Strategic HR at the table. Without the full-time cost. When it matters most.
PE-backed or growing fast, you need senior HR before the next acquisition, funding round, or culture reset. Not a generalist filling a gap. A strategic partner in the seat.
Guided Path HR is that partner.
Every engagement has a clear output.
Not open-ended consulting that never resolves. Each service is scoped, deliverable-focused, and built for where your company actually is.
Fractional CHRO Retainer
$4,000–$8,000/month · 10–15 hrs/month
Senior HR leadership without the full-time cost. You get strategic partnership at the executive level — people strategy, leadership advisory, and organizational decisions made with the same urgency your business demands.
HR Strategy Sprint
$2,500–$5,000 · 30-day engagement
A focused 30-day engagement that audits your current HR function, identifies the gaps costing you time and talent, and delivers a clear roadmap for what to fix first. A defined scope. A real deliverable.
Executive Coaching
$400–$600/hr · or $2,000/month retainer
One-on-one leadership coaching for senior HR professionals and people leaders navigating high-stakes environments. Built on 16+ years in the CHRO seat, not a coaching certification.
Autoimmune-Talent Workshop
$1,500–$3,000/session · half-day format
A half-day company workshop on chronic illness and workforce inclusion. Designed for HR leaders and executive teams who want to build environments where people can perform from their full truth.
HR Advisory
$750–$1,500/month · light-touch support
Monthly advisory call plus async Q&A access for small businesses that need senior HR guidance without a full retainer. The right answer when the question matters but the scope doesn't justify a sprint.
The HR Strategy Sprint is a 30-day engagement with a defined scope and a clear deliverable. Most engagements begin here.
Every leader is managing something invisible. The question is whether you're building an environment where people can lead from their full truth.
Request the WorkshopThe Autoimmune-Talent Workshop is a half-day engagement for leadership teams and HR professionals building inclusive workplaces for employees with chronic illness and invisible disabilities.
It covers accommodations strategy, retention approaches, and empathy-driven leadership — grounded in Sandra's lived experience with Sjogren's syndrome and 16+ years of CHRO-level expertise.
$1,500–$3,000 per session · Half-day format · Available for leadership teams, HR departments, and executive off-sites
Four-time CHRO. Twenty years of results.
Sandra Beckett has held the CHRO seat four times. PE-backed platforms, Fortune 500 enterprises, SaaS, retail, manufacturing, energy, and defense. That is 16 years of making people strategy do real business work in environments where most HR functions would have stalled.
Her record: $8M+ in HR-driven cost savings. 8+ M&A integrations valued at $900M+. A 6x exit at Buyers Edge Platform in 2024. She built the HR function there from scratch, cut turnover from 17% to 11%, and saved over $2 million in benefits costs in her first engagement.
Through Guided Path HR Partners, she brings that same level of partnership to companies that need a CHRO-level seat but aren't ready — or don't need — a full-time hire. She works with SMBs, PE-backed platforms scaling toward exit, and organizations navigating acquisition.
She leads with data, builds with empathy, and executes with urgency.
Built for companies where HR decisions have real stakes.
PE-Backed Platforms
Scaling toward exit or managing post-acquisition integration. You need HR leadership that understands how PE boards think and what they measure.
Growth-Stage Companies
Preparing for a funding round, leadership transition, or rapid headcount growth. People strategy can't be an afterthought when the stakes are this high.
SMBs Navigating Change
50–500 employees. Too large to wing it, not large enough to justify a full-time CHRO. You need a strategic seat without the full-time cost.
Senior HR Leaders
CHROs, VPs of People, and HR Directors navigating high-stakes transitions, career pivots, or the weight of leading through complexity alone.
Organizations in M&A
8+ integrations. Sandra has built the playbook. Culture integration, workforce restructuring, and day-one communication done with urgency and intention.
Leaders Managing the Invisible
Companies that want to retain high performers who happen to be managing chronic illness, invisible disability, or health challenges that don't show up on the outside.
HR Intelligence for Leaders Who Can't Afford to Get It Wrong
Practical thinking on people strategy, M&A integration, and what it actually takes to build organizations that survive rapid change.
The CHRO's M&A Playbook
What most acquirers get wrong in the first 90 days — and the people decisions that determine whether a deal actually closes.
When HR Has a Seat at the Table
The difference between HR that advises and HR that leads. How to know which one your organization actually has.
The Invisible Workforce
Why your highest performers may be managing something you can't see — and what inclusive leadership actually costs when you ignore it.
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