At the end of your rope? Call Lariat!

Your Trusted HR Partner for Custom Solutions supporting Small to Mid-Sized Business

Your HR department down the hall

Lariat HR Consulting is able to provide clients with custom support from sourcing and selecting the best candidates, to separation of employment, including almost everything in between. We have experience in even the most challenging situations that present the greatest risk to employers.

Businesses that operate without skilled in-house HR often experience poor advice from large consulting firms that don’t take the time to fully understand their clients’ businesses or specific issues. These smaller operations often find they are dealing with multiple people instead of someone dedicated just to them.

At Lariat, we commit to taking the time to appreciate what makes your industry, and yourselves, different. We’ll adapt to your needs and ensure that you feel fully supported and valued.

Throughout the employment lifecycle, we provide the guidance and support that meets your needs

Managing the employment relationship demands awareness of wide-ranging employer obligations and the risks posed to a business when not handled proactively, and when issues arise.

Lariat is here to help you navigate challenges and arrive at sustainable approaches to mitigating risk and improving your organization’s human resources performance.

  • Reviewing and improving the recruitment and selection process

  • Policy development

  • Navigating employee relations issues such as absenteeism, performance, conflicts

  • Talent management, succession planning

  • Management coaching

  • Investigations

  • Human rights claims

  • Workers’ compensation

  • Crisis management

  • Health & Safety

  • Disability management

  • Labour relations, collective bargaining and collective agreement interpretation

Where People Challenges Meet Practical Solutions

About Lariat

Founder Katherine Jones, CPHR, created Lariat HR Consulting as a solution to the problems she saw with smaller businesses interacting with challenging HR Issues.

In past roles, Katherine Jones has led transformational initiatives which impacted the organizations' performance in a wide range of human resources measures.

As a proven leader, she has positively influenced labour relations, employee attraction and retention, engagement, diversity & inclusion, innovation, safety performance, coaching and training, leadership development, collaboration within and across teams, organizational effectiveness, and corporate visibility as industry leaders.

Her ability to set direction, lead and engage teams, and influence change is enhanced with strong organizational acumen, communication, analytical skills, and her ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with all stakeholders. Katherine focuses on ensuring continuity of best practices and successful exploration and implementation of new opportunities for improved performance.

When she’s not putting out fires for clients, Katherine enjoys spending time on her property in the Foothills of Alberta with her dogs and horses.

Hear what our clients, customers and colleagues are saying:

  • I have had the privilege of knowing and working with Katherine Jones for over ten years. During this time, Katherine served as my HR Director, overseeing HR functions across four provinces. She is an exceptional leader with deep expertise in human resources and labor relations, and she brings a level of precision and care to her work that is truly unmatched.

    What has always stood out to me is Katherine’s thoughtful, measured approach. She takes the time to fully understand every situation and consistently provides sound, balanced guidance. No matter the circumstance, she handles each challenge with unwavering professionalism and integrity.

    Katherine is both strategic and people-focused. Through her leadership, she built impactful programs that developed our teams, strengthened training, and positioned the organization for long-term success. She is one of the strongest business partners I have had the opportunity to work with, and her contributions made a lasting difference.

    I highly recommend Katherine without hesitation.

    Ali Adat
    Aramark Canada Ltd
    Regional Vice President - Central

  • I had the privilege of working with Katherine Jones for over 10 years. She is a consummate professional and an exceptional business partner. Katherine brings deep expertise in human resources, consistently demonstrating integrity, commitment, and outstanding attention to detail. Her ability to balance strategic insight with practical solutions made her an invaluable member of our leadership team. I would recommend Katherine without hesitation to anyone seeking a trusted HR expert and partner.


    Kevin Munn
    Aramark Canada Ltd
    Regional Vice President - West

  • I had the pleasure of working with Katherine Jones during her tenure with the Aramark organization. Katherine has a vast cross-section of skills developed throughout her Human Resources career. From my experience these include working with organized labor, new immigrants, personnel with English as a second language, generational challenges and the diversity that is inherent in our current work environments. Katherine has an excellent grasp of legal and regulatory standards related to human resource management. She has facilitated performance management of personnel and strategies for succession planning in organizations.

    She easily develops a rapport with workers and management, focused on achieving effective solutions to the questions and challenges presented to her. In addition to being an HR professional she is proficient in addressing occupational health and safety within corporations.

    Companies seeking assistance in managing and problem-solving HR issues will find Katherine’s diverse skills, collaborative mindset and purposeful efforts to achieve results make her an excellent choice to facilitate success in their organizations.


    W. D. (Wally) Cook P.Eng. NP CRSP
    Kestrel Resources Ltd.
    President

  • As a new President of a non-profit with no HR team, I was thrilled when I met and began working with Katherine. She was incredibly quick to get up to speed on our issues, offering sound advice on sensitive matters right away. She also jumped into support policy

    Terri-Lynn Duque
    Bragg Creek Community Association
    President

  • Hearing of a significant personnel management concern, I referred a trusted client to Katherine for assistance. As a witness of its final result, I affirm that Katherine wisely and effectively leveraged her professional skills to bring about meaningful resolutions to the matter.

    Andrew Carpenter, RPF, President
    Reclaimit Ltd
    Senior Environmental Consultant

We’d love to work with you.

We’re eager to get in contact and setup an initial meeting to discuss your business’ individual HR needs. Please use the contact form below to get started.