Meet Angela Berg
I'm Angela Berg, Perelaks founder.
I’m a senior HR consultant and business leader with a proven track record of driving impactful organizational change by aligning initiatives with mission, goals, people, and culture.
With 20+ years of HR consulting experience, I combine strategic thinking, leadership, and executional excellence to deliver results across talent, technology enablement, culture, and wellbeing transformation. My expertise in leading complex change initiatives ensures smooth transitions, supported by a robust background in corporate and HR communications to engage and inspire diverse stakeholders.
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From HR Recruiter to HR Consultant
My HR career kicked off on the corporate side as a recruiter and HR generalist. I then began to specialize in HR communications. From those roles, I gained valuable, firsthand experience in the HR function and insights on its strategic role and challenges within the broader business.
In 2000, I joined global HR consulting firm Mercer as a consultant in the Career segment, initially focusing on communication and change management. I supported my clients on a broad range of HR campaigns and initiatives in career, engagement, pay and benefits transformation and technology enablement. I held multiple leadership roles in Mercer's Career business, including the North America Workforce Communication and Change Management Co-Leader as well as regional leadership roles on the West Coast.
As a Partner at Mercer, I maintained a robust consulting portfolio while working with many of the firm’s Fortune 250 clients, spanning tech, aerospace, entertainment, health care, manufacturing, and financial services.
Shifting Into Alternative Perspectives and Paths
For the past 10 years, I’ve had an opportunity to engage with my clients on a broad range of efforts to improve workplace diversity and inclusion using best-practice HR models and sophisticated evidence-based insights.
Many prevalent corporate DEI practices have been challenged in recent years. In some cases, it’s with good reason. Certain methodologies and actions did little to address business needs and indeed created needless divisiveness.
Even so, let’s not abandon the legitimate “DEI” task of improving workplace opportunity, experience and pay. After all, what company does not seek to achieve a workplace where all employees have meaningful avenues to thrive in their careers and come to work every day feeling welcome and respected?
There continues to be a significant opportunity to create better workplaces. I work with my clients to develop strategies that bring people together and invite participation across the organization while optimizing HR processes to ensure fair and consistent career opportunities and outcomes.
Press
I've been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Financial Times, Global Finance, BRINK, SHRM, HR News and more. I've participated in events for the World Economic Forum, World at Work, Financial Alliance for Women, HR Tech, and more.
Beyond Work
I have a B.A. from Occidental College in Los Angeles and an M.A. from the University of Washington. I'm a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest and am currently based out of the greater Seattle area.
