Lever Talent has been named a High Performer in the G2 Grid® Report for HR Consulting, Summer 2026. The recognition, published by the software and services review platform G2, places Lever Talent among a small group of providers measured against the broader HR consulting category on two dimensions: customer Satisfaction and Market Presence and Proficiency.
We are proud to share that Lever Talent earned a Satisfaction score of 93, the highest in the category, and was ranked second on the overall list, up from third place last year. The score reflects our 4.7 out of 5-star average across 62 verified G2 reviews, all submitted by clients who have worked with us directly on talent strategy, behavioral assessments, leadership development, fractional HR, and the work that sits in between.
This is the kind of recognition that only happens when clients show up.
| What we like best about Lever Talent is the visibility and insight it provides into our hiring process. -Danielle V. |
G2's quarterly Grid® reports are built from verified user reviews and market signals. Providers are scored on two axes. Satisfaction captures how well a firm actually delivers, drawn from review sentiment, recency, and depth. Market Presence and Proficiency captures scale: years in business, employee count, breadth of services, social and search reach, and revenue.
Providers are then sorted into four quadrants. Leaders score high on both. High Performers score high on Satisfaction with a smaller Market Presence footprint. Contenders carry market scale without matching satisfaction. Niche providers score lower on both.
Being placed in the High Performer quadrant is a clear sign that clients rate our work at the top of the category, even when the firm does not yet match the largest legacy players on raw scale.
"Lever Talent was founded in the summer of 2022, and I couldn’t be more proud of our ability to achieve G2’s High Performer designation in the HR consulting space in this short time." said Dre Fortin, CEO and Founder of Lever Talent, "This is a testament to our intense focus on staying ahead of the curve and on meeting our clients where they are, strategically applying talent and HR practices to deliver exceptional results.”
A 93 Satisfaction score is not a marketing number. It is an aggregation of real sentiments from w real HR leaders, CEOs, and operators who wrote about working with our team. A few themes show up across the reviews:
A behavioral and cognitive assessment practice anchored by the Predictive Index that turns data into hiring and management decisions.
Mission, Vision, and Values transformations that survive past the offsite.
Leadership programs like Lead with Leverage that empower managers to build processes and teams that align with their style and the business strategy.
Fractional HR support that integrates with the executive team and HR function instead of sitting beside it.
A team that picks up the phone. All Lever Talent clients receive support from dedicated account representatives and consultants.
That last point is important. We pride ourselves on being with our clients every step of the way. There are plenty of talent agencies that sell decks and disappear. What our clients keep saying on G2 is that we stay close, move fast, and tell the truth.
The recognition lands at a moment when the HR consulting category itself is changing. AI is rewriting what gets automated and what gets elevated. The relationship between employers and employees is being renegotiated in real time.
Mid-market and PE-backed companies are looking for partners who can think strategically about the future of work and deploy programs operationally that build leadership capacity.
That’s the work Lever Talent is built to do. Our thesis is simple: as technology and AI proliferate, the need for human judgment increases. Our job is to help leaders build the teams and systems that turn that shift into a competitive advantage.
A High Performer designation from clients who are living that shift is the validation we care about most.
| What I like best about Lever Talent is their support throughout the implementation process and their responsiveness whenever we have questions or need additional insights. Their team has helped us improve our hiring approach and, combined with the PI tools, given us confidence in making more intentional, behavior-based hiring decisions. -Saydee V. |
Reviews do not happen on their own. Every review on G2 represents a client who took time, on top of everything else they are managing, to share their experience publicly. That generosity is how the rest of the market makes smarter buying decisions and how firms like ours get better at what we do.
To every client who has trusted us with culture transformations, leadership training, employee engagement campaigns, executive coaching engagements, and the dozens of harder conversations in between: thank you.
If you are an HR leader, CEO, or COO considering a partner for the next phase of your company's growth, and what you see interests you, let's talk about how Lever Talent can support your team.