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Fractional Chief People Officer Retainer 

Long Term Leadership Stabilization* People Risk Prevention* Organizational Alignment 

When organizations are growing fast, facing internal instability, or navigating leadership behavior under pressure, they don’t need temporary fixes or generic HR support, they need ongoing people leadership at the executive level.

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The Fractional CPO Retainer gives you strategic, behavior-focused people leadership without the cost of a full-time executive.

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Fractional Leadership Support for Organizations in Transition, Tension, or Growth

When misalignment starts costing you retention, morale, or compliance, you can’t afford to throw another internal hire at the problem and hope for the best.

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That’s where I come in.

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As your Fractional Chief People Officer, I operate as a strategic partner, not just a policy pusher or HR fixer. I embed inside your leadership team to diagnose what’s actually driving your people challenges, then build people systems, cultural infrastructure, and executive alignment that lasts.

The Problem Organizations Can't Ignore 

Even after an intervention or stabilization effort, leadership behavior can regress without the right support.

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This leads to:

  • Rising turnover and morale challenges

  • Leadership misalignment resurfacing

  • Communication inconsistencies

  • HR becoming reactive instead of strategic

  • Escalating people-risk

  • Culture instability

  • Decision fatigue and internal conflict

  • Damage to reputation and trust

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These aren’t HR problems.
They are leadership behavior problems that quietly erode performance over time.

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Your organization needs a stabilizing executive presence, someone who can read patterns, correct behavior under pressure, and prevent issues from escalating.

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That’s what the Fractional CPO Retainer provides.

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What Fractional CPO Actually Does:

 

​This is not administrative HR.
This is not policy work.
This is not performance management.

 

This is executive-level people leadership focused on stabilizing behavior, communication, and culture at the root.

 

You will receive:

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✔ Leadership Behavior Oversight
Real-time support for executives navigating pressure, conflict, and decision-making.

 

✔ People-Risk Identification & Prevention
Early detection of patterns that lead to turnover, burnout, or conflict.

 

✔ Culture Stabilization & Leadership Alignment
Ensuring leaders communicate consistently, regulate reactions, and stay aligned.

 

✔ Executive Coaching Under Pressure
Behavior-focused guidance for leaders during high-stakes moments.

 

✔ HR Partnership & Strategy Support
Strengthening your HR function, not replacing it — ensuring alignment and reducing overwhelm.

 

✔ Communication Stabilization
Review, refine, and guide leadership messaging to rebuild trust and clarity.

 

✔ Organizational Pattern Monitoring
Tracking emerging Purple Elephant™ patterns before they escalate.

 

✔ Ongoing Advisory to the CEO & Executive Team
You gain a stabilizing executive partner who protects the organization from the inside out.

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Who This Retainer Is For:​

 

Ideal for organizations experiencing:

  • Leadership inconsistency

  • Difficult transitions or restructuring

  • High turnover or staff disengagement

  • Communication breakdowns

  • Board–Executive misalignment

  • Rapid growth that outpaces infrastructure

  • HR burnout and overwhelm

  • Cultural fragility or internal tension

 

This retainer is designed for:

  • CEOs

  • Executive Directors

  • HR Directors

  • COOs

  • Boards

  • Hospital & healthcare leadership

  • School districts & educational institutions

  • Multi-site organizations

 

If you’ve said:

“We cannot afford leadership instability.”
“We keep seeing the same patterns repeat.”
“Our HR department is carrying too much emotional and operational weight.”
“We need oversight that coaches and stabilizes, not just advises.”

 

This service is your solution.

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Why This Retainer Matters:

Traditional HR consulting is reactive.
Policy-driven.
Issue-focused.
Administrative.

 

Our approach is different — and far more powerful.

We stabilize:

  • leadership behavior

  • emotional contagion

  • communication patterns

  • conflict escalation

  • people-risk indicators

  • culture fragility

  • decision-making under pressure

 

This retainer protects the organization from internal breakdown by providing:

✔ Proactive intervention
✔ Behavioral oversight
✔ Emotional and strategic stability
✔ Leadership pattern correction
✔ Continuity during transitions
✔ Trusted executive-level guidance

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A fractional CPO is not an expense — it’s insurance. Because when people-risk becomes real, it rarely announces itself first.

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CEO, Regional Organization

“Having Jenora as our Fractional CPO changed everything. Leadership became grounded, communication stabilized, and our turnover dropped significantly.”

Executive Director 

“We finally had someone who understood behavior under pressure. The support was transformative.”

HR Leader

“This retainer prevented crises we didn’t even see coming. Worth every dollar.”

Build Stability Now- Avoid the Crisis Later 

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