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Understand your people, mission, and current reality.
Fractional HR · Los Angeles, California
HR built with structure and soul, for the teams doing the real work.
HR Maven Collective™ helps nonprofits, mission-driven organizations, and growing teams build the people practices and operational structure they need. Based in Los Angeles, with engagements across the United States.
TERESA R. FLEMING
Founder, HR Maven Collective™
M.S. Psychology · MBA, Human Resource Management
Selected partnerships
Trusted by mission-drivenand high-growth teams
WACO Theater Center
Snail Games USA
Community Partners
Positive Results Center
Platinum Bell Consulting, LLC
April Parker Foundation
Warren Chapel CME Church
Tower ENT
Supporting organizations through compliance, employee relations, workforce strategy, recruiting, HR operations, and training & development.
What we do
HR support, built around your organization.
Start with the support you need today. We agree on the scope, responsibilities, and working rhythm before the engagement begins.
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Fractional HR Leadership
Experienced HR guidance for growing teams: people strategy, manager support, and practical systems that fit your organization.
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02
Compliance & Risk
Review policies, classifications, records, and people practices. Prioritize gaps and confirm the requirements relevant to your workforce.
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03
Recruiting
Build a thoughtful hiring process, from role definition and candidate screening to interviews, offers, and onboarding preparation.
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04
Payroll Management
Payroll processing and coordination tailored to your systems and workflows, with clear review steps and approval responsibilities.
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Who we serve
For organizations that put people first.
Nonprofits & social impact
Practical HR infrastructure that supports your mission, people, and organizational responsibilities.
Startups & founders
People systems that support hiring, growth, and more consistent decisions.
Healthcare & clinical
Compliance, performance, and workforce stability in fast-paced care settings.
Creative & tech
Structure that fits a mix of employees, contractors, and creative collaborators.
Faith-based organizations
HR practices that respect your mission and help leaders support the people serving it.
How We Work
The Maven Method™
A five-stage journey from listening to lasting infrastructure—connecting your people, purpose, and operations with clear follow-through.
Diagnose
Identify risks, gaps, and the priorities that matter most.
Design
Build the roadmap, policies, and systems your team needs.
Implement
Put structure into practice with clarity and care.
Elevate
Refine, sustain, and prepare the organization for growth.
Our approach
Compliance with compassion.
Compliance with compassion.
Structure with soul.
With roots in Kansas City, Missouri, and a background in psychology and business, founder Teresa R. Fleming brings a practical understanding of people to HR. Our purpose is to help the helpers: the leaders and teams serving their communities, building organizations, and carrying a mission forward.
Read Teresa's full story →- 1
We listen first.
We learn about your people, priorities, and challenges before recommending a policy.
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We balance compliance with culture.
Connect your people practices to applicable requirements while respecting your culture.
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We coach as we go.
We explain the reasoning, share useful tools, and help your managers build confidence.
The Client Ledger · Selected Partnerships
The work speaks. Our clients make it personal.
Choose a client to step inside the partnership—the challenge, the support, and what the work made possible.
Client work · Positive Results Center
Building the HR function from the ground up.
Lawndale, California
The need
Establish an HR department capable of supporting growth, workforce transitions, employee relations, and consistent people decisions across the organization.
The work
- HR infrastructure and California compliance: employee handbook and policy development, job descriptions, pay documentation, and foundational compliance systems.
- Standard operating procedures: repeatable onboarding, offboarding, payroll coordination, performance-management, personnel-file, and day-to-day HR workflows.
- Employee relations and engagement: guidance on workplace concerns, leadership support, employee communication, and practical engagement practices.
- Change management and organizational development: support through workforce transitions, role clarity, manager readiness, and a structure designed to scale with the mission.
Why this work matters
A stronger HR operating foundation with repeatable SOPs, clearer accountability, better support for employees and managers, and people systems that can evolve with the organization.
In the client’s words · PRC
HR Dept. from Scratch
Employee Relations
California Compliance
Employee Engagement
Payroll Processing Support
Change Management
“Teresa is our HR Maven, and we simply love working with her. Over time, she has become a valued part of the PRC family. Her expertise, responsiveness, and ability to provide practical, people-centered solutions have been invaluable to our organization.”
Kandee Lewis
CEO, Positive Results Center
Client perspective · Warren Chapel CME Church
“HR Maven Collective™ provided exceptional support to our church during an important season of organizational transition and staff onboarding. As a small congregation, we needed experienced HR guidance that was both professional and sensitive to our ministry’s mission and culture. Their team brought clarity, structure, and practical support to our personnel processes, helping us strengthen our onboarding practices and establish a more solid foundation for our growing organization. They were responsive, knowledgeable, and easy to work with throughout the process. HR Maven Collective™ understands that churches and mission-driven organizations need more than policies and paperwork—they need trusted partners who value people, purpose, and excellence.”
Adam D. Stevenson
Senior Pastor, Warren Chapel CME Church
Built HR Department from Scratch
California Compliance
Payroll Processing
Client perspective · WACO Theater Center
“Navigating the complexities of human resources as a nonprofit performing arts organization is no small undertaking — and HR Maven Collective™ has been an invaluable partner every step of the way. Over the past two years, they have provided WACO Theater Center with the expertise, responsiveness, and strategic guidance we needed to build sound HR infrastructure during one of the most significant periods of growth and transition in our organization's history.
HR Maven Collective™ doesn't just handle HR — they help you build the kind of organizational culture that allows your people and your mission to thrive.”
Shay Wafer
Executive Director, WACO Theater Center
Contractor Management
California Compliance
Workers’ Comp Audit Support
Built HR Department from Scratch
Client perspective · Platinum Bell Consulting, LLC
“Working with Teresa and HR Maven Collective™ has been an outstanding experience. We’ve partnered together on HR and workforce development projects, and Teresa consistently brings strategic expertise, genuine care, and a practical, people-centered approach to her work. She is thorough, responsive, and truly invested as a partner. I highly recommend HR Maven Collective™ to any organization seeking trusted HR and workforce development support.”
Stephanie Bradley
CEO, Platinum Bell Consulting LLC
State Plan Support
Workforce Strategy
California Compliance
HR Strategy
Workforce Development
Employee Compensation & Classification Studies
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Printable checklists, focused topics, and direct links to official guidance.
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Whether you’re building HR infrastructure, strengthening compliance, navigating employee relations, or preparing your organization for responsible AI, HR Maven Collective™ is ready to partner with you.
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