About People Strategies
People Strategies LLC is a Cleveland-based organizational development consulting practice founded by Alicia A. Love. We bring senior-level HR leadership and expertise to organizations working through growth, complexity, and change. Our focus is on strengthening people systems, building organizational capacity, and helping leaders advance with confidence.
Our work spans HR operations and compliance, employee relations, leadership support, and organizational development. We partner with small to mid-sized businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community groups. Whether the engagement calls for HR leadership, project-based support, or facilitation that brings diverse groups together around shared goals and decisions, People Strategies has the breadth and experience to deliver results that matter.
We listen, learn your work and context, and build solutions that fit your organization's goals, challenges, and stage of growth. Whether the need is operational, cultural, strategic, or community-centered, we bring an approach that meets leaders where they are and helps them advance with clarity and purpose.
Alicia A. Love
Principal Consultant
A senior human resources leader, Alicia has more than 25 years of experience helping organizations strengthen performance through practical, business-centered people strategies. She has led enterprise-wide HR transformations, built HR infrastructure and programs from the ground up, and guided leadership teams through periods of growth, complexity, and organizational change.
Her background includes roles with Alcoa, Charles Schwab, KPMG, Merck, and Equius Group, where she became known for her ability to translate complex organizational challenges into clear, actionable strategies that improve operations, support leaders, and create the conditions for people to do their best work. Alicia is known for her strategic acumen and her commitment to building trust-based partnerships with every client she serves. Her approach is defined by a distinctive combination of operational rigor, relational warmth, and the ability to navigate the most complex compliance landscapes while keeping people at the center of every conversation.
Alicia holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.
How We Work
People Strategies operates as an embedded partner, not an outside service provider. We work alongside your leaders to understand how things get done, where friction exists, and what your people need to fully engage and excel. The systems, structures, and relationships that shape performance — within organizations and across communities — are at the center of everything we do.
Our approach is rooted in best practices, addressing real-time needs, bringing clarity and practical execution. We take a whole-organization view by looking at how people, processes, systems and leadership interact so the solutions we build address root causes, not just symptoms. We design solutions that move you toward your goals with intention rather than in reaction to the immediate need.
Every engagement is different. The organizations we work with are at different stages, facing different challenges, and moving at different speeds. What stays constant is our commitment to show up as a trusted partner, to do the work with care and rigor, and to leave your organization more capable than we found it. That is what we mean by partnership. That is what we mean by results.