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Get answers about fractional CPO services, leadership development, pricing, process, and working with Rysa Leadership. Direct answers to help you decide if we're right for you.

About Rysa Leadership

  • Rysa Leadership provides fractional Chief People Officer services and leadership development for growing companies (50-250 employees). We integrate strategic people systems and leadership capacity building, leveraging AI for efficient delivery while maintaining the deep human insight that drives transformation.

  • We're based in Victoria, BC, and serve clients across North America. Most work happens remotely with regular on-site visits for key meetings, leadership sessions, and relationship building.

  • We work with growing companies (50-250 employees), private equity-backed companies navigating transitions, executive teams ready to function at higher levels, and organizations in transformation. Most clients are in technology, life sciences, professional services, or finance.

  • Technology, life sciences, professional services, and finance are our core industries. We also work with clients in other sectors when they're 50-250 employees and need strategic people leadership or leadership development.

Fractional CPO Basics

  • A fractional Chief People Officer provides executive-level HR leadership part-time, typically 1-2 days per week. You get strategic people planning, leadership development, and AI-augmented delivery at a fraction of the cost of a $250K+ full-time CHRO.

  • You get 25+ years of experience immediately at 50-70% lower cost ($77K-$153K/year vs. $250K+), with no benefits or equity. You pay only for the strategic capacity you need, with flexibility to scale up or down, and we can start in weeks instead of months.

  • Consultants deliver projects and hand you a report. We partner with you ongoing as part of your leadership team, there for strategy AND execution. We're accountable for results, not just recommendations.

  • When you're 50-250 employees and your people systems are breaking, your leadership team isn't aligned, or you're navigating new levels of complexity, M&A, or culture transformation. If you need strategic HR leadership but not five days a week, it's the right time.

  • We partner with you at the executive table on strategic people planning, build talent systems that scale, develop your leadership team, participate in leadership meetings, provide board-level reporting, and mentor your internal HR team. We're there for strategy and execution.

Leadership Development

  • We build your team's capacity to navigate complexity, think systemically, and lead with wisdom by facilitating them through their toughest live business challenges. Your team learns while solving real problems, so results and capacity building happen simultaneously.

  •  Training teaches frameworks and skills, then people return to business as usual. We facilitate your team through actual challenges they're facing, so they build capacity while delivering results. The learning is embedded in their work, not separate from it.

  • A half-day working session where your team tackles a real challenge while we diagnose what's limiting their capacity. You get progress on the challenge, clarity on patterns holding you back, and a roadmap for building next-level capacity. Investment: $3,500.

  •  6-12 month immersive journeys where your team tackles high-stakes business challenges while building capacity to navigate complexity. By the end, you've solved the challenge and built a self-sustaining learning community that keeps growing. Investment: $35K-$95K.

  •  It depends on the service. The Leadership Capacity Diagnostic is a half-day. Fractional CPO partnerships typically run 12-24 months. Leadership Growth Labs span 6-12 months. Executive Partnering can be ongoing monthly or custom engagements.

  • For fractional CPO work, typically 1-2 days per week depending on your company size and needs. For leadership development, we design the cadence around your team's availability and the depth of transformation required.

  • Both. Most strategic work happens remotely, but we visit regularly for leadership team meetings, retreats, culture initiatives, and relationship building. Frequency depends on your needs and location.

  • We start with a 30-minute conversation to understand your challenges and explore fit. If there's alignment, we design a customized proposal. Once you're ready, we begin with our Diagnose phase to deeply understand your context before moving into execution.

  • For fractional CPO engagements, typically within 2-3 weeks. For leadership development work, timing depends on the scope and your team's availability. We move as quickly as you need while ensuring we set up for success.

Process & Timeline

Pricing & Investment

  • $6,400-$12,800/month depending on time commitment (1-2 days per week) and scope. That's 50-70% less than a full-time CHRO with no benefits or equity costs.

  • Monthly retainers for fractional CPO work based on days per week. Project-based pricing for leadership development engagements. Custom pricing for major initiatives like M&A integration or culture transformation.

  • Strategic people planning, executive team partnership, leadership team meeting participation, talent strategy and systems building, leadership coaching, board-level reporting, and mentoring your internal HR team. You get strategic leadership and execution support.

  • Leadership Capacity Diagnostic: $3,500. Executive Partnering: $3,500/month. Board and team retreats: $15K-$40K. Adaptive Leadership Growth Labs: $35K-$95K. All pricing is customized to scope and duration.

  • Fractional CPO services are billed monthly. For larger leadership development engagements, we can structure payments across project milestones. We're flexible and work with you to find an arrangement that fits your budget cycle.

Working Together

  • Just your current challenges and what success looks like for you. In our initial conversation, we'll discuss your company size, stage, people systems, leadership team dynamics, and what's keeping you up at night. We handle the rest.

  • Absolutely. We mentor and develop your HR team while operating at the strategic level. Often companies have talented HR generalists or coordinators who are maxed out. We provide executive leadership while building their capability to grow.

  • Yes. We provide board-level reporting for fractional CPO clients and facilitate board development retreats. We're experienced presenting to boards and investors, providing the professional people strategy reporting they expect.

  •  Start with a conversation or the Leadership Capacity Diagnostic. We'll help you see what's limiting your capacity and give you a clear roadmap for what comes next, whether that's fractional CPO services, leadership development, or something else entirely.

  • Yes. The Strategic People Planning Intensive ($2,500) gives you 3 hours of strategic counsel on people decisions. The Leadership Capacity Diagnostic ($3,500) is a half-day session diagnosing team capacity. Both deliver immediate value without ongoing commitment.

Location & Availability

  • Victoria, BC, Canada.

  • We serve clients across North America. Most work happens remotely with regular on-site visits for key meetings and leadership sessions. We design the right mix of remote and on-site based on your needs.

  • While most clients are in North America, we're open to international engagements depending on time zones and logistics. Contact us to discuss your specific situation.

  • We maintain a limited client roster to ensure deep partnership. Fractional CPO: Currently accepting 1-2 new clients. Leadership Development: Accepting engagements for Q2 2026 and beyond. Contact us to discuss timing.

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