HR Companies & HR Consultants in Philadelphia, PA

Exude Human Capital is an HR consulting firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It has been working with employers since 2006. It gives organizations senior HR talent on a part-time or project basis, so a company can get experienced people-management help without hiring full-time HR staff. Clients include early-stage companies as well as long-established enterprises, both in the Philadelphia region and across the country. The firm says it works with more than 150 clients each year.

Core Services

Its main offering is fractional, or outsourced, HR. An Exude consultant joins the client's team and handles routine HR work, difficult employee matters and advice to managers. Clients use this model to set up an HR function for the first time, to add capacity to an overloaded internal team, or to keep things running while an HR employee is on leave or a leadership role is vacant. Beyond outsourcing, the firm offers:

• Employee relations, workplace investigations and conflict resolution
• Policy development and employment compliance guidance
• Recruiting support and candidate vetting
• Strategic advisory on people, culture and organizational design
• Compensation and performance management projects
• HRIS selection and technology projects
• Organizational assessments and employee surveys
• Individual coaching for leaders and professionals
• Training sessions, team retreats and short-form training content

How Engagements Work

Exude shapes each engagement around the client's schedule and budget. An engagement can be short-term interim cover, a defined project or a long-running advisory relationship. A typical engagement has four steps: a discovery conversation, an introduction to the assigned consultant, a jointly built support plan, and then ongoing partnership.

The firm says its consultants can start quickly and that support can be scaled up or down as needs change. It also describes itself as vendor-neutral, meaning its recommendations are not tied to any particular software platform or service provider.

Industries and Experience

Exude reports experience in more than 20 sectors, including:

• Professional services, engineering and communications
• Education, nonprofits, associations and social services
• Healthcare, biotech and pharmaceuticals
• Technology, manufacturing and finance
• Government contractors

The firm says its consultants average about 29 years of professional experience, and many have previously run HR departments themselves. Exude reports that more than 10,000 people have taken part in its coaching and training programs. It also cites a 95 percent satisfaction rating and says 91 percent of clients renew or expand their engagements.

Team and Approach

Marcos Lopez (co-founder and CEO) and Alison DiFlorio (co-founder and managing partner) lead the company, with Kimberly Scheetz serving as COO and managing partner. Its roster lists more than thirty consultants, advisors and operations staff. Exude describes itself as a female-led firm, with women making up 81 percent of its team.

The firm treats inclusion as part of all of its work, from pay and performance systems to everyday HR advice, rather than as a separate service line. Its stated values include meeting clients where they are, working toward solutions together and teaching clients how to handle HR matters on their own. It also takes part in community giving activities.