The Dawson Group | Senior-Level HR Strategy for Growing Businesses

Your Moment

Does This Sound Like You?

My Business Is Growing Faster Than My HR Can Keep Up

Your team has doubled but your people processes haven't. You're making it work, but you know the cracks are starting to show. One bad hire, one compliance miss, one culture problem — and it could cost you everything you've built.

I Just Want to Run My Business — Not Manage HR Headaches

You didn't sign up to be an employment attorney. But somehow you're the one fielding every people problem, every policy question, every awkward conversation. You need to get back to leading.

My Leadership Team Is Good, But They Could Be Great

They're talented, loyal, and they care. But something's not clicking at the top. The real conversations happen in hallways, not meetings. Decisions get made, then quietly undermined. You know it. They know it.

I Have a Legacy Employee Everyone Loves — But We've Outgrown Their Role

They were your first hire. They've given everything. But the business has evolved and their skills haven't kept pace. You don't want to lose them. You just need a path forward that's fair to everyone.

I Don't Know What to Pay My People — Or If My Benefits Are Even Competitive

You want to do right by your team, but you're guessing on salary ranges and hoping your benefits plan is good enough. You need an honest, outside opinion from someone who knows the market — and who cares about what's best for your people and your budget, not what earns a broker a commission.

I Need Training for My Team, But I Don't Have the Time or the Budget

You know your people need development — but between running the business and watching every dollar, training keeps getting pushed to next quarter. What if we told you grant funding could cover most or all of it? We write the grants and facilitate the training. Sometimes at no cost to you.

We're Not Consultants Who Hand You a Binder and Disappear

Wendy and her team embed themselves in your business. They learn your people. They understand your culture. They build solutions that actually work for YOUR company — not the textbook version.

Wendy personally leads every engagement. You're not working with an analyst or junior consultant. You're working with someone who has scaled businesses, navigated the hardest people decisions, and genuinely cares about the success of your team. She's been in your shoes.

When you work with The Dawson Group, you get a partner who shows up, listens, and builds solutions that stick.

What We Offer

Here's Where We Step In

Fractional HR

You need senior HR expertise but not a full-time salary. We become your HR department — as much or as little as you need. We handle the day-to-day while building the strategy for tomorrow.

Leadership Team Development

Your leadership team needs to stop operating in silos and start operating as one. Wendy's 2-day intensive creates alignment, builds trust, and gets everyone rowing in the same direction.

Employment Compliance

You're pretty sure you're compliant. Pretty sure isn't good enough. We'll review your policies, your practices, and your exposure — and make sure you're protected.

Training & Development

Your people are your greatest investment. We make sure that investment pays off — with programs that actually develop skill, not just check boxes.

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Insights & Stories

Your Business Needs HR. Let's Figure It Out Together.