Strengthen: HR retainer support for you and your managers
When managing people needs more support.
Deal with today’s people issues. Get ahead of tomorrow’s.
As your team grows, managing people takes more time. Managers need support, contracts and policies need attention and employee concerns can quickly land back on your desk.
Our Strengthen HR retainer gives you experienced HR support to handle these situations and improve how people are managed across your business.
We work alongside you and your managers, prepare the paperwork and help put agreed changes into practice. Regular check-ins keep important HR work moving, so it gets attention before it becomes urgent.
Typically suited to businesses with 11–30 employees.
From £725 + VAT per month
“Their advice is always practical and proportionate, and
they genuinely understand the challenges faced by owners of small and medium-sized businesses.”
-Laura Turner, Director, Noted in Style ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
What support looks like in practice
An employee’s performance isn’t improving.
We help you review what’s happened, agree a fair approach and prepare the letters and meeting paperwork. We also help your manager prepare for the conversation and consider what happens next.
Your policies aren’t keeping pace with the business.
We review the documents that need attention and help update them to reflect your responsibilities and how your business works.
Managers keep bringing the same problems to you.
We work directly with them to address concerns, prepare for difficult conversations and build more consistent management habits.
Important HR work keeps slipping.
We check in regularly to review what has changed, identify concerns and agree what needs attention. We help move the work forward, from overdue policy updates to preparing managers for upcoming reviews.
We’ll agree the work covered by your retainer and explain any additional costs before further work begins.
“With the continued support of Dakota Blue, we have up skilled our managers, and shown them creative ways to proactively assist with their roles and grow as individuals.”
Alex Burden, Managing Director, BB4 Hospitality ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Is Strengthen right for your business?
Strengthen is typically suited to businesses with 11–30 employees, where owners and managers need regular HR support but don’t have the experience or capacity in-house. It could be a good fit if:
People issues regularly interrupt your work.
Your managers need support to handle concerns fairly and consistently.
You’ve outgrown managing HR yourself, but a full-time HR hire doesn’t yet make sense.
You want to address problems earlier and improve how your team is managed.
Your employee count is a guide. We’ll talk through the support you need before recommending a programme.
Practical support when you need it
“Dakota Blue Consulting are a great support to our company, they respond quickly to our requests and their advice is current and accurate. They are on hand to provide advise, documents, meeting support and much much more.”
-Bill Pullen · Google review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Could Strengthen be right for your business?
Tell us what’s happening with your team and where you need support. We’ll talk through whether Strengthen is a good fit, what we could take on and what you and your managers would remain responsible for.
Before you decide, we’ll explain the monthly cost, what’s included and how we would get started.
Start a confidential conversation
An initial conversation, with no pressure or obligation.