Hard problems.
Tailored solutions.
Systems your team owns.

Paragon helps leaders build the HR foundations, talent systems, strategic plans, and leadership structures that enable organizations to achieve ambitious results. Every engagement ends with a system your team owns rather than a consultant you depend on.

Sarah Marks, Founder of Paragon Strategic Consulting
Sarah Marks, J.D.Founder & Principal

What Paragon Does.

Handbooks, policies, SOPs, and other tools designed as a coherent system and built to hold up under scrutiny.

Compensation frameworks, performance systems, and bespoke initiatives designed to attract, retain, and develop top talent.

Executive advisory for consequential decisions: rigorous analysis, a clear recommendation, an accountable structure, and a plan that gets executed.

The Results Are Proven

Organizations Sarah has worked with.

Williams College
Guild Education
Abstracted Systems
Denver Public Schools
Great MN Schools
Holland & Hart
KIPP Colorado
Canopy
Colorado Department of Education
Education Data Collective

Why Paragon works.

Most consulting fails one of two ways: sharp analysis that never becomes action, or fast execution that misses the structural issues underneath. Paragon was built to address both:

  • ✓ The issue-spotting and analytical rigor honed through top-tier legal training and practice.
  • ✓ The practical judgment of a senior operator who has run the systems she builds.

The result is a consistent way of working: resolve the immediate challenge, use that closeness to understand how the organization actually works, and build practical systems. The goal of every engagement is that you don't need one like it again.

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