The strategic HR Advisory & Human Systems AI™ partner your business needs.

The strategic HR Advisory & Human Systems AI™ partner your business needs.The strategic HR Advisory & Human Systems AI™ partner your business needs.The strategic HR Advisory & Human Systems AI™ partner your business needs.


HR strategy, AI adoption, and operational clarity - delivered through expert consultancy and tailored solutions.


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— CREDENTIALS —

CPHR • SHRM-CP • Chartered MCIPD • Certified AI for HR Specialist • Certified Strategic HR Leader

— THE PROBLEM —

You're good at what you do. People systems are a different story.

Many  founders hit 15 people and think they have a leadership problem. They don't. They have a structure problem. From the inside, they look identical.


Decisions that used to be automatic now take three meetings. The team that ran on shared intuition now needs things written down. That is not you losing your touch. That is a growing business asking for things it never needed before.


The gap between knowing something's off and knowing what to fix first is exactly where ElleTree works. 





  • Decisions feel slower and more complicated than they used to 
  • You're managing people but nobody prepared you for it 
  •  AI feels promising but you're not sure what's worth your time 
  • You can't quite identify what's causing the people friction 
  • You've outgrown informal HR but aren't ready for a full-time hire 

— THE MIND BEHIND ELLETREE —

Built for founders who care about their people.

I work with founders and leadership teams who are growing faster than their people systems can keep up with. The surface symptoms vary: decision bottlenecks, managers facing burnout, hiring processes that produce the wrong shortlist, or a new AI tool that nobody quite knows how to use responsibly.


The root cause is usually the same. The organisational infrastructure hasn't kept pace with the stage of growth. Through strategic HR advisory, people systems design, and Human Systems AI™, I bring calm, commercial thinking into the same room.


I help you build the foundations your next stage actually needs, keeping real humans firmly in charge of the choices that matter. 

Michelle Tilley

 FOUNDER & STRATEGIC HR ADVISOR

  • CPHR  | Chartered Professional in Human Resources, Canada
  • SHRM-CP  | Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional, US
  • Chartered MCIPD |  Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, UK
  • Certified AI for HR Specialist
  • Certified Strategic HR Leader
  • 20+ years • Canada • UK • US

— SERVICES —

Three ways to work together.

Every engagement starts with a free discovery call. No pitch, no pressure — just a conversation to make sure it's the right fit for both of us. 

— 01 —

Strategic HR Advisory & Fractional HR

A retained thinking partnership for founders who need calm, experienced HR leadership without the cost of a full-time hire. Strategy, structure, and steady guidance as you grow  — including working alongside your leaders and managers to navigate the hard conversations, team dynamics, and responsibilities that nobody prepared them for. Kindness and accountability, working together. 

— 02 —

People Systems Design & Build

Onboarding, performance frameworks, role clarity, policies and handbooks. Building the foundations your next stage actually needs — so growth doesn't snap something important. 

— 03 —

Human Systems AI™

Introducing AI into your people systems responsibly, ethically, and with a bias-aware lens. Design the human workflow first. Then layer in practical AI tools that support judgement — and never replace it. 

— HOW IT WORKS —

From first call to rooted clarity in four steps.

Every engagement starts with a conversation. Nothing generic — everything specific to you and your stage. 

01 - We Talk

02 - We Dig In

02 - We Dig In

A free 30-minute discovery call. You share what's working and what isn't. Not a sales pitch — a real conversation to see if we're a fit. 

02 - We Dig In

02 - We Dig In

02 - We Dig In

An intake session reviewing your business, your people, your goals, and your gaps. Root causes, not surface symptoms. Everything specific to you. 

03 - You Get a Plan

03 - You Get a Plan

03 - You Get a Plan

A clear, prioritised action plan built around where you actually are. Yours to keep — a genuine asset, not a slideshow that lives in a drawer 

04 - You Execute

03 - You Get a Plan

03 - You Get a Plan

The plan stands on its own. If you want support activating it, ongoing advisory is available. If not, you have everything you need to move. 

— WHY ELLETREE —

Credentials earned in the field

CPHR, SHRM-CP, and Chartered MCIPD span three countries — Canada, the US, and the UK. Combined with hands-on experience actually working in all three, and a Certified AI for HR Specialist designation, it's a depth of practical expertise that is genuinely rare internationally. 

Human-first AI — not a tagline

Most consultants talk about AI. Michelle builds it. Human Systems AI™ is a proprietary methodology for designing ethical, bias-aware people tools. The ElleTree ROOTS Method™ underpins how everything is built. Real humans make every decision. Always. 

Integrated thinking, not siloed advice

Most businesses get advice from people who only see part of the picture. ElleTree connects people, systems, and commercial outcomes in the same conversation — the kind of integrated thinking usually reserved for businesses with a full executive team.  




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ElleTree HR Consulting

(403) 990-5716

Rooted in People. Leading with Kindness.

Providing HR consulting for growing businesses across Calgary and Alberta.
info@elletreehr.ca 


 ElleTree HR Consulting and Human Systems AI™ are designed to provide people-first guidance and policy support. They do not provide legal advice. All recommendations should be reviewed by a qualified legal professional before implementation. 🌿

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