Fueling Growth
from the Inside Out

How scaling tech companies attract top candidates, optimize team performance, and leverage expert skill sets to create a flywheel of unstoppable success.

Growing tech companies have one thing in common.

The challenge of finding, keeping, and energizing the right people to drive innovation and stay competitive.

Uncommon Potential helps tech companies grow their talent

As tech companies scale, reactive hiring, burnout, and skill gaps become costly barriers to success.

Constant turnover leaves disruptive gaps. High-impact team members check out. And critical projects stall in the absence of passionate people to drive them.

At Uncommon Potential, we know it's not about finding a unicorn employee. It's about seeing your talent strategy as an interrelated ecosystem and making sure every piece—hiring, development, retention—works together.

Because when they don't, everything quickly falls apart.

Uncommon Potential makes talent management simple for tech companies

Uncommon Potential. Uncommon Results.

Uncommon Potential is a high-impact consultancy that partners with growth-driven tech companies to energize stronger performance from the inside out.

Uncommon Potential is a high-impact consultancy for technology companies
Lisa Bell Steward, founder of Uncommon Potential

Lisa Bell Stewart

“Even the best companies fall into the ‘warm body wormhole’—filling seats without fueling growth. Our mission is to help tech companies avoid these talent traps to accelerate their results and dominate their market.”
— LISA BELL STEWART, FOUNDER + CEO

Over 30 Years

and Counting

We help tech companies optimize the employee lifecycle from acquisition to transition for results that drive the needle.

Talent Alchemist High-Impact Drop-in Hiring Consultancy

HIGH-IMPACT
HIRING AT SCALE

Scale at speed with drop-in hiring support that ensures every new hire fits seamlessly into your culture—and your growth goals.

Bring it in >

UpSpark Team Optimization through Reskill and Development Strategies

SPARK GROWTH
FROM THE INSIDE OUT

Optimize and energize your existing teams with reskilling and development strategies that fuel long-term performance and lasting results.

Level it up >

Liminal Consulting to access on-demand experts

ON-DEMAND EXPERTS
FOR IN-BETWEEN TIMES

Access on-demand experts and fractional leaders to make an immediate impact when (and where!) it matters most.

Turn it on >

  • “Throughout our time working together, Lisa consistently showcased remarkable executive influence, leveraging her deep understanding of the talent market to make strategic decisions that propelled our team forward.”

    DIVYA NARAYANAN, PRINCIPAL RECRUITER

  • "Lisa’s team of recruiters were extremely helpful and provided excellent feedback and insight into the various candidates brought to Freewire."

    MARTIN LYNCH, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

  • “Lisa is an excellent HR leader. Before it became popular, we combined all talent management (staffing, internal mobility, learning and development) under Lisa’s leadership, resulting in a true team responsible for employee (internal and external) development.”

    JOHN CLEVELAND, CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

  • “Lisa’s expertise in technical recruitment and her comprehensive understanding of the software engineering industry were invaluable assets to our hiring process.”

    UMIT DEMIR, VP OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

  • “The transformation we witnessed in our leaders and teams was both exciting and deeply gratifying, setting us up for long-term success.”

    TAMARA MECHAM, CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

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