Your entire HR department—for less than one full-time HR employee.
Already have HR? We strengthen the department around them.
Need more capacity? We extend it.
Don't have HR? We can become the department.
Protect. Strengthen. Develop. Measure.
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Three ways to build a stronger HR function.
Strengthen the HR professional you already trust.
Your HR professional leads and executes the daily function. We add senior guidance, stronger infrastructure, development, and another experienced layer around them.
Keep your HR professional. Add a department behind them.
Your HR professional continues leading internally while Extension HR takes ownership of agreed work and adds hands-on execution capacity.
Don't have HR? We become it.
Extension HR operates the agreed HR function, giving leadership, managers, and employees an experienced HR department without building one internally.
CEO, you've worked too hard to leave cracks in what you've built.
You built the business. You built the reputation. You hired the people. You developed the leadership. You earned the customers. But organizations don't become vulnerable only because of major decisions. Sometimes vulnerability develops quietly.
- An employee concern that wasn't documented completely.
- A manager who handled similar employees differently.
- A performance problem without clear documentation.
- An investigation with unanswered questions.
- A leave process that wasn't followed consistently.
- A workers' compensation matter with missing follow-up.
- A termination where documentation doesn't tell the full story.
- An HR professional carrying so much that something gets missed.
Individually, these can look like small cracks. Over time, small cracks can become organizational vulnerabilities. Extension HR provides another experienced layer around your HR function to help identify those cracks, strengthen the processes behind them, and reduce preventable HR exposure before a problem becomes significantly more expensive.
You've worked too hard to build it. Let's make sure HR is strong enough to help protect it.
Choose the HR structure that fits the organization you have today.
Hire one HR Manager
One employee carries recruiting, employee relations, documentation, compliance, leaves, workers' compensation, policies, and manager support.
Keep HR spread across leadership
The CEO, COO, Finance leader, or Office Manager continues absorbing HR responsibilities alongside the work they were hired to lead.
Partner with Extension HR
Create a defined HR function with experienced leadership, infrastructure, execution, and support—without having to build all of that capacity internally.
Often at a significantly lower overall investment. Extension HR gives you a practical path between leaving HR fragmented and building a full internal department before your organization is ready.
Comprehensive HR leadership for every stage of growth.
Fractional Executive HR Leadership
CHRO-level strategy, workforce planning, and executive advising for growing organizations.
Timekeeping & Payroll Coordination
Timekeeping and payroll coordination, HRIS support, personnel files, onboarding and offboarding.
Recruiting & Talent Acquisition
Sourcing, screening, structured interviews, and hiring manager coaching.
Compliance & Risk Management
California HR compliance guidance, handbooks, policy reviews, and documentation.
Employee Relations
Manager consultations, conflict resolution, difficult conversations, and accountability.
Performance Management
Reviews, goal-setting, PIPs, and progressive discipline that hold up.
Leadership Development
Executive coaching, new-manager development, and leadership team facilitation.
Culture Development
Assessments, values alignment, engagement, and culture transformation planning.
In-Person Training
Customized workshops for leaders, managers, and employees, delivered onsite.
Business Operations & Strategy
Organizational design, SOPs, KPIs, and operational effectiveness.
Experienced leadership. Personalized partnership. Measurable value.
Direct Executive Access
Work directly with an experienced executive — not a generic help desk.
20+ Years of Experience
Combined leadership, operations, organizational development, and HR.
Executive-Level Perspective
Led by a former Director of Operations and Interim CEO.
HR & Operations Expertise
People, systems, culture, and performance considered together.
Flexible HR Structure
Experienced HR leadership and hands-on support without having to build every HR function internally.
Predictable Pricing
Flat-rate monthly investment — no hourly surprises.
People-First Leadership
Strong businesses are built on strong leaders and healthy cultures.
A stronger HR function for the structure you have today.
- HR is currently sitting with the CEO, COO, Finance, or Office Manager.
- One HR professional is carrying more than one person reasonably should.
- You are considering hiring your first HR Manager or Director.
- Your HR professional is strong but needs more department capacity behind them.
- You want stronger structure, documentation, leadership support, and follow-through without building a larger internal team.
HR becomes clearer, stronger, and easier to rely on.
HR has a home.
Employees and managers know where to go.
Documentation gets stronger.
Important conversations and decisions are supported by a process.
Managers stop guessing.
They have HR to call before acting.
Leadership gets time back.
HR issues don't automatically return to the CEO's desk.
Priorities become visible.
Leadership knows what HR is working on, what requires attention, and what comes next.
Protect your business. Strengthen your team. Scale with confidence.
A strategic HR partnership creates measurable improvements across leadership, culture, compliance, and performance.
Leadership that reflects every workplace we support.
Culture is not a perk. It is a business strategy.
A strong workplace culture is intentionally built through leadership, communication, accountability, trust, values, systems, and the employee experience.
Extension HR helps organizations define the culture they want, identify the gaps, equip leaders to model organizational values, and create practical systems that reinforce healthy workplace behaviors.
Practical training that strengthens leaders and teams.
Extension HR provides engaging, practical, in-person training designed to help leaders and employees apply what they learn in real workplace situations. Training is customized based on your organization's needs, size, industry, leadership structure, and workplace challenges.
- New Manager Training
- Performance Management
- Leadership Development
- Coaching Employees
- Handling Difficult Conversations
- Culture Development
- Harassment Prevention
- Executive Leadership Workshops
Experienced executive leadership behind every recommendation.
Ericka Larrieu is an executive operations, organizational leadership, and human resources professional with well over 20 years of experience leading teams, strengthening organizations, developing leaders, improving culture, and building systems that support organizational growth.
Her career includes leadership as an HR Director, Director of Operations, Interim Chief Executive Officer, senior operations leader, people strategist, and organizational development professional. She has led operations supporting workforces of more than 550 employees.
You are not calling a help desk. You are partnering directly with an experienced executive who understands business.
A clear path to stronger HR.
Schedule Your Complimentary Strategy Session
Meet to discuss your organization, current challenges, goals, workforce, and immediate HR priorities.
Complete an Initial HR Assessment
We review your HR structure, policies, processes, risks, workforce needs, and operational priorities.
Receive a Customized HR Roadmap
Clear recommendations and a practical plan based on your priorities.
Begin Your Extension HR Partnership
Depending on your partnership level, we strengthen the HR team you already have, add hands-on capacity behind them, or become the HR function your leaders, managers, and employees rely on.
Strengthen, Protect, and Scale
Together we strengthen HR systems, leadership, documentation, compliance, and culture.
Already have HR? We strengthen it. Don't have HR? We can become it.
Strengthen the HR professional you already trust, add real department capacity behind them, or let Extension HR serve as the HR department your organization doesn't have yet.
Your HR professional leads the daily function. We strengthen their leadership, infrastructure, documentation, and decision-making.
Compare levelsKeep your HR professional. Extension HR owns agreed areas and adds hands-on execution capacity behind them.
Compare levelsNo internal HR? Extension HR operates the agreed HR function your leaders, managers, and employees rely on.
Explore the Full HR DepartmentThe difference between our partnerships isn't simply how much HR support you receive. It's how much responsibility Extension HR carries with you.
The Full HR Department is not HR consulting. It is an operating HR function built around your organization.
Nationwide HR partnership. California roots.
Extension HR supports growing organizations throughout the United States through virtual executive partnership and hands-on HR execution. Our California home base also gives us a strong presence in Orange County, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
United States
Nationwide outsourced and fractional HR services for growing organizations.
Explore servicesOrange County
California-focused HR consulting for growing local organizations.
Explore servicesLos Angeles
Executive HR strategy for complex, evolving workforces.
Explore servicesSan Diego
Practical people systems, leadership, and compliance support.
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Executive perspective
Guidance that considers your people, operations, growth plans, and risk—not HR in isolation.
Direct partnership
Work directly with an experienced executive-level HR leader rather than a rotating support desk.
Practical follow-through
Clear recommendations paired with hands-on implementation, documentation, and manager support.
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Tell us what your organization needs next.
Share your workforce size, current priorities, and the kind of support you need. Most inquiries receive a response within one business day.
Your business deserves experienced HR leadership.
You do not have to manage complex HR responsibilities alone. Partner with an experienced executive who can help protect your organization, support your leaders, strengthen your culture, and build the people systems required for sustainable growth.