Fractional CHROs and leadership coaching for $5M to $20M companies

A founder of a $5M to $20M company can hire a fractional CHRO or learn the work and keep it in house. This page lists both: 2 firms offering fractional CHRO work and 13 programs on leadership for founders and CEOs.

Updated 21 Oct 2026 Firms 2 Programs 13 Order published rule

Hire: fractional CHRO

A fractional CHRO owns people strategy: org design, compensation bands, policies and compliance, performance management, hiring process and employee relations.

$2,280per month, median published
  • Hours4 to 10 days a month
  • Minimum term3 months
  • Month oneHR compliance audit, a check of employee and contractor classification, a review of the handbook and policies, and a look at pay against the market
  • Firms for $5M to $20M2 firms
  • Cost guideWhat a CHRO costs

Learn: leadership coaching for founders

You keep the work in house and learn to run it yourself, with a coach, a course or a peer group.

$300per hour, from
  • FormatLive, self-paced
  • Most common1-on-1 coaching, courses
  • Free to join1 program
  • Programs13 leadership programs

Hire: fractional CHROs

First on the list are Leadership Services and People Haven. One publishes a monthly fee: $2,280 a month at Leadership Services. The rest quote. Fractional CHROs usually work 4 to 10 days a month, heavier during a reorganization, a compensation review or a hiring push. Month one is an HR compliance audit, a check of employee and contractor classification, a review of the handbook and policies, and a look at pay against the market.

Fractional CHROs
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People Haven Hire Names $5M to $20M

Firm, Houston, US. CHRO. $1M to $100M.

Serves US
Fee on request

Learn: coaching for founders

13 programs on leadership for founders and CEOs.

Leadership coaching

How this page is built. The firms offer fractional CHRO work and say they serve $5M to $20M companies. The programs cover leadership and name founders or CEOs as their audience. Each list keeps the published order. Full methodology.