Gain a competitive edge with tailored
HR and DEI solutions
Aligning with your strategic goals, resources, and timelines
Offering practical, action-oriented, and high-impact consulting services for meaningful change.
We’re here for each stage of the journey: from building awareness at an individual level, helping teams collaborate more inclusively, to supporting leadership in developing sustainable DEI solutions and workplace culture strategies.
Our work together is designed to meet you where you are today and take you where you want to go.
Human Resources &
Organizational Assessments
Each stage of the employee life cycle directly impacts the success of your team. Organization development, compensation, competencies, performance management, on and offboarding—you name it, we’re here for it. Our assessment process analyzes the employee experience through interviews, focus groups, survey work, and policy and process auditing to identify specific strategies for high-impact change.
We’re focused on aligning with your strategic goals, resources, and timeline.
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Gain a deeper understanding of the overall organizational culture and potential gaps in the employee experience, identifying solutions and strategy to create positive change.
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Understand and develop the shared experiences, behaviors, and values that drive your organization forward through people-centered practices.
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Intentional design for every stage of the employee lifecycle to directly impact the overall experience/culture, increasing retention, innovation, and productivity.
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Design practices that increase transparency, clarity, and alignment across the organization.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, & Accessibility (DEIBA)
Organizations that prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging & accessibility are more likely to attract and retain top talent, have higher levels of employee engagement and productivity, and are more innovative and creative.
There isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach, so we designed our methodology to support an organization's unique needs. Through our work together, organizations build a more inclusive and equitable workplace, leading to better business outcomes, a highly engaged team, and a positive impact on the wider community.
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Gain useful, actionable insights into your People Operations practices to drive equity throughout your organization.
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Organizing and supporting employee-led groups that make a meaningful impact in advancing an organization's strategic DEIBA goals.
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Determining high-impact priorities for organizations as they build their short- and long-term strategic plans in alignment with mission, values, and business objectives.
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Improve existing processes to design an intentional and inclusive experience, built to be efficient, effective and reduce bias.
Learning, Development, and Training
Are you looking for a training and coaching program that meets your team where they are and supports their growth? We offer a variety of topics to support your organization's ongoing development and DEIBA journey. Our team can work to curate curriculum to meet your unique needs, or you can choose from one of our thoughtfully designed programs.
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Increase/boost impact through shared experience and peer support. Learn more about Cohort Based Coaching today.
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Facilitated conversations are intentional spaces for acknowledging different perspectives, difficult concepts and real-time events together, guided by trained practitioners.
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Support executive leaders in creating a better future of work through increased self-awareness, confidence, and skills.
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Engaging, accessible 60-minute sessions for teams of all sizes and levels by subject matter experts, Lunch & Learns are available in a wide range of topics.
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Authentically engaging with diverse perspectives and cultures through a powerful art form, spoken word poetry, that unites teams in meaningful moments.
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Meditation sessions are designed for professionals to elevate focus, manage stress management, and build mental resilience.
Employee Resource Groups
Empower your workforce with Employee Resource Groups) to create collaborative spaces for all employees, and underrepresented minorities, fostering an inclusive culture, and driving action on strategic goals.
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Improve leadership structure and performance with lead coaching designed to assist with continued growth and development.
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Make more informed decisions with ERG Benchmarking, leveraging personalized maturity scores and industry benchmarks to enhance impact.
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Drive change with ERG Support, offering collaborative problem-solving and ongoing professional development for HR leaders, DEI managers, and ERG administrators.
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Get support with training for configuration, metrics, and engagement surveys for your ERG management software solution.
Organizational Consulting is right for you if you want to…
Attract and retain the best talent
Cultivate high-potential employees for leadership roles
Promote diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and accessibility
Set impactful metrics, assess regularly, nurture a culture of responsibility
Enhance employee capabilities, enabling them to meet evolving demands
Have improved business agility in a changing market
Boost employee engagement and performance
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Rachel Potter
Managing Director
Climate Nexus
Through multi-level DEI training sessions led by SMEs of diverse backgrounds, members of our cohorts felt represented and left each session empowered. The Rise Journey team offered high-touch support and exemplified TRUE partnership. By providing us with post-session data, we were able to gain valuable information to inform our training strategy and ensure that our needs were surpassed.
We look forward to working with them again.
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Director of Programs
Venture for America
Our Core Team
We are a woman-owned business and our team and advisors span regions, nationalities, race, ethnicity, disability, socioeconomic status, immigrant background and other areas of diversity.
Jessica Lambrecht
CEO & Co Founder
Jes Osrow, SHRM-SCP, PAHR
DEI Specialist & Co Founder
Paul B. Tucker
Partner & Racial Equity Specialist
Mila Singh
Lead Advisor
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Senior Advisor
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