Building Better People. Stronger Organizations. Higher Performance
Startup SOAR is a people and organisational performance consulting firm helping organisations attract the right talent, strengthen leadership, build effective people systems and create workplaces where people and performance thrive.
We work with SMEs, growing businesses, established organisations, educational institutions, public-sector organisations, social enterprises and family-owned businesses to solve workforce, leadership and organisational performance challenges.
Through the SOAR Performance Framework, we connect talent, organisational capability, leadership and workplace performance to deliver lasting business results.
Why We Exist
Many organisations invest in recruitment, employee development, leadership training and workplace initiatives but still struggle to achieve consistent results.
This often happens because talent, leadership, people systems and workplace culture are managed separately rather than as parts of one connected organisational system.
Startup SOAR closes these gaps by aligning people and organisational priorities with the organisation’s strategy, operational needs and performance goals.
Organisations commonly engage us to:
- Attract and retain the right talent
- Strengthen leadership and management capability
- Improve role clarity, accountability and performance
- Build effective people and organisational systems
- Improve employee engagement and retention
- Create workplace cultures that support excellence
- Strengthen organisational capability for sustainable growth

Our Approach: The SOAR Performance FrameworkAttract → Build → Develop → Perform. We believe organizations perform better when four dimensions work together.
How We Work With Organizations
We tailor our involvement to the organization’s needs and can support a defined challenge, a specific workstream, or a broader organizational improvement initiative.
- Consulting & Advisory: Independent insight, assessment, strategy, and practical recommendations.
- Implementation Support: Hands-on support to translate recommendations into action and achieve defined outcomes.
- Capability Development: Leadership, management, team, and workforce capability-building programmes.
- Workforce Solutions: Talent sourcing, assessment, recruitment, workforce planning, and recruitment project support.
- Ongoing Advisory: Continued strategic guidance, implementation support, progress reviews, and organizational capability development.
Our Delivery Approach
Startup SOAR provides flexible delivery models based on the nature, location and requirements of each engagement.
Remote
Virtual consulting, assessment, coaching, facilitation and project delivery.
Hybrid
A combination of virtual and in-person consulting and implementation support.
In-Country
On-site consulting, facilitation and implementation delivered directly or through appropriately selected local specialists and partners.
Partner-Led
Joint, associate, subcontracted or confidential delivery aligned with a partner’s client relationship and delivery model.
Our global partnership capability supports defined consulting projects, implementation workstreams, retained advisory, recruitment projects and partner-led delivery across different markets.
Who We Work With
We support:
- Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
- Growing businesses
- Established organizations
- Professional service firms
- Educational institutions
- Public sector organizations
- Social enterprises
- Family-owned businesses
- Startups building their people foundations

We partner with:
- Founders
- CEOs
- Executive teams
- HR leaders
- Department heads
- Operations managers
- Learning and development teams
- School leaders and administrators