People & Culture Services

From crafting custom policies to understanding compliance, BARR can partner with your team to build out the must-have HR materials to support your growing business. Branded templates for every form and agreement + our trusted list of recommended tools will increase efficiency and eliminate errors across your business. BARR can help with critical areas including:

• Forms and agreements [including offer letter, non-disclosure, non-compete]
• Associate handbook [including policies like PTO, social media, remote work, parental leave]
• Compliance & employment law to ensure your files are secure, accessible, and compliant
• Vendor review [including payroll, benefits, 401k]

No two company cultures are the same. And yet every organization has a set of attitudes, goals, and values unique to their identity. Let us help create a positive work environment that unifies your employees and propels them toward shared goals. From increased engagement, productivity, and retention to reduced turnover and the ability to recruit top talent, a strong culture can elevate your organization in nearly every way. BARR can help with critical areas including:

• Guidance on how to develop value statements (mission, vision, core values) that employees can rally around
• Standards and expectations for treating your team with respect and dignity
• Communicating company standards [including dress code, office hours, communication tools]
• Associate perks, wellness, and mental health benefits
• Philanthropy & giving programs [including volunteer time off, employer matching]

Top talent is the life blood of your organization. Use our proven processes and recommended tools to automate, expedite, and fool-proof your talent recruitment process—saving you time and money while building your dream team. BARR can help with critical areas including:

• Talent acquisition [including recruitment, interviews, and training best practices]
• Interview process development [including branded templates]
• Candidate experience and employer brand development
• Tools review and selection

You have one chance to make a first impression. Research shows that onboarding programs directly impact the longevity and success of a new hire. We’ve developed a new hire experience framework that can be tailored to fit your team’s needs. BARR can help with critical areas including: 

• Efficient equipment ordering processes
• Step-by-step guides on how to fully integrate new hires into your culture 
• New hire checklists, training, and orientation best practices
• Recommendations for 30, 60, 90-day check-ins and beyond
• Tools review and selection for an ideal working environment

Gone are the days of micromanagement, constant status updates, and formal performance reviews. Put the right tools in place to empower your associates at every level—leaving all administrative tasks behind. BARR can help with critical areas including: 

• Competency design, role clarity, and job descriptions
• Organizational design
• Succession and career planning
• Continuous performance management
• 360 degree feedback
• Associate engagement
• Managing performance issues
• Compensation strategy

Whether your team is remote, in-office, or hybrid, BARR has best practices to ensure your team is engaged, inspired, and productive. Our templates, tools, and processes will scale and grow with your organization. BARR can help with critical areas including:

• Team-building activities to nurture a connected, inclusive team
• Engagement surveys
• Remote tools review
• Remote/hybrid best practices 
• Adding FUN to each work day

Add strategic value to your organization by helping your people develop key skills and behaviors that will propel them and your organization forward. BARR L&D programs are designed to help people managers grow into well-rounded mentors and future-ready leaders.  We will take your organization’s mission and foundational beliefs and develop programs that instill empowerment and longevity in your leaders. BARR can help with critical areas including:

• Future leaders development program 
• Leadership skills development
• Organizational change programs
• Mentor programs

Now more than ever, clients, vendors, partners, and candidates want to know what your organization is doing to promote a sensitive, diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture. Our programs have proven to increase engagement, employee satisfaction, and a sense of belonging for organizations. BARR can help with critical areas including:

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging best practices and policies
• Data collection and discovery
• Diversity and Inclusion recruiting best practices
• Equitable policy and process review
• Best practices for celebrating differences
• Inclusion activities and events [including a company culture and engagement calendar]
• Recommended Speakers Based on Topic

Does your organization need consistent support and guidance on HR and talent issues?

• BARR offers a monthly, virtual CPO partner service.
• For one fixed monthly fee, you will receive all the necessary people, compliance, and culture maintenance support you need. 
• Our virtual CPO will work with your team to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics—implementing the talent strategies and solutions needed to fuel future business growth.
• Let us help you simplify the path to a thriving, engage and future ready workforce!