Steve Francis

With a history of over 2 decades in building E-commerce, Technology & Product organisations globally, I work with universities, startups and mid-sized enterprises to tailor and re-evaluate strategies that directly impact positive sustainable growth as cost optimisation and a path to profitability are critical in the current ecosystem.

As a HR Advisor, I work with Founders, Senior Leaders, CHRO%27s and TA Leaders to assist them validate their ideas, strategy and direction ensuring organisations achieve their potential with the power of their people by focusing on employee attraction, engagement and retention.

Organizations focused on growth & sustainability are often challenged with creating a brand that attracts exceptional talent, poor to avg hiring processes, frameworks & data deficient hiring decisions only to end up onboarding the wrong culture fit which impacts their ability to focus on their priority - building the right product / a clear growth strategy, competitive market position, and a compelling value proposition.

My professional advisory is as below :

Talent Acquisition -

# Working with founders & function heads to build your brand for Talent Attraction positioning #employeebranding to drive business growth.
# Analysing the needs of your organisation to customise hiring processes & practices that are quick, efficient & scalable.
# Developing founding teams interviewing & hiring skills to make the right hiring decisions through data oriented decisions
# Reducing your hiring cost burn by streamlining & coaching your hiring team to avoid exorbitant spends on headhunters & hiring vendors.
# Build your brand with top universities for future organic growth
# Networked - off sheet background verifications for key roles before closure
# Creating your Hiring Framework (Playbook) to ensure sustainability of processes & practices as you grow exponentially.

Data Analytics & Tools -

# Check status quo to assist data decisions on talent & people, recommend & implement dipstick measures to bring in efficiencies.
# Analyse current data to gather inferences on hiring efficiencies, people practices & engagement levels
# Recommend cost effective & productive HR tools & platforms to streamline HR operations & people practises
# Optimise compensation & ensure you%27re paying for performance outputs

Learning & Development -

# Collaborate with founders on curating their Leadership Principles
# Coach & develop your leaders to hire & retain critical talent
# Coach first time managers on feedback mechanisms & to handle tough conversations / conflict management
# Coach & develop your leaders to minimise redundancies & professional exit management
# Creating your Culture Playbook & ambassadors

People Practises & Compensation -

# Setting up creative Onboarding practices with measure of experience
# Recommendation on best in class Organisational Policy & Benefits
# Gauging & fixing gaps in People Engagement & Motivations
# Create a meritocratic org on the path to profitability
# Performance Management Expertise - People goals & measure of success
# Recommendation on Total Rewards & Cost Optimisations