Your people are the strategy. Forth K brings senior HR and growth expertise to businesses of every size, from first hires to enterprise projects.
People are at the centre of everything we do.
We empower, equip, and develop your people so you can focus on scaling your business. We offer comprehensive, practical solutions to the most difficult growth and human-resources challenges employers face, from your first hires to your hardest decisions.
Our consultants aren't theorists. We've built and scaled teams and led the HR and operations functions at companies such as BlackBerry, Shopify, Nortel, RSA, Manulife, TradeGecko, and FirePower Capital. We bring that calibre of thinking to businesses your size.
Fundable business plans and 3-year financial roadmaps, the kind banks, grant programs, and investors take seriously. We've written hundreds for growing businesses.
Termination, exit, and outplacement support, handled with care and dignity for the person leaving, the team that stays, and your business. Decision support, manager coaching, delivery, and follow-through.
Exit with grace →Fractional and outsourced HR plus total rewards: compensation, benefits, incentives, and workforce planning designed to fit your stage and strategy, built on programs run at BlackBerry, Shopify, and beyond.
Performance systems and OKRs, first-time-manager training, and 1:1 executive coaching that pays for itself in retention and results.
Memorable, expertly produced events, from intimate gatherings to festivals for over a million people.
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A fractional HR executive gives you the strategy, design, and judgment of a seasoned CHRO without carrying one full-time. You get senior people leadership exactly when you need it, and not a salary line when you do not.
We lead projects and teams, advise you through growth and the decisions that come with it, and provide seasoned coaching to a junior HR team that may not yet have the depth of experience. Senior guidance, on your terms.
Book a consultWe work with founders and teams across technology, finance, and consumer goods, and we're proud to champion minority- and women-owned businesses. Larger organizations bring us in, too, to inject senior expertise into a single project and get it done.
Starting out or finding your footing? We put the right people foundations in place: hiring, pay structures, and plans. All without the cost of a full-time HR team.
Scaling quickly? We build the compensation, performance, and workforce systems that protect your culture and your results as you add people.
Need senior expertise for a specific project, like a rewards redesign, a restructuring, or a sensitive exit? Drop us in and we'll get it done.
20+ years in HR, total rewards & operations at BlackBerry, Nortel, Shopify & TradeGecko. Personally led 500+ employee exits and office closures.
Senior global HR leader with deep compensation & benefits expertise. People-first, and a mental-health advocate.
HR business partner with strategic-partnerships strength and international experience. Cornell University.
Builds business plans and financial forecasts, with deep experience in sales and account management.
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