NEW YORK - s4story -- Lenhardt Partners and The Alyst Group Announce Partnership to

Deliver Full-Service People & Talent Solutions for High-Growth Startups

NEW YORK, NY (February 2, 2026) - Lenhardt Partners (https://www.lenhardtpartners.com/), a people strategy and HR advisory firm, announced today a strategic partnership with The Alyst Group (https://www.thealystgroup.com/), a talent acquisition firm specializing in early-stage, venture-backed, and hyper-growth companies. The partnership brings together People strategy and talent execution to help startups scale with clarity, humanity, and operational rigor. Through the partnership, Lenhardt Partners will design the People foundations that enable scale, while The Alyst Group executes hiring within those frameworks. Together, the firms help founders build organizations that grow without breaking their people.

"Startups often scale hiring before they scale design," said Anna Lenhardt, Founder and CEO of Lenhardt Partners. "Before adding headcount, we help founders clarify roles, ownership, decision rights, and leadership structures. This partnership ensures hiring occurs within a system designed to scale. Getting roles right early prevents chaos, burnout, and misalignment later. The Alyst Group brings deep expertise in recruiting critical early and growth-stage roles for venture-backed startups, helping founders build high-performing, values-aligned teams during periods of rapid expansion. Paired with Lenhardt Partners' strategic and core people operations work, the partnership turns chaotic early-stage environments into scalable organizations where people thrive, and outcomes accelerate.

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"Our focus has always been helping founders make smart, intentional hiring decisions at moments that matter most," said Tim Wenzel & Rena Zellars at The Alyst Group. "Together with Lenhardt Partners, we're ensuring those talent decisions are supported by clear structure, strong leadership practices, and human-first systems that can actually scale."

At its core, the partnership is grounded in a shared belief: that People strategy and talent acquisition are inseparable and, when done well, become powerful drivers of performance, resilience, and long-term value.

For more information, visit Lenhardt Partners (https://www.lenhardtpartners.com/), The Alyst Group (https://www.thealystgroup.com/) or LinkedIn/LenhardtPartners (https://www.linkedin.com/company/101720974/admi...).

About Lenhardt Partners
Lenhardt Partners is a people strategy and HR advisory firm that partners with founders and leadership teams to design organizations that scale without breaking their people. The firm helps venture-backed startups build clear roles, strong leadership practices, and human-centered systems that support sustainable growth.

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About The Alyst Group
The (A)Lyst Group is a boutique talent acquisition firm specializing in helping founders of early-stage venture-backed companies and hyper-growth companies retain talent and manage existing talent resources.​