TTS_09Team & Talent System™ On-demand, with annual refresh

Executive & Board People Ops

CXO hiring, board comp committee, founder coaching and crisis/RIF playbooks.

Why it matters

CXO hiring failures cost startups 12–18 months of momentum and 1–2% of cap table. Board-grade people ops — comp committee charters, CEO benchmarking, RIF discipline — protect the business.

Scope covered

CXO hiring playbook — search → comp → 100-day onboarding

Board Compensation Committee charter & operating cadence

CEO compensation benchmarking and pay-for-performance design

Founder & CEO coaching program (external + peer)

Crisis playbook — leadership transition, founder exit, public incident

RIF (Reduction in Force) playbook — selection criteria, comms, legal

M&A integration playbook for people (retention, leveling, redundancy)

How we run it

Our methodology

A senior-led delivery sequence — not a template dump. Each phase is operated with your team, not handed over as a deck.

1
Exec team diagnostic
Week 1
Diagnose exec team composition, capability gaps and effectiveness — confidential 1:1s + 360 input.
2
Search & onboarding playbook
Week 1–2
Run the senior search (CXO / VP) with structured rubric, references and the 90-day onboarding plan.
3
Exec comp & equity design
Week 2–4
Design exec comp + equity (founder, CXO, board observer) with vesting, accelerators and trigger logic.
4
Board & comp committee charters
Week 4–6
Stand up the comp / nomination committee charters, board onboarding kit and annual review cadence.
5
Annual exec refresh
Annual
Run the annual exec calibration, succession review and comp benchmarking with the comp committee.