Business is a people game. We get to the essence of what it takes to move a business forward.
TruHumanitas is an advisory firm working at the intersection of business and human capital.
We work with leaders on the business challenges that matter most and the human dynamics that shape them. We do this by getting beneath the surface to understand what is really happening, what the business needs, and what may be getting in the way.
The business conversation and the human conversation are the same conversation. We work to create the space for people to be candid and vulnerable with one another, surface what others may leave unsaid, and confront what needs to be faced.
How we work is across the three dimensions of I (Individual), We (Team), and It (Business).
Elevate the I. Regenerate the We. Accelerate the It.
We've sat in your chair, not just beside it
Our team has led businesses, talent and organizations from the inside, with senior experience across Cargill, Salesforce, Carlyle, Korn Ferry, ServiceNow and Gap.
We know the pressure of making decisions when the answer isn't obvious. Of leading people through uncertainty, and balancing the performance of today with what the business needs tomorrow.
That experience helps us get to the essence quickly with your team. We understand the business context while seeing the human dynamics that others may miss. We also bring experience without assuming we know the answer, candor without judgment, and the curiosity to keep looking beneath the obvious.
What we bring to the table:
- —Executive credibility: We have decades of experience leading talent inside global companies.
- —One integrated system: We often see our clients tackle problems at only one level: specific leaders, specific KPIs. We bring our approach ‘I, We, It’ to address the individual, the team and the organization as one system.
- —Business outcomes first: Our work always focuses first on the business result we want to achieve. We ask what is this in service of? How does this drive the strategy? Then we take practical actions.
- —Human and bold: We don't believe in a one size fits all approach. We offer deep personalization and real connection with our clients. While also having the courage to surface hard truths.
Our integrated approach
Every organization is a human system. We work with three dimensions of that system at the same time. We call this I-We-It, or in other words, the Individual, the Team, and the Business. We see I, We and It as one integrated conversation.
IElevate the I — Individual Leadership
Change starts with each of us. We help leaders understand themselves and their impact more deeply, see their context more clearly, and expand what they can see, hold and do as the complexity and stakes grow.
Our aim is not to create an ideal leader. It is to expand the capacity to lead from who you are with what the business asks of you.
WERegenerate the We — Teams & Relationships
Individual talent only gets you so far. We create the space for teams to understand each other more deeply, say what needs to be said, work through tension and build the trust and accountability to do things together that they could not do alone.
This is where individual capacity becomes collective capacity, where we see a shift from individual excellence to scale through others.
ITAccelerate the It — Business Performance
We help leaders get clear on what matters most and align the leadership, talent, organization and ways of working required to deliver it.
The business imperative gives the human work its purpose. The human system determines what becomes possible.
Our Services
We start with the business, not a predefined intervention. How we approach the work with you depends on your challenge. We typically partner in three key areas.
Talent & Organization Advisory
Align the business you are building with the leadership, talent and organization required to deliver it.
We get inside your business to understand where it is going and what your strategic ambitions will require. This often involves understanding the human capacity you already have in place and where something needs to change.
To do this, we bring the rigor and judgment of professionals on our team who have led businesses, talent and organizations ourselves. Our work in this area encompasses: leadership and talent assessment, succession, organization design, operating model work, and culture and leadership alignment.
Team Coaching
Turn individual talent into collective capacity.
We work with senior teams on the real business challenges they are facing, not around them. By getting to the heart of the challenge on a team, we quickly surface what’s getting in the way of team effectiveness. We work with teams where relationships are not working, conversations are being avoided, competing agendas, there is unclear accountability, or a collection of talented individuals who have not yet become a team.
At TruHumanitas, our work with teams creates the conditions for people to lower their defenses, understand one another differently and confront what needs to be confronted. Our objective is not creating harmony. It is developing a team that can challenge, decide and perform together.
Leadership Development
Grow the leader as the demands of the business grow.
Our coaching and development starts with the leader as a human being and the reality of the role they are in. We design around the group of leaders and the context of your business, because the leadership a business needs at one stage of growth is rarely the leadership it needed before. We work in this constant agility with you while also developing the agility of your leaders.
We meet people where they are, without leaving them there. We are focused on helping leaders understand the patterns that shape how they lead, confront the assumptions that may be limiting them, and expand what they can see, hold and do. This is quiet and demanding work. Building the self-awareness to lead differently, the judgment to hold greater complexity, and the agility to keep growing long after we are gone. And it becomes more important in the context of leading in AI.
What our clients are saying
"This wasn't training, it was transformation that actually stuck. They connect leadership directly to business outcomes."— CEO, technology company
"The biggest impact TruHumanitas has had is actually changing mindsets in the past year, which is the hardest part of any growth initiative or transition. A year ago, I didn't think we'd see the changes we've seen. Their biggest value-add is the ability to get into the organization, understand us, and connect."— CEO, private equity backed company
"The combination is the seniority and expertise — both are extremely senior, with real, lived experience. I look for practitioners, people who know what they're talking about because they've lived it, not just written books. That's exactly what they are."— CEO, software company
"They are more than a one-off consultant, an integrated advisor and an extension of our team, who follows through with the whole organization, not just the individual. I'm very happy with TruHumanitas, I really have no critiques."— Founder, private equity backed company
"Through a combination of offsites and remote support, they've been instrumental in building a high-performance team culture, helping us reduce silos, work through conflict, and build trust. We're now performing at a much higher level than simply the sum of our individual talents."— Regional Commercial Director, software company