A million frontline voices heard. 20+ years. 10 industries.
Apelio Insights helps organizations translate frontline intelligence into measurable performance improvement.
About Apelio Insights
Apelio Insights started with a question from a colleague: “What about focusing your consulting on frontline employees?"
That question changed everything. Listening to the people closest to the work revealed untapped insights that transform performance. What started in life sciences — amplifying the voices of field sales teams — has expanded to include retail, manufacturing, and service environments.
The name Apelio comes from Latin roots meaning to uncover and to illuminate. It reflects our belief that when frontline insights are surfaced and understood, they lead to smarter decisions, stronger outcomes, and better cultures.
Apelio takes a straightforward, no-frills approach to consulting — practical, honest, and focused on what works. When you listen to the right voices, the path forward becomes clear.
Michele Goldberg
Founder & Principal
michele@apelioinsights.com
Our Strategic Solutions
Focus HR on What Drives Business
Align HR projects with enterprise goals to deliver tangible impact and measurable outcomes.
Turn Workforce Data into Insights and Action
Translate people data into early warning signs and decisions that prevent risk and unlock opportunity.
Simplify HR to Strengthen Performance
Streamline processes, integrate technology, and reduce manual work so HR can focus on strategy.
Amplify Frontline Voices for Engagement and Growth
Surface employee insight to shape better programs, communication, and leadership alignment.
Case Studies
Designing and Implementing a Global Employee Engagement Program
Challenge: A global entertainment company ran disconnected engagement surveys across its regions, limiting enterprise-wide insights and accountability.
Approach: Designed and led a unified engagement survey program aligned with strategic priorities. Oversaw survey design, data quality, and delivery, managing a global team of analysts and project managers to ensure methodological consistency and actionable reporting.
Impact: Delivered consolidated insights that allowed leaders to identify global strengths and local opportunities, resulting in targeted action plans and a consistent engagement framework enterprise-wide.
Enabling HR Business Partners Through Data and Tools
Challenge: HR Business Partners had limited analytics fluency and relied heavily on the central people analytics team for workforce insights.
Approach: Created a foundational e-learning course and launched intuitive Power BI dashboards covering headcount, movement, and demographics.
Impact: Increased HRBP confidence and autonomy in using data, improved speed of decision-making, and freed the analytics team to focus on strategic consulting and organizational trends.
Transforming People Analytics from Reporting to Strategic Insight
Challenge: HR’s analytics function was limited to static reports with minimal influence on business decisions.
Approach: Built a consulting-focused people analytics team, introduced dashboards and predictive turnover models, and partnered with HR leaders to apply insights directly to leadership development and retention strategies.
Impact: Evolved analytics into a strategic business partner, creating tangible outcomes such as a validated manager index, improved executive decision-making, and stronger alignment between talent strategy and organizational goals.
Revitalizing Engagement and Purpose Within HR
Challenge: HR engagement surveys revealed low morale and unclear priorities across the function.
Approach: Partnered with HR leaders to define a shared vision and direction, facilitated interactive workshops, and launched initiatives such as an HR liaison program and internal project management framework.
Impact: Improved HR engagement scores and reduced turnover by eight percentage points. Strengthened collaboration, role clarity, and confidence in HR’s strategic value to the business.
The Apelio Advantage
Apelio Insights offers a unique combination of listening, uncovering valuable data, and creative problem-solving to deliver tailored solutions with impact.
Frontline Focus
We uncover workforce challenges where they happen — on the ground — and turn real-world insight into business improvement.
Specialized Expertise
With deep experience in HR analytics, process optimization, and change management, we build practical, data-informed solutions that move organizations forward.
Straight Talk. Lasting Impact
We deliver honest advice, pragmatic solutions, and trusted partnerships that endure — because lasting progress comes from what works, not what’s trending.
