Tier One
Foundation™
A trusted HR advisor to leadership, building the core structure responsible people management needs.
Monthly strategy meeting
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Modern HR Collaborative partners with growing organizations to build thoughtful, people-centered HR systems, so you can stop carrying it all yourself and lead with clarity and confidence.
Founded by Steph Ledbetter, MA · 20+ years in HR · Fully virtual, nationwide · In person in Lincoln & Omaha
People are the heart of what we do.
Connection · Nimble · Polish · Grounded
Meet the founder
“Structure and compliance don’t have to feel corporate or impersonal. They can be clear, supportive, and aligned with the relationships that make your organization strong.”
Steph Ledbetter, MA · Founder & CEO
With more than 20 years in HR, Steph founded Modern to help founder-led teams move from informal, founder-carried people management to intentional, sustainable structure, while protecting the culture that makes them unique.
Sound familiar?
Most of the leaders we partner with didn’t start a business to manage handbooks and hard conversations. They started it to do meaningful work with good people. We help you protect both.
Is this you? Let’s talkPeople questions land on your desk because there’s nowhere else for them to go.
What worked at eight people is starting to crack at twenty-five, and everyone can feel it.
You need compliance and clarity, without losing the culture that makes your team special.
You want an experienced partner beside you, so it’s done with clarity and dignity.
The Modern HR Virtual Operating System™
Every partnership level includes support across all five pillars. The difference is how involved Modern is in leading the work alongside you.
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Hiring practices, interview structure and onboarding that sets every new person up to belong and succeed.
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Steady, dignity-first guidance through the conversations and situations that keep leaders up at night.
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Clear expectations, review frameworks and growth conversations that build accountability without fear.
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Pay, roles and structure that make sense to your people and support where the business is going.
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Handbooks, policies, SOPs and FMLA, ADA, FLSA and EEOC guidance, built to protect you as you grow.
Partnership levels
Three partnership levels, each designed to build real structure, not quick fixes.
Tier One
A trusted HR advisor to leadership, building the core structure responsible people management needs.
Monthly strategy meeting
See what’s includedTier Two
A more engaged partner developing stronger leaders, structured performance systems and greater accountability.
Bi-weekly partnership meetings
See what’s includedTier Three
HR embedded with your leadership team, guiding structure, workforce planning and long-term people strategy.
Weekly leadership meetings
See what’s includedIn the Lincoln or Omaha area? Ask about fractional HR: the same tiered support, with an in-person touch. Learn more
How we work
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A complimentary consult to hear where you are and what’s weighing on you.
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We review your current HR landscape: what’s working, what’s missing, what’s at risk.
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We recommend the partnership level that fits, and build your first priorities together.
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Steady rhythm, real-time guidance, and support that scales as your organization does.
Schedule time with us
Speaking
Bring Steph to your stage, team or conference.
Keynotes, workshops and panels on people-first leadership, culture and building HR structure that scales.