HR Companies & HR Consultants in Braintree, MA

Elevate Consultings, LLC is a human resources consulting and career coaching firm based in Braintree, Massachusetts, with clients across the United States. Annie Pelissier, its founder and chief coach, started the company in 2019. The firm serves two groups. The first is employers that need HR expertise but don't want to staff a full in-house department.

The second is individual professionals who want help moving up in their careers. Most of its organizational clients are schools, nonprofits, small businesses and public employers.

HR Consulting for Employers

Organizations can hire the firm as a long-term outsourced HR partner or bring it in for a single, defined project. Each engagement is scaled to the size and needs of the client's team. Its employer services include:

• Pay studies, position classification and job description writing
• HR audits, compliance checks against state and federal labor law, and personnel file reviews
• Employee relations documentation and workplace investigations
• Fractional Chief People Officer and interim HR leadership
• Employee handbooks and written HR policies
• Recruiting, from executive search through full-cycle hiring
• Leadership training, performance management design and onboarding programs
• Assistance with unions and collective bargaining
• Equity audits and DEI strategy, change management and succession planning
• Payroll and benefits oversight, plus HR reporting for DC, state or charter school boards

Public Sector Practice

A separate practice works with government employers. These include municipalities and their departments, state agencies, boards and commissions, quasi-public authorities, utilities and school districts. This practice offers advisory support, compensation reviews, policy audits, recruitment for senior and specialized posts, organizational and workforce assessments, and training for supervisors. A typical project starts by setting out deliverables, decision-makers, timelines and procurement rules.

An agreed work plan comes next, and findings are delivered in whatever format the contract requires. Labor issues are handled together with the agency's legal counsel when that is appropriate. The firm responds to requests for qualifications and proposals. It is registered under NAICS codes for HR consulting, management consulting, executive search and employment placement.

Career Coaching and Publications

On the individual side, the firm offers career coaching, resume development and executive search. Its recent placements include a chief executive officer, a chief operating officer, a chief human resources officer, a dean of students, an academic president and an executive director. Its main coaching program is the Elevate ME Blueprint School, a 12-week program for mid-level professionals, especially women.

It focuses on personal branding, getting paid what they are worth, and moving into leadership without burning out. The firm also sells three books. The Promotion Trap explains how promotion decisions are actually made. The Quiet Authority is aimed at new and emerging leaders.

Before You Hire Again is a hiring guide for business owners and comes with templates and tools.

Background and Credentials

The firm is led by an SHRM-certified HR professional with more than 20 years in the field. Pelissier's background covers human resources, teaching and mental health. The firm describes its approach as culturally responsive and trauma-informed, and it emphasizes organized, proactive compliance work. Elevate Consultings holds both Minority Business Enterprise and Women Business Enterprise certifications from the state's Supplier Diversity Office. This may matter to public and institutional buyers who have supplier diversity goals.