Lead Better,
Today.
Lead Better,
Today.
People. Leadership. Scale. Helping investors, founders, boards, and venture-backed companies strengthen leadership teams, mitigate organizational risk, and build the cultures that drive long-term value creation.
People. Leadership. Scale. Helping investors, founders, boards, and venture-backed companies strengthen leadership teams, mitigate organizational risk, and build the cultures that drive long-term value creation.
Tricia Hollyer
Founder
About Us
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CompassionateLeadershippartnerswithleadersandorganizationstocreatemeaningful,lastingchangethroughcoaching,consulting,andpeoplestrategy.
CompassionateLeadershippartnerswithleadersandorganizationstocreatemeaningful,lastingchangethroughFractionalCPOservices,executivecoaching,andtalentassessmentandadvisory
Trusted by
+17 businesses
Trusted by
+17 businesses
Executive Coaching
Develop leaders who can scale with the business. High-growth companies require leaders who can evolve as quickly as the business. I coach founders, CEOs, and senior executives to improve leadership effectiveness, navigate growth-stage challenges, build high-performing teams, and foster healthy cultures.
Executive Coaching
Develop leaders who can scale with the business. High-growth companies require leaders who can evolve as quickly as the business. I coach founders, CEOs, and senior executives to improve leadership effectiveness, navigate growth-stage challenges, build high-performing teams, and foster healthy cultures.
Fractional Chief People Officer
Build the people foundation for scalable growth. Venture-backed companies often outgrow their people infrastructure before they outgrow their market opportunity. Proactively address talent, leadership, and organizational challenges that can impede growth, valuation, or execution.
Fractional Chief People Officer
Build the people foundation for scalable growth. Venture-backed companies often outgrow their people infrastructure before they outgrow their market opportunity. Proactively address talent, leadership, and organizational challenges that can impede growth, valuation, or execution.
Talent Assessment & Advisory
Get a clear picture of your leadership team's potential. Leadership quality is one of the strongest predictors of investment outcomes. I provide boards and investors with an independent assessment of executive teams, organizational effectiveness, and leadership readiness for scale.
Talent Assessment & Advisory
Get a clear picture of your leadership team's potential. Leadership quality is one of the strongest predictors of investment outcomes. I provide boards and investors with an independent assessment of executive teams, organizational effectiveness, and leadership readiness for scale.
Strategy
Leadership
Partnership
Growth
Our Services
Expert Guidance For Every Stage Of Growth
Expert Guidance For Every Stage Of Growth
Expert Guidance For Every Stage Of Growth
Helping businesses grow with clarity, confidence, and measurable results.
Helping businesses grow with clarity, confidence, and measurable results.
Meet the Founder
Hi, I'm Tricia
Hi, I'm Tricia
Hi, I'm Tricia
I love helping leaders find their higher calling to lead, and uncover what is in the way of fully realizing that power. Grow with clarity, compassion and ease.
Who I Am
I have worked with global, high-growth companies, from start-ups to large public sector organizations, building leaders and thriving cultures.
Where I've Been
More than 25 years as a senior HR leader, including Chief People Officer at MineSense, CHRO at Nexii, and Executive Director at Fraser Health.
What I Believe
Authentic, caring leadership can transform our organizations and our lives. Transformation is possible in individuals, teams and organizations.
My Training
Master's in Leadership and OD from Royal Roads University, Certified Executive Coach (ACC), CPHR, and HSD Professional.
Who I Am
I have worked with global, high-growth companies, from start-ups to large public sector organizations, building leaders and thriving cultures.
Where I've Been
More than 25 years as a senior HR leader, including Chief People Officer at MineSense, CHRO at Nexii, and Executive Director at Fraser Health.
What I Believe
Authentic, caring leadership can transform our organizations and our lives. Transformation is possible in individuals, teams and organizations.
My Training
Master's in Leadership and OD from Royal Roads University, Certified Executive Coach (ACC), CPHR, and HSD Professional.
Who I Am
I have worked with global, high-growth companies, from start-ups to large public sector organizations, building leaders and thriving cultures.
Where I've Been
More than 25 years as a senior HR leader, including Chief People Officer at MineSense, CHRO at Nexii, and Executive Director at Fraser Health.
What I Believe
Authentic, caring leadership can transform our organizations and our lives. Transformation is possible in individuals, teams and organizations.
My Training
Master's in Leadership and OD from Royal Roads University, Certified Executive Coach (ACC), CPHR, and HSD Professional.
Testimonials
Real Results From Strategic Partnerships
Real Results From Strategic Partnerships
Real Results From Strategic Partnerships
"Tricia is an exceptional strategic business partner, values-based People & Culture leader, coach and consummate professional. She has a high bias for action and finds creative solutions appropriate for the company's stage of growth."
Suzanne Mercier
Chief Legal Officer
"Tricia approaches complex issues with a commercial mindset while focusing on organizational and human impact. She provides the critical context needed to advance business discussions. Tricia would be an asset to any Executive Leadership Team."
Anne Bulik
President and COO
"Few leaders possess her unique combination of strategic insight, emotional intelligence, and genuine care for people. Tricia has an extraordinary ability to inspire teams through growth and change, building cultures where people can thrive."
John Hart
CFO
"Tricia brings a rare combination of strategic perspective, sound judgment, and a genuine understanding of people. I valued her ability to bring clarity to complex or sensitive situations, helping the leadership team move from discussion to action."
Rodrigo Andai,
Chief Commercial Officer
"Tricia is a phenomenal CHRO that any company would be fortunate to have! She embodies the values of leading with love and integrity, and is a phenomenal coach to many in the organization, including myself."
Patricia Van de Sande
CFO
"Tricia has been an integral consultant to our team's growth. She is able to find solutions in chaos, and propel each of us to achieve more than we thought possible. She is a rare talent."
Kristin Bull
VP Marketing
"Tricia is a highly effective coach and executive, forward thinking and purposeful in her drive to help organizations transform their culture. She expertly and compassionately pushes people to be clear, values-driven, courageous leaders."
Madeleine Csiliag-Wong
Executive Director
"Working with Tricia has been instrumental to my success as an executive. Tricia is exceptional at fostering senior and executive leaders' personal and professional growth, helping us find a fresh perspective that illuminates the pathway forward."
Trish Page
Executive Director
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Why Work With Me
Leadership with Heart, Organizations with Soul
Leadership with Heart, Organization with Soul
I help leaders discover what drives them, and help organizations build cultures where people are deeply engaged.
Finding Motivation
We start with what your true self is seeking, the intrinsic motivation behind the leader you want to become.
Finding Motivation
We start with what your true self is seeking, the intrinsic motivation behind the leader you want to become.
Working With Resistance
Rather than pushing through what holds you back, we meet it with curiosity and acceptance so you can move past it.
Working With Resistance
Rather than pushing through what holds you back, we meet it with curiosity and acceptance so you can move past it.
Building Engagement
Powerful people practices can transform any organization into one with incredible results and deeply committed people.
Building Engagement
Powerful people practices can transform any organization into one with incredible results and deeply committed people.
Caring Partnership
A supportive, confidential relationship built on trust, curiosity and a real commitment to your success.
Caring Partnership
A supportive, confidential relationship built on trust, curiosity and a real commitment to your success.
The Difference
Why Leaders Choose Compassionate Leadership
Why Leaders Choose Compassionate Leadership
Traditional Approaches
One-size-fits-all programs and solutions
Recommendations without support to follow through
Focus on symptoms, not what is really in the way
Little attention to culture and engagement
Leadership development treated as a checkbox
With Us
Support shaped around your people and your culture
Practical guidance through every step of the change
Getting to the heart of what is holding you back
Building deeply engaged, values-based cultures
Developing leaders from the inside out
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FAQs
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Who do you work with?
I work with leaders, teams and organizations of every size, from start-ups to large public sector organizations. Every engagement is shaped around your goals, your people and your culture.
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Build clarity. Unlock growth.
Book a consultation and get a clear view of what’s driving your business — so you can act faster.
4.8/5
Trusted by 17+ Teams
Thoughts on leadership, culture and creating the shift you want.
Your data is handled with discretion
Services
© 2026 Compassionate Leadership. All rights reserved.
Build clarity. Unlock growth.
Book a consultation and get a clear view of what’s driving your business — so you can act faster.
4.8/5
Trusted by 17+ Teams
Thoughts on leadership, culture and creating the shift you want.
Your data is handled with discretion
Services
© 2026. All rights reserved.