OUR PURPOSE
Helping Organizations Close the Gap Between Intent and Experience
Most organizations genuinely want to put people first.
Yet, for many leaders, there exists a difficult reality – what they aspire to provide their people often doesn't match what their employees actually experience.
That gap rarely exists because leaders don't care.
More often, it exists because HR doesn’t have the right context-based strategy, structure, operating model, or capabilities needed to consistently support the organization and its people.
Hauer People helps organizations close that gap to becoming truly people-centered.
By strengthening HR strategy, improving operating effectiveness, and building organizational capability, we help leaders create workplaces where business performance and employee success reinforce one another.
When HR is intentionally designed, people experience the difference.
OUR GUIDING PHILOSOPHY
Better HR Creates Better Organizations
An organization's success depends on having talented people, working in a people-centered context.
Having the “right” talented people, doing the right work, in the right way, for the right reasons in that people-first context critically depends on having an HR function that aligns people strategy with business strategy, enables leaders to perform at their best, and helps employees succeed.
Whether planning for growth, navigating organizational change, redesigning HR, or strengthening leadership, we help you create practical strategies that improve organizational performance while keeping people at the center of every decision.
Our work is grounded in one simple belief:
Organizations perform better when their people are empowered to perform and be their best.
OUR NAME
Why the Name "Hauer People"?
Every organization makes decisions about strategy, growth, technology, operations, and finance. At Hauer People, we believe those decisions work best when they begin with a simple, human question:
How are our people?
That question is at the heart of our name.
Hauer People includes the surname of our founder, Clarence Hauer (pronounced "how-er"), but it also points to something larger: a belief that organizations thrive when people are seen, supported, and included in the work of building what comes next.
For us, “people” is not a soft idea or an afterthought. It is the place where strategy becomes real. Behind every plan, process, system, and goal are individuals and teams bringing their experience, perspective, energy, and care to the organization’s work.
That is why Hauer People is more than a name. It is a reminder to keep people at the center — to listen closely, design thoughtfully, and help organizations create the conditions where both people and performance can flourish.
It is the perspective we bring to every engagement.
OUR AREAS OF PRACTICE
Strategic HR Consulting Focused on Results
Whether you're building a long-term strategy or addressing an immediate challenge, each engagement is designed to strengthen HR's contribution to organizational success.
HR Strategic & Operational Planning
HR Transformation Advisory
HR Functional Assessment
Create practical HR strategies that align people priorities with organizational objectives and provide a clear roadmap for execution.
Modernize your HR organization with thoughtful transformation that improves service delivery, operational effectiveness, and strategic impact.
Understand what's working, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop a roadmap for increasing HR's value to the organization.
HR Team Assessment
Executive HR Advisory
CEO & Senior Executive Advisory
Ensure your HR team has the right capabilities, structure, roles, and capacity to support current and future business needs.
Gain an experienced strategic advisor who can help navigate organizational priorities, leadership decisions, and complex HR challenges.
Strengthen the partnership between executive leadership and HR by clarifying expectations, improving alignment, and supporting critical leadership decisions.
Strategic Project Leadership
HR Retreat Facilitation
Add experienced leadership capacity to major HR initiatives without expanding permanent staff.
Turn leadership discussions into clear priorities, stronger alignment, and actionable plans that move your HR organization forward.
OUR FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
Proven Experience You Can Put to Work
Choosing an HR advisor means choosing someone who understands both executive leadership and the realities of implementing change.
Clarence M. Hauer has spent decades helping organizations align people strategy with organizational strategy across healthcare, financial services, senior living, and nonprofit organizations.
His experience spans executive HR leadership, enterprise transformation, organizational effectiveness, mergers and acquisitions, HR operating model design, change leadership, and culture strategy.
Rather than offering theoretical recommendations, Clarence helps leaders develop practical solutions they can implement with confidence.
Throughout his career, he has led HR strategy and transformation initiatives for nationally recognized organizations of various sizes and complexity, collaborated with leading consulting firms including Deloitte, McKinsey, The Advisory Board, and The Hackett Group, and advised executive teams navigating significant organizational change.
His approach combines strategic thinking, disciplined execution, and a commitment to helping organizations create workplaces where people and performance thrive together.