People Systems Consulting

People systems for growing social impact organizations that have outgrown ad hoc HR.

I help growing social impact organizations get their Founder, CEO, COO, and managers out of the HR chaos by building practical people systems that actually reflect their mission — without adding corporate bloat.

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10+ years in People & Culture
13+ countries
Built HR systems from scratch
Global, values-aligned experience
The Problem

When people systems are held together by goodwill, growth gets harder.

That is usually not a people problem. It is a systems problem.

Where We Start

The People Systems Scan

A focused 3-week diagnostic for growing social impact organizations that need to understand what is creating people-ops friction — and what to fix first.

The Scan helps you see where your people systems are creating drag, risk, or confusion. We identify the recurring patterns, clarify the highest-priority gaps, and translate the findings into a practical 90-day stabilization roadmap your team can actually use.

Start With the Scan

Deliverables

  • People systems gap map
  • Priority risk areas
  • Leadership debrief
  • 90-day stabilization roadmap
  • Recommendations for what to build, delegate, or defer
How It Works

The 3-week process

Week 1

Listen + Review

Kickoff with leadership, review core documents, and identify the gap between what the organization says and what is written down.

Week 2

Pulse + Process Walkthrough

Speak with key stakeholders and walk through one high-friction workflow, such as hiring, onboarding, or performance support.

Week 3

Connect the Dots

Analyze patterns, build the Chaos Map, and deliver a 90-day stabilization roadmap in a leadership debrief.

Services

What can happen next

01

People Systems Launch

Build the highest-priority systems identified in the Scan — such as hiring, onboarding, role clarity, performance rhythms, manager support, or policy foundations.

02

Fractional Support

Ongoing senior People & Culture support for organizations that need experienced guidance but are not ready for a full-time hire.

03

Advisory Support

Targeted guidance for CEOs, COOs, and Ops leaders navigating urgent people decisions, team friction, or organizational change.

How I Work

Why my approach is different

Deep diagnosis before templates

I do not start by handing you generic HR documents. I look for the patterns underneath the recurring problems.

Enough structure, no bloat

I build people systems small teams can actually use — clear, practical, and proportionate to your stage.

Fairness with practicality

The goal is not HR for HR's sake. It is clearer decisions, lower risk, and a workplace where people know what to expect.

Built for social impact realities

I understand lean teams, donor pressure, distributed work, global complexity, and values-driven cultures where the people experience has to reflect the mission.

Daniela Reinoso
About

Why I do this work

I started this work after seeing the same pattern across growing social impact organizations: powerful missions, committed teams, and people systems held together by goodwill, memory, and whoever had capacity that week.

I recognized the pattern because I had lived inside it. Early in my HR career, I stepped into an international nonprofit where people operations needed to be built from the ground up. Leadership needed structure, staff needed clarity, and the organization needed people systems that matched the complexity of the work.

That experience shaped how I work today. I believe organizations doing mission-critical work deserve practical, fair HR infrastructure that can carry the weight of growth — without adding bureaucracy or losing the humanity at the center of the mission.

Investment

How we can work together

Start Here

The People Systems Scan

$3,500

3-week diagnostic. Fixed scope, fixed investment.

  • People systems gap map
  • Priority risk areas
  • Leadership debrief
  • 90-day stabilization roadmap
  • Recommendations: build, delegate, or defer
Start With the Scan

If you move from the Scan into a People Systems Launch within 60 days, part of your Scan investment may be credited toward Phase 2. We'll confirm the exact structure in your proposal.

People Systems Launch

$8,000 – $18,000

Project-based. Scope determined after the Scan.

  • Build highest-priority people systems
  • Hiring, onboarding, role clarity
  • Performance rhythms & manager support
  • Policy foundations
  • Implementation support & team handoff
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Fractional People Leadership

from $5,000/mo

Ongoing support. Final scope depends on capacity, urgency, and level of embedded support.

  • Senior People & Culture guidance
  • Ongoing systems implementation
  • Leadership advisory support
  • Team friction & culture work
  • Flexible embedded engagement
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Access Rate — limited availability for qualifying social impact organizations

Ready to build the people systems your mission needs next?

Start with a 3-week People Systems Scan and leave with a clear picture of what is creating friction, what to fix first, and how to stabilize your team without overbuilding.

Start With the Scan