HR Companies & HR Consultants in Tinley Park, IL

Ally HR Solutions LLC is a human resources consultancy that works mainly with small and mid-sized employers, and also with nonprofit organizations. It focuses on workplace culture. The firm helps clients build workplaces where staff feel valued and motivated, and where their efforts support the goals of the organization. It suits companies that do not have a full in-house HR department, or that need to add outside expertise to a small one.

How the Firm Works With Clients

Before it recommends anything, Ally HR Solutions learns about each client's values, priorities and business objectives. It then designs practical HR measures that fit those findings rather than handing out generic templates. Clients can outsource whole HR functions or hire the firm for a single project. It also takes on interim assignments, for example while a company is between HR leaders, and special one-off engagements. Prospective clients can book a free 45-minute introductory consultation to discuss their needs.

Services Offered

The firm groups its work into five main areas:

• Talent acquisition: workforce planning, recruiting, orientation and onboarding of new staff, and assessment of HR candidates
• Strategic HR: engagement strategies, design of HR programs and policies, climate assessments, employee handbooks, HR infrastructure for start-ups, and advice to senior leaders
• Compensation and benefits: plan design and administration, incentive plans, and recognition and rewards programs
• Compliance and regulatory: reviews of existing HR practices and policies written to meet legal requirements
• Employee development: performance management, compliance training, coaching for managers, and employee relations

Leadership and Team

The firm is led by Brenda Duncan, its CEO and lead HR consultant. She holds an MBA with a human resources concentration and the SPHR, SHRM-SCP and sHRBP certifications. She has spent more than two decades in HR and operations roles, and has also overseen education, safety and facilities functions.

Before founding the consultancy, she ran Human Resources and Education for a division of a teaching hospital. In 2020, Crain's Chicago Business named her to its list of Notable Leaders in HR.

Her colleagues have led HR at a global level and come from nonprofits, healthcare, consulting, and both public and private employers. The team cites several past results. One was cross-functional work on engagement that helped an employer win an award.

Others include redesigning medical plans with input from staff while cutting healthcare costs, lowering high first-year turnover at one organization, and writing policies to meet regulatory needs, including COVID safety rules. The team has also built cultures based on teamwork and ongoing learning.

What Distinguishes the Firm

Ally HR Solutions combines executive-level credentials with a focus on smaller organizations. It treats culture and engagement as core business issues, not just administrative tasks. Buyers who need help with hiring, pay structures, compliance or manager development, without employing a full HR department, will find it offers flexible engagement models suited to those needs.