FINANCIAL STRATEGY CATALYST
Financial Strategy Catalyst — for people navigating risk, change, and connection.
FRACTIONAL CHRO · KEYNOTE SPEAKER · BOARD ADVISOR
Helena Ferrari, GPHR, PHR
HR is financial strategy. Helena helps CEOs, CFOs, and boards lead through change, build resilient teams, and turn workforce decisions into measurable margin.
GPHR · PHR · FRACTIONAL CHRO · BOARD MEMBER · CERTIFIED FIVE BEHAVIORS®
THE FINANCIAL STRATEGY CATALYST
Workforce decisions belong on the P&L.
Helena builds the connective tissue between people strategy and financial outcomes, the assessments, leadership systems, and team frameworks that build resilience, reduce liability, and protect margin.
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Wage-and-hour exposure, classification risk, cultural drift, retention loss: every one of them shows up in the numbers. Helena's work is to close those gaps before they become invoices.
BY THE NUMBERS
Outcomes that show up in the ledger.
Figures drawn from Helena's operating record with clients across early-stage founders, growth-stage operators, and Fortune 100 executive teams.
100+
ORGANIZATIONS SERVED
58%
LIFT IN ENGAGEMENT WITHIN 6 MONTHS
25+
YEARS C-SUITE HR LEADERSHIP
60%
REDUCTION IN TURNOVER POST-TRAINING
10+
YEARS ON THE KEYNOTE STAGE
75%
IMPROVED CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION
​Startup → F100
RANGE OF INDUSTRIES SERVED
75
SIGNATURE WORKSHOPS DELIVERED GLOBALLY
PRACTICE AREAS
Ten disciplines. One financial lens.
Helena engages as a Fractional CHRO, advisor, or facilitator across the workstreams that most directly touch enterprise value.
01
Fractional CHRO Advisory
04
Workshop Facilitation
07
Strategic Planning
10
Total Rewards & Compensation
02
Change Management
05
HR Compliance & Risk
08
​Executive & Leadership Coach
03
Corporate Training
06
Employee Relations
09
Talent Development
MITIGATE EMPLOYER RISK
Avoid the financial liabilities hiding inside your workforce.
Most employers only see the cost of an HR or leadership mistake after the claim or complaint lands. Helena's diagnostic work surfaces the exposures — timecard practices, wage-and-hour classification, policy gaps, manager conduct — before they turn into settlement math.
$160K+
Average cost to respond to a single employment lawsuit — before any settlement.
1 in 3
Employers face a wage-and-hour claim; most stem from timecard and classification gaps.
6-Point
6-Point Payroll Analytics risk assessment catches exposures before they turn into costly surprises.
SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS
The boardroom credibility that earns the stage.
Helena turns executive offsites and leadership summits into working sessions, not lectures. Signature programs range from Protect Your Profit Line and From Deal to Done to sessions on leadership resilience and team trust — leaving teams with tools they use the next day, not slides they forget by tomorrow.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
Named references. Real rooms.
"Left us with a clear understanding of how HR decisions impact the bottom line."
Thoai Ha
CFO, BRADSHAW HOME.
"Kept the room engaged from start to finish. Practical takeaways our team is still using."
John Wicker
ATTORNEY, STRADLING
​"An impactful consultant and speaker who helps companies attract and retain top talent."
Holly Johnson
CEO, BLUE WATER LEADERSHIP
RECOGNITION
Credentials, councils, and advisory roles.
GPHR & PHR Certified
Global professional in HR
Certified Five Behaviors®
Team performance facilitator
Board Advisor
Public & private company boards
Fractional CHRO
Startup through Fortune 100