Nikita McClain

Hayes Street Consulting
Montgomery, AL 36117

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Services Provided: In-person, Online
Years of Experience: 23

About
Nikita McClain, MSHRM, SHRM-CP, is the Founder and Principal Strategist of Hayes Street Consulting. She brings more than 20 years of HR and operations leadership to her work with mission-driven organizations.

Nikita spent most of her career on the inside of organizations as a leader and decision-maker responsible for the people systems, operational choices, and culture that directly inform an organization’s stability and success. She knows the weight of those decisions from experience: balancing compliance with compassion, growth with stability, and mission with the practical realities of running an organization well. That vantage point shapes how she works today. She translates hard-won operational insight into guidance leaders can use, meeting them as a partner who has stood where they stand.

Hayes Street is named for the neighborhood where she grew up, a place that shaped her belief in community, mutual care, and people-centered work. That rootedness carries into everything the firm does, connecting HR and organizational practice to the outcomes that matter most: mission delivery, retention, sound stewardship, and community trust.

Nikita holds a Master of Science in Human Resource Management and numerous certifications.  She serves on several boards and is an industry thought partner sharing insights through research, publications, and advisory work. She writes the tHRu-line newsletter for mission-driven leaders and leads the firm's work as an Everything DiSC® Authorized Partner. Based in Montgomery, Alabama, she brings both credentials and lived experience to helping good organizations do their good work well.

Our Work
Hayes Street Consulting is an organizational development firm based in Montgomery, Alabama. Serving nonprofits and mission-driven organizations, our approach rests on three commitments: evidence-based practice, people-centered design, and impact-focused results. We help organizations strengthen the internal systems that make impactful work possible, allowing leaders and teams to spend less energy on operational strain and more on their mission. Services include:

• Organizational & HR Strategy
• Leadership and Executive Coaching
• Capacity-building
• Talent & Team Development

Our work begins with intense listening to understand the mission, people, goals, and context of each organization. This insight informs our strategies to enhance clarity around what's working, where capacity is needed, and building momentum toward the impact you are advancing. Hayes Street works alongside leaders as a partner, offering practical guidance shaped by more than 25 years of experience and a genuine understanding of what it takes to run mission-driven organizations. The goal is always the same: healthy people, sound systems, and organizations equipped to deliver on their purpose.

Expertise: Board/Governance, Human Resources, Nonprofit Management, Strategic Planning, Executive Search
Other Areas of Expertise: Organizational Assessment, Capacity Building, Leadership Development, Succession Planning