Adam Hatcher

Founder, 21 Clear

After three years practicing law, Adam was recruited to stand up the Legal office of his family’s (then $100 million) staffing and recruiting firm. Over thirteen years with the company, Adam served as Head of Corporate Strategy, Vice President of Human Resources, General Counsel and a member of the Board of Advisors.

Adam spearheaded many of the strategies and systems that accelerated and supported the company’s growth from a regional firm to a nationwide company, building key client relationships with BMW, Kimberly-Clark, General Electric, Chick-fil-A, Robert Bosch, Textron, John Deere, and Southern Company.

In scaling the business to ~$500M, Adam:

– Closed and implemented $50M in acquisitions, diversifying the organization’s business lines,

– Created and aligned performance management, talent assessment, recruiting and onboarding, and compensation systems, and improved organizational structures to match the company’s strategy,

– Built teams, systems and trainings that reduced significant variable costs (cost of goods sold, health care, legal, etc.),

– Decreased contract negotiation times to optimize sales cycles

– Consistently improved multiple health care plans and other benefits (401K and Non Qualified) and scaled culture programs.

Adam Hatcher

Founder, 21 Clear

Leading into the company’s 50th year, Adam initiated a disruptive two year reorganization of its strategy, organizational structure and talent expectations, preparing the business for its next phase.

Lastly, Adam mixes his unique skill set with 20 years of family ownership experience.

Adam founded 21 Clear, LLC to make lives better by improving organizational clarity. The firm provides strategic, relational consulting and fractional services in strategy, alignment, HR, and Legal. Adam’s particular passion is small and midsized businesses who have hit a hurdle they cannot seem to break through.