function, ensuring alignment between your people and business strategy, while freeing up other resources to focus on other key areas of your business.
allowing organizations to access expertise when they need it
Our Fractional HR services are designed to be flexible and adaptable. We help with many areas of HR excellence including:
Providing strategic oversight, the fractional CPO leads the HR function for your organization. As a valued and embedded member of your Executive Leadership Team, the CPO provides continuous support and guidance to your leadership, ensures your HR operations are being managed effectively and coaches your HR team as required. This role ensures there is dedicated oversight to People and Culture, ensuring the HR function evolves to meet your organization’s needs while advancing business growth and employee engagement.
Chief People Officer (CPO) and HR Functional Leadership
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We start this work by conducting a comprehensive review of your HR function, including examining the external market, to identify strengths, gaps and opportunities. Based on this review and the insights arising, we create a People Strategy that aligns to your business strategy and closes the gaps or advances the opportunities identified. This includes a detailed roadmap for implementation, with timelines and measures, and helps your business succeed with a people-centered plan.
Strategic HR Advisory and Development
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As a part-time, embedded HR partner in your organization, we support all your day-to-day functional needs. This includes talent acquisition and development, payroll and benefits administration, employee relations, performance management, onboarding and offboarding requirements, and any other HR processes your business requires. Our comprehensive approach ensures consistency in HR operations that supports your organization’s efficiency and provides a more dedicated resource to enhance employee experience.
Full-Service HR Management
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We support you to stay compliant with labour laws and people legislation specific by providing guidance tailored to your industry and location in Canada. Our fractional services include crafting policies and employee handbooks that are tailored to your people, culture and organizational needs. By proactively managing risks, we help protect your business while fostering a positive workplace environment.
Compliance and Risk Management
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We lead assessments and facilitate workshops that align your organizational culture with your values. Through leadership development, organizational design, employee engagement and listening strategies, and people surveys and analysis, we ensure your people feel heard and valued, which helps create a vibrant work environment. Our approach keeps the magic of what makes your workplace unique and removes the baggage which may be getting in the way of your people, to unlock sustainable growth through leadership and employee experience.
Organizational Culture and Employee Engagement
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How We Bring HR Leadership to Your Team
Our Process
Our step-by-step approach ensures your organization receives high-impact Human Resources that support growth and enrich employee experience.
Our Fractional HR Services ensures your organization has on-demand access to experienced HR Leaders or Professionals, delivering HR functional expertise that supports business growth and enhances employee experience, at the fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.
Scroll to Discover The process we use to support your unique workplace needs
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Internal Review
Together, our HR Fractional Leader or Team Member will conduct a comprehensive review of your HR function, including examining the external market, to identify strengths, gaps and opportunities. This helps us understand your business, culture, values, and HR current state so we know where to go next.
Step 1
HR Planning
Based on our findings and your goals, we create a customized HR plan that addresses your strategic priorities and most important challenges. The plan has clear expectations, clearly defined responsibilities and measurable performance for the Fractional HR Leader or Team Member. We will also clarify who the Leader or Team Member reports to and how often, specify any level of authority for decision-making and provide access to your organization’s resources and tools, including people, processes and systems.
Step 2
Culture and Values Alignment
Your Fractional HR support will participate in a comprehensive onboarding session that is unique to your organization and culture. We will identify key stakeholders and rights holders to meet with to better understand our organization, analyze your values and other culture documents, and ensure that your Fractional team member is meeting with key team members.
Step 3
Ongoing HR Support
Congratulations! Our Fractional HR Leader or Team Member is now up-to-speed with your organization and is well on their way to becoming an embedded and valued member of your team. They have set an HR plan that fits your people and priorities. We now deliver hands-on support and strategic guidance to implement the agreed upon plan. Through agreed upon reporting and communication protocols, we provide regular updates to ensure you are informed of our progress.
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Have questions? We’ve got you covered!
Your Frequently Asked Questions
We know that navigating people-centric solutions can spark plenty of questions. We’ve crafted answers to some of the most common questions we receive, to help you better understand how we can support your organization. These FAQs cover a range of our services and approaches, but if there’s something we didn’t answer about your unique needs, please reach out. We’re here to help!
Within our consulting practice, we bring a specific expertise from our areas of service (i.e. HR, EDI and/or Reconciliation) for a specific project or deliverable. We work with you when you don’t know exactly where to go with a challenge, or to get the results you are looking for. We focus on comprehensive strategy development, developing roadmaps and implementation plans, and share advice to help you move towards action. Our fractional services means we come into your workplace for a specific set of hours and bring both expertise and implementation skills. We also specialize in offering you leadership level HR, EDI and Reconciliation functional support, where we collaborate with you leadership teams to oversee all aspects of those functions on a part-time, ongoing basis.
We understand that a business needs functional HR support, but may not have the resources or work to bring on a
full-time HR expert.
Our Fractional HR Services provides you with the HR expertise that aligns with your budget, business and people needs.
From talent management to compliance, culture-building to strategic planning, we’re here to help you build a strong, more resilient organization. We are your valued and embedded HR Leader or Team Member who is committed to your business sustainability and employee experience. We are ready to work with you to amplify your people-centric workplace and business success.
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Gillian on your team makes your whole team better.
Gillian’s excellence in HR shows up in every team, every organization, every meeting everywhere.
Kelley Lang
I Was Thoroughly Impressed.
Gillian was effective in understanding the First Nations’ needs and she was dedicated to delivering high-quality results.
Desiree Gervais
Gillian Hynes' work has been truly transformative.
Her generosity with her time and guidance in seeking the right perspectives were invaluable.
Nancy Cherniwchan
Gillian is an exceptional visionary leader.
Gillian’s fierce desire to see DEIB a reality gives her clients an edge to be ahead of the curve. I highly recommend Gillian.
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