Most performance problems trace back to just three things.

Strategy, Structure, and People.

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Who we serve

Trailhead Results partners with small and mid-sized organizations seeking to improve business performance through stronger strategy, structure, and people systems.

While we serve clients across a wide range of industries, we are particularly effective helping organizations with labor-intensive, multi-location, or geographically dispersed workforces.

Our clients typically reach out when they are navigating growth, workforce challenges, struggling with hiring & retention, looking to improve leadership effectiveness, or experiencing organizational change.

Whether you need executive HR leadership, stronger talent systems, HR technology guidance, or improved management accountability, we help organizations build the systems and operating disciplines required to scale successfully.

We are typically the right fit If:

  • Your business is experiencing growth, change, or increasing complexity.

  • You want to step back from the business, but the business is not consistent without your involvement.

  • Your people problems keep landing on your desk for you to solve.

  • Deadlines are consistently missed, and no one but you seems concerned.

  • Your people are leaving faster than you are hiring.

  • You are spending more on recruiting and getting less.

  • You have multiple locations or a distributed workforce.

  • Your people leader quit, and you need help until you find someone new.

  • You need stronger leadership and management systems.

  • Your business has outgrown your technology.

  • You need executive-level HR leadership without the cost of a full-time staff.

We are not for:

  • Companies with fewer than 50 people. The economics are not right for either of us.

  • Companies over 500 people with a team in place. You need a different level of help that would hurt our other clients.

  • Companies looking for a staffing agency or recruiter.

  • Companies looking for a report rather than a relationship.

  • Companies whose people systems are not the constraint on the business.

Our services

Hire and Keep Advisory

Retained HR Executive with 19 years of experience in transportation, working with you weekly.

The Hire and Keep Advisory gives owners, CEOs, and Boards sustained access to an experienced and proven transportation CHRO on retainer.

You get access to the knowledge and experience without the cost of a full-time executive.

A Fractional CHRO provides experienced executive leadership on a flexible basis, helping organizations navigate workforce strategy, leadership development, organizational design, talent management, compliance, and business transformation.

HCM & HR Technology Selection

Select the right technology with confidence.

Our structured process helps organizations define business requirements, evaluate vendors, manage RFPs, and deliver meaningful software demonstrations aligned with real-world business needs.

As an independent, vendor-neutral advisor, we provide objective guidance that helps align stakeholders, reduce risk, and improve decision quality throughout the selection process.

The result is a technology investment that supports your long-term strategy, improves operational efficiency, and provides a scalable foundation for future growth.

  • Working with Nick helped me move from reactive problem-solving to building something more durable: a leadership culture grounded in accountability, a cleaner operating rhythm, and a team that trusted each other to do the work. The business results followed - and they've held. I'm a more intentional leader because of Nick. That's not something I say lightly, and it's not something that happens without the right partnership.

    — Robert Lovell, President & General Manager, Ascend Transportation

  • "As CEO, I needed a people leader who thought like an operator, could sit at the table as a true strategic partner, and wasn't afraid to challenge my thinking. Nick was exactly that. He understood that workforce architecture is a growth lever, not a cost center, and we were consistently aligned on outcomes over process. The best CHROs make the whole executive team better. Nick did that at Ascend. He's a change agent with a genuine command of how to lead through complexity, and a thoughtful voice on where the future of work is heading."

    — Michael McLary

  • "Nick has the rare ability to listen carefully, identify business and people risks quickly, and help leaders work through practical solutions that support customers, employees, and operating results. He does not bring theory for theory's sake; he brings structure, clarity, and action."

    — Robert Bulick, President & General Manager, Dedicated Transportation Solutions

  • “Nick is one of the best leaders I have worked with in transportation. He understands the business from every angle - operations, technology, people, driver recruiting, compliance, and customer impact. His knowledge of driver recruiting and Human Resources is exceptional, but what makes Nick stand out is his ability to connect people strategy directly to business results."

    — Todd Bates, Vice President, Mississippi Trucking AssociationFormer Customer

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