Experienced HR and leadership consulting that gets results
PointerWise is a women-owned HR and leadership consulting firm based in the Atlanta area and serving clients across the U.S. and beyond. Founder Terri Stivarius leads the firm with her daughter and business partner, Andi Farrant. We help owners, boards and executives hear what their organization already knows, build leadership teams that work, and handle sensitive workplace investigations with care.
Follow What Matters
“At PointerWise, we help workplace leaders find and follow what truly matters for their people. This means using limited resources wisely to support their people, leverage natural talents, and inspire employees to be all in.”
– Terri Stivarius, Founder
Is Your Organization Facing…
Lack of Trust? Siloed Departments? High Turnover? Disconnected Remote Teams?
Toxic Conflict? Personality Clashes? Artificial Harmony? Confusing Priorities? Poor Communication?
Employee Apathy? Burnout and Overwhelm? Micromanaging? Lack of Innovation? Procrastination?
Harassment or Discrimination Complaints? Bullying? Threats of Violence? Abusive Behavior?
Listening Projects
Confidential leadership listening sessions for owners, boards and CEOs at a transition, an acquisition or an exit. Hear what your organization already knows, and get a clear path to action.
Workplace
Investigations
When the facts matter and the stakes are high, we know what to do. Our attorney-led team conducts fair, thorough investigations and reports findings in plain English.
Individual Executive Coaching
One-on-one coaching for executives and rising leaders with Mindvalley™-certified coach Terri Stivarius. See where you are, decide where you want to go and build the habits to get there.
Leadership Team Coaching
Coach the team, not just the leader. A year-long program of team workshops, quarterly team coaching and one-on-one coaching for every leader.
Workshops & Retreats
Leading is a team sport. Our workshops and retreats use Patrick Lencioni’s models, The 6 Types of Working Genius™ and The Five Dysfunctions of a Team©, to help your team work better together.
Powerful Delegation
Burnout isn’t a workload problem. It’s a delegation problem. Learn the PEAS framework in a workshop, a keynote or the online course.
Built on Patrick Lencioni’s proven team models
As certified Working Genius facilitators, we use two models by New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni. The 6 Types of Working Genius shows the work that gives each person energy and the work that drains them. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team© builds trust, healthy conflict, commitment, accountability and attention to results.
The PointerWise Difference
There Are a Lot of Organizational Development Consultants
– Here’s How We’re Different
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Real People. Real Talk.
Listening First.
We help leaders and teams sit down together and talk honestly about trust, conflict, commitment, accountability and results. We listen simply and plainly, so people connect with us and with each other, from the manufacturing floor to the boardroom to the kitchen-table office. It’s listening first, last and in between.
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Cost and Value
Price matters. We’re upfront about our hourly rates for investigations and flat fees for everything else. Clients of every size and location keep coming back because we add value every time, without the bureaucracy, the “ball of yarn” diagrams, consultant doublespeak or overpriced glossy fliers.
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Simple
We cut through the noise so you can listen, focus and act where it matters most. Listening is simple. Reporting what you heard so you can make good decisions can be simple too. That’s the essence of what we do.
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Actionable
We report what we find in plain language that’s clear and actionable. You’re not paying for a dissertation. Don’t measure and do nothing, or worse, do something for show. The point is real action, and that’s where we help.
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NEUTRALITY
Everyone in our process deserves respect, including the person named in a complaint and anyone who feels uneasy about the process.
For private equity sponsors
Since 2017, PointerWise has worked with a private equity sponsor and its portfolio companies, from close to exit: Listening Projects and leadership development.
Looking for a keynote speaker?
Terri Stivarius speaks on delegation in the age of AI, Working Genius, team cohesion and workplace investigations, with every session tailored to your audience.
Who We Are
PointerWise is a women-owned, mother-daughter consulting firm that helps organizations listen to their people and lead them well. Terri Stivarius brings 39 years of combined experience in employment-defense law, HR executive leadership and workplace consulting, including more than 1,000 workplace investigations. Andi Farrant, PHR, brings more than a decade of HR experience in healthcare and technology. Together, they lead every engagement personally.
“Through PointerWise, we have the great honor of sharing our time and talents with individuals, teams, and organizations in need of evidence-based support for making the best decisions possible and charting the path forward.”
– Andi Farrant, Co-Founder and Head of Operations
Let’s Connect Tell us what’s happening in your organization, and we’ll suggest a way forward.
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