Fractional HR Leadership
Experienced HR partnership, strategic planning, ongoing advisory support, and leadership coaching—tailored to your business.
FRACTIONAL HR LEADERSHIP / LABOR RELATIONS / PEOPLE STRATEGY
People first.
Business forward.
Experienced HR leadership. Practical solutions. Real business impact.
MAB People Advisory partners with business owners, CEOs, and leadership teams to solve complex people challenges, strengthen HR operations, and navigate organizational change—providing executive-level expertise without the commitment of a full-time HR leader.
01 / WHAT WE DO
Strategic thinking.
Hands-on support.
Solutions that work.
SERVING CLIENTS NATIONWIDE
HR LEADERSHIPLABOR RELATIONSORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
A DIFFERENT KIND OF HR PARTNER
Big-picture experience.
Personal partnership.
Your business is unique. Your people strategy should be, too.
Founded by Michelle A. Brown, MAB People Advisory brings more than 30 years of HR and labor relations experience to organizations that need trusted executive-level counsel—without necessarily adding a full-time executive.
We pair strategic direction with practical execution, meeting businesses where they are and focusing on solutions that create lasting value.
Meet MichelleHOW WE HELP
The right expertise.
When you need it.
From immediate people challenges to long-term business priorities, we make HR work for your organization.
Labor & Employee Relations
Collective bargaining strategy, grievances, arbitrations, complex employee matters, and proactive workplace practices.
HR Infrastructure & Operations
HR assessments, handbooks, multi-state policies, performance management, compensation, compliance processes, and HR vendor evaluations.
Organization & Talent Strategy
Workforce planning, organizational design, leadership development, succession planning, and change management.
Transformation & Change
Guidance through restructuring, business transformation, operational shifts, and organizational growth.
M&A People Support
People-focused due diligence, workforce integration, post-acquisition alignment, and organizational transition support.
WHO WE HELP
Right-sized expertise.
Built around you.
From establishing foundational people practices to navigating high-stakes organizational decisions, we meet businesses where they are.
Growing Businesses
Create HR structure, policies, performance programs, and leadership capability that can scale with your business.
Established Organizations
Address complex labor and employee relations, workforce challenges, and operational or organizational change.
Private Equity & Portfolio Companies
Align people priorities with performance, organizational effectiveness, growth, and transformation.
MEET THE FOUNDER
Michelle A. Brown, MBA
FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL
A seasoned HR executive who understands the connection between people decisions and business performance.
Connect on LinkedInMichelle has spent her career helping organizations solve challenging people issues and lead through change. As former Vice President of HR, North America at Univar Solutions, she led HR strategy for approximately 4,000 employees across more than 100 sites in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Her background also includes senior HR leadership at Buckeye Partners and building an HR function from the ground up at Beverage Distributors—bringing both enterprise-scale perspective and hands-on business experience.
30+YEARS IN HR & LABOR RELATIONS
4,000EMPLOYEES SUPPORTED AS VP, HR
30+FIRST-CHAIR LABOR NEGOTIATIONS
Business results that matter
- Led a restructuring of approximately 200 roles, generating an estimated $15 million in savings.
- Helped reduce employee turnover from 26% to 22%.
- Negotiated more than 30 labor agreements as first chair across Univar and Buckeye, with no work stoppages at sites under her agreements.
HOW WE WORK
Thoughtful advice.
Actionable results.
01
Understand your business
Listen first, learn what matters, and connect people priorities to business goals.
02
Focus on what moves the needle
Identify the most important opportunities, risks, and immediate needs.
03
Build solutions that last
Deliver clear, practical recommendations—and help put them into action.
Engagements can be structured as a focused project, HR improvement roadmap, or ongoing fractional leadership partnership.
LET'S CONNECT
Ready to move
people forward?
Whether you're navigating an immediate HR challenge or planning for what comes next, let's start a conversation.
Email MichellePHONE
216-310-9292LOCATION
Cleveland, Ohio · Serving clients nationwide
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Tell me a little about what you need.
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