Workforce Intelligence
$149/ month
Or $1,490 a year. Often sponsored as professional development.
- The Workforce Brief, monthly
- Planning tools and templates library
- Monthly live office hours
- Quarterly leaders' roundtable
Workforce planning / Transformation / Retained search
Fifteen years leading talent at enterprise scale. Now on your side of the table.
Senior counsel for executives across the public sector and private industry: technology, financial services, engineering, manufacturing and healthcare. AI-native, human-first, with national scale through our strategic partnership with TriSearch.
CareerFortune 500 talent executive
EnterpriseFounder of Ascension12, acquired
ReachHiring programs across North America, EMEA and APAC
Power positionPublic sector and private industry
66%
Technology organization scaled in 18 months at Capital One, contributing to $2B+ in revenue growth
72%
Increase in global technical hiring in year one at Amazon Web Services
58%
HR operating cost reduction at Conduent, $17M in annualized savings
88%
Year-over-year growth in senior AI/ML and technical program hiring at Capital One
Selected results from founder Nikita R. Steals's executive career.
- Baker Tilly
- Eaton Corporation
- Caterpillar
- Becton Dickinson
- Baker Tilly
- Eaton Corporation
- Caterpillar
- Becton Dickinson
01Proprietary methodology
The NWTS Method™
Four disciplines, climbed in order, that keep a workforce plan tied to the business from first diagnosis to quarterly review. Every engagement, membership and search runs on it.
NStage 1
Navigate
Read the business: strategy, revenue plan, current workforce, and the gaps between them.
WStage 2
Workforce Design
Design the organization and headcount plan that carries the strategy, tied to revenue milestones.
TStage 3
Talent & Technology
Acquire, build and redeploy talent, with AI-enabled tools in service of human judgment.
SStage 4
Sustain
Govern the plan with dashboards and a quarterly cadence, so it keeps pace with the business.
AI-native.
Where machines sharpen judgment, we use them fully.
Demand forecasting and scenario modeling
Skills mapping across the whole organization
Sourcing and screening at a scale no team matches by hand
Human-first.
Where careers are decided, people stay accountable.
Hiring, promotion and restructuring decisions
Tools tested for bias and explained in plain language
Leaders accountable for every outcome
02The practice
Three specialties. Public sector and private industry.
Most workforce plans are spreadsheets nobody trusts: built once a year, disconnected from revenue, abandoned by March. We connect headcount to the business plan and stay with your leaders as the plan meets reality.
- Public Sector
- Technology
- Financial Services
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Healthcare
Workforce Planning
Headcount tied to revenue, organization design for the next 12 to 36 months, and the build, buy or borrow decision for every function.
Workforce Transformation
Operating model redesign, restructuring, M&A integration, and the modernization of HR and recruiting, including AI-enabled tools.
Retained Search
C-suite, VP and Director search conducted with discretion, full market mapping and direct approach to passive leaders.
03 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
NWTS × TriSearch
For large-scale programs and recruitment process outsourcing, NWTS partners with TriSearch, a national recruiting and RPO platform ranked among Forbes' and Hunt Scanlon's top recruiting firms. Boutique judgment at the top; national capacity underneath.
RPORecruitment process outsourcing
Recruiting capacity that scales with hiring demand, reported on time-to-fill, quality of hire and pipeline health.
LARGE PROGRAMSVolume and multi-site hiring
Enterprise hiring programs run without adding fixed internal overhead.
TECHNOLOGYShared sourcing infrastructure
TriSearch sourcing technology and delivery systems for a faster ramp.
ACCOUNTABILITYOne senior point of contact
NWTS leadership stays accountable for strategy and outcomes.
TriSearch practice groups: Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Supply Chain and Life Sciences.
04Workforce readiness assessment
Is your plan leading the business, or following it?
Eight statements, about three minutes. See where you stand on the NWTS Method, then request your full report.
Readiness score
—0 of 8 answered
Complete all eight
Your score and stage appear as you answer.
05Memberships
Counsel on retainer, not on request.
Ongoing workforce planning and transformation expertise, between an HR peer network and a full-time hire. Cancel anytime after the minimum term.
Workforce Planning Advisory
$2,500/ month
Three-month minimum. Up to five leaders included.
- Monthly 60-minute advisory session
- Quarterly headcount review against revenue
- Workforce dashboard, established and reviewed
- Direct access, two-business-day reply
Transformation Partner
$7,500/ month
Six-month minimum. By application, three clients at a time.
- About two advisory days a month
- Operating model and organization design
- Restructuring and change architecture
- Quarterly leadership team session
06Leadership sessions
Ninety minutes with someone who has made the call.
Bring one decision: a reorganization, a senior hire, a team that is not working, a plan that does not add up. Leave with a written course of action. Fees are credited toward any engagement signed within 30 days.
Choose a time and pay
Company-sponsored? We invoice for bank transfer.
In their words
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07Press & recognition
In the press. On the record.
Coverage of founder Nikita R. Steals and Northwest Talent Solutions on ethical AI, talent strategy and leadership.
Features
USA News · December 2025Reimagining the Future of Work: How Nikita R. Steals Is Redefining Ethical AI, Leadership, and Talent Innovation
CEO Weekly · December 2024Northwest Talent Solutions Wins the Best of the Best Award for Most Innovative Consulting Firm of 2024
Symba · October 2024#OpenUpTheWorkforce, recorded live at the Jobs for the Future Horizons Summit
CEO Weekly · July 2024Northwest Talent Solutions: Experts in Staffing and Search
Splash Magazines Worldwide · June 2024Nikita Steals: Pioneering Leadership in Global Corporate Landscape
AB Newswire · April 2024Nikita Steals: Pioneering Leadership in Global Corporate Landscape
CEO Weekly · March 2024Nikita Steals Unveils Northwest Talent Solutions
Awards and honors
2024Most Innovative Consulting Firm of 2024Best of the Best
2024Top Visionary Leader of the YearBest of Best Review
2024Game Changing Leaders: Visionary Entrepreneurs Shaping Tomorrow's Business LandscapeNamed to the list
2024Visionary of the YearRecognized
—Leadership CouncilNational Small Business Association
—Top 100 Talent Acquisition ICONFinalist
—Marquis Who's WhoListee
08Keynotes and workshops
The high-performance workplace is a fair one.
Keynotes from $7,500
Virtual keynotes from $5,000. Half-day executive workshops and leadership offsites by arrangement.
Recognition
Leadership Council, National Small Business Association
09The firm
Senior-led on every engagement. Operators, not a junior bench.
Fixed-price TA Transformation Sprints and Recruiting Ops + AI Modernization Audits are scoped and delivered by NWTS. Large-scale programs and RPO are delivered with our strategic partner, TriSearch.
THE NWTS BRAND FILM · NARRATED BY THE FOUNDER · 66 SECONDS
Nikita R. Steals
Founder. Enterprise talent executive across the public sector and private industry.
Quarterly intelligence
The Workforce Signal
What is moving in talent, AI and organization design, each quarter. Free to subscribers; members receive the full monthly Workforce Brief.