Our Services

Your stand-in People Operations and Human Resources Team

People Leadership Guidance

Managing a workforce can be challenging. Need quick advice on a tricky employee problem? If you are experiencing a people operations or HR challenge, such as an employee relations issue, we can help!

Fractional HR Support

Are you a busy founder or leader and need more structure to improve employee engagement and productivity? Day-to-day HR tasks piling up, but bringing on someone full-time doesn’t meet your needs? Let us be your stand-in people operations and HR team for the short or long term or however much support you need.

Bespoke Employee Engagement Guidance

Looking to level up your company’s employee experience but don’t know what to do or how to do it? We can help translate your mission and vision into an employee experience that attracts, retains, and motivates your team as you scale your business.

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Employee Experience

  • On + offboarding
  • Internal communication strategies, i.e. people messaging and company touchpoints
  • Pulse (engagement) surveys
  • DEIB strategies

Compliance

  • Compensation and benefit plan strategies
  • Culture Book
  • Employee Handbook
  • Record Keeping Best Practices
  • HR Legal Basics
  • Misconduct Policy and Prevention

Crisis Management

  • Misconduct Investigations, i.e. harassment, discrimination
  • RIF/Restructure Basics

Coaching and Leadership

  • Performance management
  • Offsite planning
  • Mentorship

Talent Strategy

  • Employer Branding
  • Recruiting

OurFounder

Ijeoma Ofonagoro

Ijeoma is a People Operations and Talent Development Leader with 13+ years of experience working with international and cross-cultural teams spanning the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia.  She has spent the majority of her career working with social enterprises, startups, and international development agencies to scale projects.

IJ is a thoughtful strategist and coach. She was able to coach me through valuable introspection to think differently about my workplace dynamic. I was able to navigate some tricky waters and charter a path for my professional growth.

Meta

Manager

Paragon has been an excellent resource for my startup. The team is responsive, creative, and thinks outside the box. They helped us determine our structure, systems, and organizational design approach.

Astur

Founder

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