Certified Women-Owned Human Resources Consulting Services in Minnesota

Optimum Leadership Academy provides leadership development, executive coaching, and organizational performance consulting for healthcare and public-sector teams. Services include leadership training, workforce development, communication and conflict management training, and team performance improvement. Founder Carol Dahlke brings more than 40 years of healthcare leadership experience and serves as faculty at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. She is an ICF-certified Associate Certified Coach (ACC), Maxwell Certified DISC Consultant, and Working Genius facilitator. Optimum Leadership Academy helps organizations strengthen leadership capability, improve collaboration, and build high-performing teams. Certified EDWOSB and WOSB. NAICS: 611430, 541611, 541612.

True North provides strategic and crisis communications support and practical, scenario-based training. We offer the following crisis communications services: real-time advising and counsel; message and statement development; communications strategy and planning; media strategy and response guidance; spokesperson preparation and support; statement, Q&A and news release drafting; post-incident review and lessons learned. We provide the following training options: tabletop exercises & simulations; crisis communications fundamentals; media & spokesperson training; custom training programs.

Talee Global is a premier consulting firm that combines the power of psychology with strategic expertise to elevate organizational performance and empower leaders to drive impactful results. We specialize in leadership development, organizational consulting, assessments-including psychometric and workplace culture evaluation, strategic planning, and professional training, offering tailored solutions to meet the unique needs of government agencies. As experts in organizational and human psychology, we bring evidence-based insights to help agencies navigate complex challenges, implement sustainable change, and build high-performing teams. Our services range from delivering engaging keynotes and workshops to providing executive coaching and strategic advisory support. By aligning your agency's vision, mission, and values with actionable strategies, Talee Global ensures operational excellence, workforce resilience, and measurable outcomes.

RainMaker Coaching LLC delivers expert facilitation, leadership coaching, and organizational change services to federal, nonprofit, and academic institutions. Since 2000, we’ve specialized in leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives that align leadership, manage conflict, and drive strategic transformation. We are recognized for cross-agency collaboration, leadership alignment, and facilitation of high-impact retreats, workshops and planning sessions. RainMaker Coaching is trusted to support mission-driven organizations through critical transitions and collaborative challenges. WOSB certified.

We provide expert consultation to organizations, government agencies, and businesses on strategies to combat human trafficking and domestic violence. This includes developing tailored solutions, training programs, policy guidance, and strategic planning to enhance their efforts in addressing these critical issues.

Athena Actuarial Consulting is a boutique actuarial and advisory firm specializing in healthcare, pension, and OPEB consulting. We help organizations move beyond compliance by delivering practical, data-driven solutions that support informed decision-making and long-term sustainability. Athena partners with federal and state agencies, healthcare organizations, employers, and public sector entities to provide actuarial analysis, valuation services, rate development, financial modeling, policy support, and strategic consulting. As a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract holder, we provide federal agencies with streamlined access to actuarial and advisory services.

24 years of providing both custom and certified IT related training. Certified Microsoft Learning Partner providing training, curriculum development, e-learning, live Instructor led Virtual training, computer lab assessments and self-study. Strong ERP training covering Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Dynamics 365, and SAP training and custom curriculum development. Certified to train on cloud products including AZURE, AWS and Google Cloud.

GreySource is a thought-leading, woman-owned recruitment agency with a commitment to, expertise in, and focus on age-inclusive recruitment and workforce development. We bring +50 professionals into talent pipelines and highlight their unique assets as an untapped workforce solution. In addition to traditional recruiting, we assist forward-thinking employers and organizations in embracing the power of multi-generational teams, retaining long-term high performers, and integrating age diversity within their broader inclusion objectives. We also work to influence and mentor cultural and policy changes within organizations, helping them to capitalize on best practices that ensure everyone from seasoned experts to emerging experts thrive equally as their employees. Core competencies: Recruiting, Age-Friendly Employer Best Practices & Transformations; Inclusive Hiring Consulting, Evaluations & Support; Multi-generational Workforce Development Consulting,

Founded in 2013, The Lumin Group is a team and leadership development firm focused on strengthening organizations by developing their most valuable resource - people. We partner with clients and organizations to help foster positive and productive workplace ecosystems in the ever-changing landscape of work. We do this through the services we offer, but more importantly by the way we work. Our whole team is focused on a single goal: changing the workplace for the better. And we do this by grounding our work in the sciences of psychology, biology, and neuroscience, as well as relevant research to inform every aspect of our approach.The Lumin Group is a certified WOSB specializing in: Customized leadership development services/training for individuals, teams, and organizations; Team coaching for forming, change, or active conflict/disruption, facilitation of meetings or conferences, and cohort-based leadership development academies.

EDWOSB - Helps companies improve service, quality and productivity by improving work flow, policies, procedures and organization structure and skills by strengthening and aligning their people, processes and metrics.

J Harris Firm, LLC is an HR Administrative Services Organization (ASO) and Statistical Consulting firm based in the South and Midwest. Our objectives are to (a) provide tailored HR Solutions to local, state, and federal government agencies, municipalities, private for-profit, and non-profit clients to attract, maintain, and retain the right talent at every level of the organization and (b) provide statistical consulting through various services, including research planning, design of experiments and surveys, methods of analysis, use of statistical computing programs, and interpretation of results. A set of core principles and priorities guides our firm. Integrity. Responsibility. Reliability. Customer Focus. Innovation. Inclusion. Community. These core values inform everything we do at J Harris Firm.

WOSB/MBE Specializing in Business/Management Consulting including: diversity management, multi-cultural competency, leadership training, policies and procedures, process improvement, business documentation.

Executive Coaching, Leadership Development Coaching, Career Coaching, Leadership Training, Change Management Training and Consulting, Organization Change Consulting, Transformation Consulting, Team Coaching, Group Coaching

Strategic Diversity Initiatives will advance your organization’s equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts with an approach that is strategic and sustainable. Too often, organizations attempt a piecemeal approach to their diversity and inclusion work, reacting to the particular need or crisis at the time. This reactive approach fails to bring lasting change to the organization and its constituents. In contrast, Strategic Diversity Initiatives helps you create and implement a plan to move forward in ways that are comprehensive, enduring, and connected to your core mission. We support equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts with an array of services customized to meet your specific goals, including consultation, training, organizational audits, coaching, and leadership development.

Founded in 1996, Ideal System Solutions, Inc. has become a leading provider of end-to-end information technology products, solutions and professional services.

Iron Post Leadership is a boutique organizational psychology and talent management consulting firm that helps organizations build stronger leaders, healthy cultures, and high-performing teams. We partner with universities, government agencies, nonprofits, and private sector clients to deliver evidence-based solutions that drive measurable results. Our services include employee engagement and climate surveys, leadership and executive assessment, structured hiring systems, competency modeling, executive coaching, team alignment workshops, and customized leadership development programs. We combine rigorous research with practical experience to deliver clear, actionable insights. As a small, woman-owned business, we provide personalized service, agile project management, and tailored solutions aligned to each client’s mission and strategy, emphasizing fairness, defensibility, and long-term performance.

Strategic Planning, Change Management, Technology and Operational Strategy and Implementation, Healthcare Consulting