The Pivot Isn't Enough: Building an HR Foundation for Your Small Business

Did "pivot" reclaim its title as word of the year? If this year has taught us anything, it is the power of the pivot, and the harder truth that working solo cannot hold customers, profit margins, workforce partners, and product delivery all at once.

So what gives?

Purpose does. Remembering why you started the business, the project, the community, the collective, the work, invites better engagement from the people around you. And, AI will not save your business. People will. And, you are one of those people.

But before the next crisis forces your hand, ask yourself what blueprint you actually have for the HR functions that keep your business standing.

When I was interviewed by High Velocity Radio, I ardently articulated, "Human resources is not just the title. It's really a way that you can go about running your organization."

That reframe changes everything. HR stops being a department, particularly one you dread or misunderstand, and becomes the architecture holding your vision upright.

Human resources is not just the title. It's really a way that you can go about running your organization. - Michelle Majette

The People & Purpose Lab was built for this exact moment. Across six weeks, for just two hours a week alongside a high touch peer cohort, business leaders from directors, to executives to entrepreneurs, will create a compliant, equitable, and resilient operational foundation in real time. No more guessing. No more isolation. Just leaders building, in real time, together.

If your dream only includes you, it's too small. Step out of the silo and get your business fully on track before the New Year arrives.

Cohort 2 closes September 23.

Visit www.connect2purpose.org and claim your seat before the door closes. The next cohort begins in 2027. Email hello@connect2purpose.org to join the waitlist.