Talent Strategies

LEADER

Adam Lawrence
Chief Talent Officer and Leader, Outsourced Talent Strategies

Talent Solutions for Clients

Our team of experts works with organizations to develop people strategies that empower our clients to attract, retain and engage top-level talent.   

 

We partner with you to build talent management solutions across the entire employee lifecycle to ensure you have and keep the right people with the right skills to fit your organization’s culture and maintain its success and continuity.

 

Our Capabilities

Our team understands the challenges organizational leaders confront and will continue to face with the ever-changing landscape of work and employee needs.  We help organizations attract new talent and leverage the full potential of their people enabling them to build the capacity to compete today and into the future.

Compensation Solutions

Market-Based Compensation Analysis

  • Conduct market pricing analysis by benchmarking internal roles to ensure compensation packages remain competitive within a specific industry and geographic region

Compensation Strategy & Philosophy

  • Develop salary ranges and pay grades that maintain legal compliance with pay transparency laws
  • Collaborate with leadership to define, design, and implement a compensation philosophy that aligns with an organization’s mission and culture
Talent Acquisition

Professional Search

  • Utilize data-driven candidate-sourcing techniques and networks to identify high-caliber professional and senior-level talent
  • Design high impact job postings, interview questions, and overall recruitment process

Executive Search

  • Identify and attract leaders for CEO, CFO, COO, and other leadership roles across industries
  • Facilitate confidential recruitment processes and assist with managing internal and external communications

Career Transition & Outplacement

  • Conduct one-on-one professional coaching focused on résumé optimization, LinkedIn profile enhancement, and advanced interview preparation to accelerate their re-employment timeline
  • Design and execute separation programs during organizational restructuring
Organizational Development

Individual & Leadership Assessments

  • Assess leadership competencies and styles through personality or behavioral assessments to help leaders understand their impact

Organizational Effectiveness Assessments

  • Deliver comprehensive, data driven assessments of a company to understand the organizational structure, leadership, culture, team dynamics, and communication practices to identify and implement appropriate changes to improve organizational effectiveness

Performance Coaching

  • Provide personalized coaching sessions and developmental strategies based on assessment results to enhance leadership effectiveness
HR Process Management

Employee Onboarding Process

  • Coordinate offer letter
  • Provide day one orientation including Form I-9 completion
  • Enroll new employee in payroll and benefits

Benefit Audit & Administration

  • Develop comprehensive audit of existing plans including Medical, Dental, Vision, LTD, STD, Life, and 401K with plan recommendations
  • Implement and ongoing administration of benefits

Performance Review Process Management

  • Develop and execute performance management processes, providing coaching and scripts for people leaders
  • Implement engagement survey and stay interview programs to increase employee retention
Outsourced HR Management

Employee Relations

  • Conduct disciplinary conversations, performance improvement plans, and terminations with proper documentation.
  • Develop internal communications philosophy and practice review

Policies & Procedures

  • Develop work from home, PTO, and other pertinent policies aligning with legal requirements
  • Coordinate updates and distribution of Employee Handbook

Liaison with Vendors

  • Coordinate with benefits and payroll vendors
  • Implement and ongoing administration of appropriate systems
Payroll

Audit & Implementation

  • Assess payroll systems and implement scalable solutions that support growth
  • Improve accuracy, efficiency, and reliability while reducing compliance risk

Processing & Compliance

  • Standardize payroll processes to ensure consistent, compliant execution
  • Minimize errors and regulatory exposure through stronger controls

Reporting & Controls

  • Enhance payroll reporting for better cost visibility and oversight
  • Strengthen governance, accuracy, and risk management with internal controls

T&E Policy & Procedures

  • Develop clear, compliant travel and expense policies.

  • Streamline approvals and reimbursements to improve efficiency and compliance.

Contact us today if you think our Talent Strategies services are right for you. 

Talent Strategies, Albany, NY

From talent attraction, to people development, culture cultivation and total rewards, our Talent Strategies team is dedicated to helping companies, teams and individuals succeed.