HR decisions you can defend, with the numbers to prove it
The operating system for lean HR teams
When the layoff, the leave case, or the pay question lands on your desk and there is no HR department behind you, guessing is the risk.When a hard people decision lands on your desk, guessing is the risk. Readiness checks, calculators, and decision-ready kits give you the defensible answer and the files you keep. And for the managers behind you, TrueStep HR Teams turns assessment into development you can track. Built to the TrueStep HR standard.
From the question on your desk to the answer you can defend
Check where you stand
Start free. A readiness check or a calculator tells you, in minutes, where you actually are and what the real number is.
See the free checks ›Get the tool or the plan
Pick the decision-ready kit, workbook, or calculator that fits the call in front of you. One-time purchase, editable files you keep.
Browse the tools ›Make the call and move
Act with a defensible answer behind you. When you want a second set of eyes, a senior HR practitioner turns your result into a plan.
See advisory ›Two ways in, depending on who the decision is for
Same standard, same sourced figures, same senior read. What changes is whether you are answering the call on your own desk or building the managers who will make the next one.
The decision has landed on your desk
You are the HR team, or you are the owner doing HR between everything else. Find where you stand, then take the one tool that answers the call in front of you.
- Free HR Operating System Readiness Scorecard. No sign-up to see your profile.
- A senior HR practitioner reads the result with you. The 20 minute Report Review is free.
- The kit, workbook or calculator for that decision. One-time purchase, editable files you keep.
- When you are ready for more, book the founder: a working session that sets your kit up on your real numbers, or a deep-dive that ends in a written plan you keep.
The managers behind you are the exposure
You are promoting managers faster than anyone can develop them, and the same problem keeps arriving from more than one of them. The team lane reads how the group actually works, then builds the capability in the room.
- Each manager takes the free situational manager assessment and the Work Style Profile, the same instruments that run on this site.
- TrueStep HR Teams turns the results into tracked development plans, check-ins that move them, and the month in dollars. Seats run in small cohorts, onboarded personally by the founder.
- Facilitated team sessions with a senior HR practitioner run behind it, when you want the work done live.
- And one-to-one: any manager who takes the assessment can book a results debrief with the founder.
The assessments you can take here become a system your team runs on
Each manager takes the same assessments that run free on this site. Teams turns the results into development plans with named 30-day routines, check-ins that move them, movement reviews that show whether scores shift, and team analytics in dollars.
Managers see their own results in full. Admins see development and progress, never item answers. Development, not surveillance, by design.
The Teams overview — shown with sample data.
See where your HR setup stands, before the next people problem does
The free HR Operating System Readiness Scorecard profiles your hiring, manager documentation, pay and job structure, employee relations, compliance, and workforce planning, then shows where to build next. No sign-up to see your profile.
Built from the real work, not theory
Every tool is held to one standard. Calculators are checked against current federal figures, sensitive kits are drafted conservatively, and every rule cites its primary source so you can see the basis yourself. The method comes from HR as it is practiced inside operations-heavy companies, built for the people who carry those decisions, whether that is a lean team or a team of a few.
See the standard ›How the tools are built ›Read the source notes ›
Start with the problem in front of you
One tap to the tool built for it. Not sure yet? Take the free scorecard.
Find the tool for the decision in front of you
Six shelves, organized the way the work breaks down. Start with a single calculator or take the pack that bundles a whole workflow.
HR Calculators
One-number answers from your own inputs: cost per hire, turnover, fully loaded cost, severance, staffing.
Analytics Packs
Related calculators bundled into one workbook, priced below the parts.
Compliance and Audit Kits
Editable kits for I-9 and wage-hour, AI in hiring, and posting transparency.
Employee Relations and Leave
Investigations, leave and accommodation, discipline and termination, handled carefully.
Hiring and Onboarding
Bring people in and get them productive, starting with referrals.
Retention and Restructuring
Keep your people, and plan a reduction the right way when you must.
A good place to begin
The tools people reach for first, across calculators, packs, and kits.
Want the whole shelf in one place? See all HR tools ›
Two dozen free HR calculators you can use right now
Cost per hire, turnover cost, PTO accrual, overtime, staffing ratios, and more. They run in your browser, with no sign-up to use them. When you need the editable workbook to keep and share, the paid version is one click away.
The numbers behind the tools
Short, sourced reference notes on the rules and formulas the tools rely on: what turnover really costs, the FLSA exempt threshold, FMLA eligibility, records retention, the four-fifths rule, and more. Each one cites its primary source.
The 6 red flags to check before you discipline or fire someone
A five-minute screen to run before you act. Free PDF, sent to your inbox. Unsubscribe anytime.
Stop rebuilding the same spreadsheet every quarter
Calculators, planners, and kits for the whole employee lifecycle, each one editable and yours to keep.