Olive Talent

For founder-led, growing businesses

A team that doesn't need you in the middle.

For founders whose business has grown, but every decision still lands on their desk.

We give your team clear owners, clear decisions and leadership support, before you scale. Not HR.

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One simple principle

Everyone knows their part.

  • 1

    Own

    Answerable for the outcome

  • 2

    Contribute

    Deliver your part, to the standard

  • 3

    Enable

    Make it easier for others

Roles people play, not rankings of value or seniority.

Sound familiar?

You built the business.

So why is every decision still waiting for you?

Every decision routes to you

The team waits for a steer instead of deciding.

Everyone's involved, no one owns it

Tasks get done. Outcomes slip between people.

Work gets chased

Handovers blur and your time goes on following up.

People aren't sure who to go to

Good people lose pace, then lose patience.

Olive TalentBuilt for this

We take you out of the middle, so your team can get on with it.

What you get

Clarity your whole team can work from.

Clear owners for every outcome

We map who owns, who contributes and who enables, so nothing slips between people.

Decision rights, written down

Everyone knows who decides and who to ask. Fewer questions land on your desk.

Right people, right seats

Every role mapped on potential and performance, so the right people own the results.

Support for your leaders

Management style, communication and a leadership team ready to scale with you.

Changes you see in weeks

Practical changes to how the team works. Not a report that sits on a shelf.

Progress you can measure

We agree the business problem and a baseline first, then track what changes.

Why Olive Talent

Not HR. A clear way of working that runs without you.

We set it up with you once: who owns what, who decides and who supports. Then your team runs on it. No policies, no culture surveys, no away days.

Olive TalentBuilt for founder-led businesses

Practical changes you see in weeks. Built around your team, not a template.

How it works

A short conversation to start.

You tell us where the team is stuck. We find what's holding it back and show you the fix.

  1. 01

    A conversation

    30 minutes on where your team is holding you back. You talk, we listen.

  2. 02

    Clarity Diagnostic

    A fixed fee and 2–3 weeks. You get a prioritised view of what's in the way and a recommended plan.

  3. 03

    Choose your route

    Pick the one package you need most, or take all three as one journey.

  4. 04

    Track what changes

    We measure against the baseline we agreed at the start, so you can see it working.

A sample ownership map

Here's what clarity could look like.

A sample for a made-up business, to show the idea. It's illustrative, not a real client. Yours is built around your team and your outcomes.

YB

Your Business Ltd

Sample business, illustrative only

OutcomeFounderOps leadClient lead
Client onboarding—EnableOwn
Hiring the next roleContributeOwnContribute
Monthly reporting—OwnContribute
Pricing decisionsOwnContributeContribute
Supplier handovers—OwnEnable

How to read it

  • Own

    One owner per outcome. Answerable for it, and for making it happen.

  • Contribute

    Delivers their part, at their best, to the standard.

  • Enable

    Makes delivery easier and more reliable for others.

Notice the founder only owns one thing. That's the point.

RH

Who's behind Olive Talent

Hi, I'm Rachel.

I've spent around ten years in recruitment, agency and client side, hiring for brands such as Apple, Facebook, Red Bull and Virgin. While helping scale one of the fastest-growing social agencies, every hire was a direct hire.

A decade on the hiring side showed me what unclear roles, missing owners and overloaded founders cost a growing business. Olive Talent is the work that happens before the next hire.

Pricing

Start with a diagnostic.
Then choose your route.

Start here

Clarity Diagnostic

Fixed fee. 2–3 weeks.

A prioritised view of where your team is held back, and a recommended plan to fix it.

Book a 30-minute call

Then pick one package

  • Clarity & Accountability · Know who owns what.
  • Talent & Succession · Right people, right seats.
  • Leadership Partner · Grow the team that grows the business.

Or take the full journey

All three over 12 weeks, then ongoing support. Includes an integrated people roadmap you can't buy separately.

Questions

The things founders ask us.

Anything else? Book a call and ask us straight.

No. We don't write HR policies, handle compliance or run culture surveys and away days. This is about who owns what, who decides and how your leaders lead.

Why now

Fix it before you scale, not after.

The way you started stops working as you grow. More people means more handovers and more decisions. Leave it, and ownership blurs and the culture starts to slip.

Sort it while you're still growing, and the team scales with you.

  1. Founder-led

    Fast and informal. Everyone knows how things work.

  2. Growing

    You are here

    More people, more handovers, more decisions.

  3. Drifting

    Ownership blurs and the culture starts to slip.

The first step

Get out of the middle.

Book a 30-minute call. We'll look at where your team is holding you back, and tell you straight whether Olive Talent is the right fit.

Book a 30-minute call