HR Companies & HR Consultants in Melissa, TX

Exceptional HR Solutions is an outsourced human resources firm headquartered in Melissa, Texas. It serves small and midsize employers across the United States. Its main offer is access to senior HR leadership and everyday people support, so growing companies do not have to build and staff a full in-house department. The company says it has supported more than 100 businesses. Because it works nationwide, it is an option for Kansas City organizations that are comfortable with a remote HR partner.

Core services

The firm groups its work into five main offerings and adds several specialist services:

• Fractional HR: a part-time HR Director or VP-level leader. The scope covers planning for the workforce, organizational design, coaching for leaders, culture building, pay strategy, onboarding, performance reviews, employee relations and compliance.
• Retained Recruiting: dedicated search support. This includes building a hiring strategy, filling leadership roles from start to finish, offer and closing strategy, and planning for retention.
• Interim HR: temporary leadership during departures, leaves or crises. It focuses on operational oversight, change management and knowledge transfer.
• HR M&A: people-focused due diligence, a review of policies and workforce, alignment of benefits and pay, transition planning for staff, and integration after a deal closes.
• Tailored Payroll: managed payroll processing, tax filings, reporting, multi-state payroll, benefits deductions and ACA-related reporting.

The site also lists workplace investigations, compensation services, benefits administration, onboarding and HRIS support.

How engagements work

Each engagement starts with a discovery conversation about the business, its team and its current problems. The firm then drafts a prioritized plan based on headcount, goals and budget. After that, it carries out the plan and stays on for ongoing support.

Fractional arrangements can range from about 10 to 40 hours per week, and the company says it does not require long-term contracts. It describes itself as an embedded partner rather than an advisor who hands over a report and leaves. It also stresses continuity, so the same practitioners get to know a client over time. Situations it highlights include:

• fast headcount growth
• compliance gaps
• limited budgets
• one-off projects such as an employee handbook
• turnover or morale problems
• leadership changes

Payroll work follows its own sequence: an assessment of current practices, then system setup, processing and ongoing compliance support. The firm pairs payroll software with hands-on human review.

Industries and team

The company lists clients in healthcare, construction, insurance, food and beverage, energy and utilities, media and information services, manufacturing and printing, and legal services, among other sectors. CEO Neil Katz founded the firm. He holds SPHR and RBLP-T credentials and has more than 25 years in HR leadership, at organizations ranging from startups to enterprises with over 4,000 employees.

The wider team includes an advisory group, more than two dozen HR partners who deliver fractional work, a small recruiting unit, five payroll managers and business development staff. Together they report well over 450 years of HR leadership experience. For buyers, the main differentiators are a wide service range under one provider, a flexible fractional model without long commitments, and particular strength in multi-state compliance, manager coaching, culture and performance design, and organizational change.