Houston Fractional HR & HR Consulting
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Fixing What's Broken — On Purpose
You built something. You grew it. And now you're watching it crack under its own weight.
Maybe you've got 25 employees. Maybe you've got 2,500. Either way, you're dealing with the same thing: your people systems can't keep up with your business. Good people are leaving. The ones you promoted aren't ready. Decisions that used to be easy now keep you up at night. And somewhere along the way, you stopped leading your business and started putting out fires.
Here's what nobody tells you: You're not broken. Your systems are.
Nine22 Solutions is a Houston-based fractional HR and HR consulting firm that helps organizations stop spinning and start scaling. We don't layer policies on top of dysfunction. We rebuild the foundation.
From the Energy Corridor to the Ship Channel and across the Gulf Coast, Nine22 provides fractional HR leadership and HR consulting Houston organizations trust when the stakes are real and guesswork isn't an option.
Led by Grit. Grounded in Strategy. Powered by People.
Let's be honest. You didn't get into business to deal with HR problems.
You got into it to build something. To take care of your people. To grow. But now you're spending half your time on people issues that never seem to get resolved — and the other half wondering if you're one bad decision away from a lawsuit.
Sound familiar?
- Your best foreman quit — and took two good guys with him
- You promoted someone to supervisor and now the whole crew is frustrated
- You're paying people differently for the same job and hoping nobody notices
- You had to fire someone — or let someone go — and you're not sure you did it right
- Turnover is eating your margins and you can't stop the bleeding
- Your employee handbook is from 2015 — and you're not sure it's even legal anymore
- OSHA is asking questions and you're scrambling to find documentation
These aren't just HR problems. They're business problems. And they're costing you money, time, and good people every single week.
Most HR companies in Houston focus on the easy stuff — payroll, benefits, compliance checklists. That's fine if you just need someone to push paper. But if you're trying to actually fix what's broken?
You need someone who gets it.
Services
Senior Leadership Without the Senior Price Tag
Fractional HR means you get a senior HR leader — someone with real experience — without paying for a full time executive you don't need yet.
Strategic guidance when you're facing tough calls. Terminations, restructuring, compliance issues, OSHA concerns — we help you navigate the hard stuff without stepping on landmines.
Handbooks, policies, job descriptions, documentation — the boring-but-critical stuff that protects you when things go wrong. No fluff, just the good stuff.
Think about it: you wouldn't hire a full-time CFO if you only need 10 hours a month of financial strategy. Same logic applies here. Most growing Houston organizations don't need a $200K HR director sitting in an office. They need someone who can step in, fix the problems, build the systems, and help their leaders actually lead.
That's what Nine22 does. I don't just consult — I construct.
Our fractional HR model gives you:
- Senior-level thinking without the senior-level salary
- Clear systems for hiring, paying, promoting, and letting people go
- Real help getting your supervisors and managers ready to lead
- Someone to call when things go sideways — before they become lawsuits
- An HR framework designed to hold up when the pressure is on
Simple. Strategic. Effective. That's the Nine22 way.
Nine22 works with Houston organizations of all sizes — from a 25-person contractor to a Fortune 500 division. The common thread isn't how big you are. It's whether you're ready to trade chaos for clarity.
Who We Work With:
Our fractional HR and HR consulting clients include:
Oil and Gas — Upstream, midstream, downstream, oilfield services. We understand the cycles, the safety culture, the workforce volatility. Whether you're staffing up for a project or managing through a downturn, Nine22's fractional HR support keeps you compliant and keeps good people around.
Construction and Skilled Trades — General contractors, commercial builders, specialty trades. You've got crews across multiple job sites, foremen who are great at the work but weren't trained to manage people, and a constant fight for talent. We build HR systems that actually work in the field.
Manufacturing and Industrial — Fabrication shops, production facilities, assembly operations. Shift work, safety protocols, retention headaches — we've seen it. Nine22's HR consulting helps Houston manufacturers build stable teams and reduce the turnover that kills productivity.
Growth-Stage and Founder-Led Companies — You started with five people who figured it out as they went. Now you've got 50, and what worked then doesn't work now. Our fractional HR services help founders build real structure without losing the culture that got you here.
Bottom line: If you're a Houston organization with real people challenges and you're ready to fix them, Nine22 is built for you.
How We Help: HR Services That Actually Work
Every Houston organization is different. That's why Nine22 doesn't sell cookie-cutter packages. We figure out what you actually need and build around that.
Additional Services:
Leadership Development
Your supervisors were promoted because they were good at their work. But managing people is a different skill. We help your foremen, superintendents, and managers actually learn how to lead — not just manage tasks.
Culture & Organizational Effectiveness
Culture isn't ping-pong tables and pizza parties. It's how things actually work around here. We help Houston organizations build cultures where people know what's expected and accountability is real.
Compensation Strategy
Competitively? Consistently? We help you build pay structures that attract good people, keep them around, and don't blow up your labor costs.
Our fractional HR and HR consulting work takes us from corporate headquarters in the Energy Corridor to fabrication shops along the Ship Channel. We work with petrochemical companies in Pasadena, refineries in Texas City, manufacturers in Baytown, and growing businesses from The Woodlands to Pearland. Whether you're running a refinery turnaround or scaling a 50-person shop, we've got you.
We also serve clients along the Gulf Coast — Lake Jackson, Freeport, and the port-adjacent communities where industrial work drives the economy.
Houston is a working town. People here build things. Run crews. Manage projects. They don't have patience for consultants who talk in circles and bill by the hour without delivering results.
That's why Nine22's approach is direct, practical, and built for organizations that actually do work.
While Houston is home, we also work with organizations across Texas and beyond. But make no mistake — Houston organizations are who we know best and who we serve best.
Polished. Direct. Unapologetic.
There are plenty of HR companies in Houston. Here's why organizations choose Nine22:
We tell you the truth. Not what you want to hear. Not consultant-speak designed to cover our backs. The truth. If your compensation structure is a mess, we'll say so. If your manager is the problem, we'll tell you. You can't fix what you won't face.
We've been in the room. Boardrooms and break rooms. Executive suites and job trailers. We've worked with organizations at every level and understand that the problems look different but often have the same root causes.
We build to last. Quick fixes don't hold. We help you build an HR framework and leadership capability that will serve you for years — not just get you through next quarter. I make it work — and I make it last.
We stay until it's done. A lot of consultants hand you a binder and disappear. We stick around to help you implement, adjust, and make sure the changes actually hold up when the pressure is on.
We care about your people. At the end of the day, this work is about people. Your employees, your leaders, your families. When structure is intentional, people perform — and businesses scale with confidence.
Meet Nine22 Solutions
Nine22 Solutions was built on a simple belief: most organizations don't have a people problem. They have a structure problem. Give leaders clear expectations, fair systems, and real support — and most people will rise to the occasion.
I'm Victoria Adams Forsberg, founder of Nine22 Solutions. With more than 25 years in Human Resources, Organizational Effectiveness, and Project Implementation, I help business leaders stop spinning and start scaling.
Whether it's rebuilding HR systems, redefining leadership roles, or creating pay structures aligned with business strategy — I make it work. And I make it last.
Polished. Direct. Unapologetic. That's how I lead, how I build, and how I turn people systems into business strategy.
At its core, Nine22 helps people who help people. That's the work. That's why it matters.
Ready to Fix What's Broken?
If your organization feels stuck, stretched thin, or constantly putting out fires — you're not alone. And you're not broken.
Your systems are. And we can fix that.
Whether you're ready to explore fractional HRsupport, need strategic HR consulting for a specific challenge, or just want to talk through what's not working — let's have a conversation. No pitch. No pressure. Just straight talk about where you are and what might help.
Explore our services, learn about the industries we serve, or see the Houston areas we cover.
Or just reach out. Let's fix it.
