Practice area 04

HR and compensation consulting for senior living and nonprofits

The workforce is the product. Structure it that way.

Structure, pay, and benefits modeled with the same discipline as the budget — because in a service organization they largely are the budget.

Organization & compensation/ Benefits & retirement/ Policy & culture

Organization & compensation

Organization design & staffing analysis

Org-chart alternatives with a cost model behind each, a span-of-control review, staffing-to-census ratios, and transition sequencing so a restructure lands without disrupting service.

Project

Market compensation study

Market pay benchmarks, pay-structure design with grades and ranges, an implementation cost model, and fixes for wage compression.

Project

Benefits & retirement

Health & welfare program review

Vendor and plan-design review including captive evaluation, cost-share modeling, RFP facilitation, and open-enrollment communications.

Project

403(b) & 401(k) plan governance

A fee benchmark, vendor RFP facilitation, an investment-menu governance process, and a fiduciary calendar with committee-minutes templates.

Project
Where the line sits

OAS advises on retirement plan governance — fee benchmarking, vendor selection, committee process, and documentation. OAS does not serve as a plan fiduciary and does not act as a 3(21) or 3(38) investment adviser to any plan, except where expressly agreed in writing. Your committee governs the plan; we make the governance rigorous.

Policy & culture

Handbook & policy refresh

A full handbook redraft for management’s adoption, coordinated with your counsel, a policy gap analysis with recommendations, and manager rollout training.

Project

Leadership development, succession & culture change

Key-seat succession plans, culture-change support built on a current-state read and target behaviors with a manager-led change plan, development plans for rising leaders, and a quarterly coaching cadence.

Extended
The eight practice areas

Where else we work.

01FinanceReporting, forecasting, capital & turnaround 02OperationsCampus reviews, census, vendors, regulatory 03Board RelationsBoard packs, trustee education, committees 04Human ResourcesOrg design, pay, benefits, policy & culture 05StrategyPlans, repositioning, affiliation, benchmarks 06Project DevelopmentFeasibility, owner’s advisory, opening 07Investment OversightPolicy, oversight, searches, reserves 08Technology & AIGovernance, selection, go-live, adoption
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