Lionheart HR
Aligning People, Performance, & Purpose
At Lionheart HR, we believe HR isn’t an administrative task.
It’s strategic advantage.
We partner with organizations to turn people strategy into business strategy, aligning culture, compliance, and capability so leaders can focus on what truly drives results.
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Lionheart HR
Lionheart HR exists for organizations that have outgrown reactive HR and need leadership-level clarity around people decisions.
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Our work goes beyond systems and policies. We partner with leaders to bring structure, alignment, and disciplined people strategy to moments where performance, culture, and risk intersect and where the cost of misalignment is no longer theoretical.
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What sets Lionheart HR apart is how we work. Grounded in Courage, Compassion, and Excellence, we don’t operate from the sidelines. We step into the organization, align with leadership, and translate vision into clear, actionable people strategy that holds up under pressure.
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Whether supporting scaling businesses, mission-driven nonprofits, or public-sector organizations, Lionheart HR helps leaders move from complexity and uncertainty to clarity, accountability, and forward momentum.
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At Lionheart HR, we don’t manage HR. We lead it at the decision level.
We’re Not HR on Paper.
We’re HR in Strategy.
Let's Understand You
We don’t just check boxes. We walk into real organizations with real problems and get things back on track.
If your team is unclear, your policies are outdated, your managers are struggling, or your leadership pipeline is nonexistent, we don’t panic. We assess. We fix. We lead you forward.
Lionheart HR is the partner you call when you’re serious about leading well, protecting your people, and building something that lasts.
This isn’t theory. This is HR that drives strategy.
Leadership gets heavier when people decisions carry real consequences.
MEET THE FOUNDER. FIXER. PEOPLE STRATEGIST.
ELIZABETH L. GOODEN
Elizabeth L. Gooden is the person leaders call when quick fixes have stopped working and the cost of getting people decisions wrong is too high to ignore.
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With more than 20 years of experience across public, private, and nonprofit sectors, Elizabeth has led HR from every angle: executive decision-making, workforce strategy, compliance, and crisis response. She understands how people issues show up differently at scale and how easily misalignment, uncertainty, and risk land squarely on the leader’s shoulders.
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Her work blends disciplined HR strategy with human-centered leadership to help organizations reset structure, strengthen leadership capability, and rebuild trust when it’s been strained or lost. This isn’t surface-level change. It’s the kind that stabilizes organizations and allows leaders to move forward with confidence.
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Elizabeth isn’t here to babysit broken systems. She’s here to get results. That means telling the truth, identifying what’s standing in the way, and guiding leaders toward alignment with clarity, courage, and care.
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She holds an MBA, SHRM-SCP certification, and is an EQ-i 2.0® Certified Practitioner and Certified Federal EEO Investigator. But what truly distinguishes her is not credentials. I’s her ability to see what’s happening beneath the surface of an organization and know exactly what needs to happen next.
