Cultivating people-first cultures at startups.
"As a small startup with a hybrid team, we face a number of issues around maintaining culture, recruiting process, and ensuring everyone is recognized for all the hard work they do. Leah helped us in every aspect, earning high praise from everyone on the team both in leadership and on the front lines. Highly recommend her as an empathetic, incredibly well organized and professional collaborator." - Nicolas Tilmans, Founder & CEO @ Anagenex
"As a Series A company that was rapidly scaling, it became apparent that we needed to formalize our policies and codify them into our systems. Leah provided solid guidance on what would be needed and was exceedingly helpful in developing policies and benefits. She understood our culture from the start and delivered exceedingly well against all of the initiatives we discussed, often going above and beyond with our deliverables and proactively jumping in when needed." - Milos Fulton Peluffo, VP, Finance & Operations @ Gameto
Who we are
Leah E. Ward, Founder & CEO
With over 10 years of experience building and scaling people programs and HR infrastructure, Leah’s ability to cultivate inclusive spaces has enabled early-stage startups and large global companies to grow and scale while building connected teams. Before founding Seedling Stage, she was the Chief of Staff and Head of People at Teampay, where she built people operations and recruiting practices from scratch and scaled the team from Pre-Seed through Series A.
In and out of the workplace, her curiosity is piqued by human behavior and cultural development, informing the solutions she recommends with practical research and fresh experiments. When she’s not geeking out over all things People Ops, you can find her sipping tea and watching cat videos.
Articles & Appearances
A Guide to Outsourcing Your Company's HR and People Ops
Performance Management System Implementation (Step-By-Step Guide)
A Guide to Outsourcing Your Company's HR and People Ops
An in-depth look at what outsourced HR firms and consultants can offer your in-house HR team...
The 10 Most Important Functions of HR and People Ops
Performance Management System Implementation (Step-By-Step Guide)
A Guide to Outsourcing Your Company's HR and People Ops
Understanding key HR functions can help employees partner with HR more effectively.
Performance Management System Implementation (Step-By-Step Guide)
Performance Management System Implementation (Step-By-Step Guide)
Performance Management System Implementation (Step-By-Step Guide)
How to implement a performance management system at your organization.
Why Your Company Needs Performance Reviews (...Kind Of)
RfH Insights: How HR Can Support Employees Before, During, and After Election Day
Performance Management System Implementation (Step-By-Step Guide)
An in-depth look at performance reviews and their place in performance management.
HR Labs: People First in Practice
RfH Insights: How HR Can Support Employees Before, During, and After Election Day
RfH Insights: How HR Can Support Employees Before, During, and After Election Day
What happens when 'People First' is put to the test? This episode explores this trend in action at Teampay.
RfH Insights: How HR Can Support Employees Before, During, and After Election Day
RfH Insights: How HR Can Support Employees Before, During, and After Election Day
RfH Insights: How HR Can Support Employees Before, During, and After Election Day
RfH community members share how they are addressing Election Day this year.
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