Build people systems that don’t lead back to your desk
Growing a company should not mean becoming the final decision-maker for every hire, resignation, promotion, salary discussion, manager issue, or people problem.
HR+ helps founder-led companies with 50–500 employees build practical hiring, pay, manager, culture, and compliance systems so the business becomes easier to run as it grows.
These systems help the business scale with less chaos, fewer ad hoc decisions, and more clarity across the organisation.
We differ from the bloated and copy-paste enterprise consulting model and build systems that people can actually use.
Growth changes your business before you realise it has.
When there were twenty people, everyone knew what success looked like. You remembered every interview, approved every salary, solved every disagreement, and probably knew most employees personally. Growth has a way of making those habits expensive.
At fifty people, hiring starts needing more structure. At one hundred, managers begin shaping different versions of the company. At two hundred, informal decisions start creating real business cost.
Hiring slows because every decision needs you. Managers solve similar situations differently. Salary conversations become increasingly difficult to explain. People start asking what growth looks like, and everyone has a different answer.
None of these issues are dramatic on their own. Together, they quietly pull your attention away from running the business.
Simple systems. Better decisions. Less founder dependency.
Hiring no longer depends on founder heroics
Role definitions, structured interviews, scorecards, offer governance, and an onboarding rhythm so hiring becomes a process, not a stream of urgent WhatsApp messages.
Career paths that give good people a reason to stay
Levels, role expectations, competencies, and progression maps because good people don’t only leave for money. They leave when the future goes blurry.
Compliance and policy that works in real life
Clear policies, POSH readiness, labour-law alignment, and employee handbooks built so people know what to do when it matters, not to sit in a folder nobody opens.
Pay that’s fair, explainable, and within budget
Salary structures, bands, grades, and incentive design benchmarked to the market so no salary decision turns into a negotiation game or into one of overpaying people.
Culture you can see in behaviour, not posters
We uncover how decisions actually get made and how managers actually behave, then build practical fixes that protect what works and repair what doesn’t.
Senior people leadership without a full-time hire
A fractional CHRO who sets people strategy, partners with you on org design and tough calls, and builds the systems your team needs without the cost of a full-time executive.
Is HR+ right for you?
We do our best work with a specific kind of company. Here’s how to tell in thirty seconds whether that’s you.
We’re built for you if…
- You’re founder-led, roughly 50–500 people, and growing.
- People issues keep landing back on the founder’s desk.
- You have a capable but junior HR team that needs senior direction.
- You’re entering a new stage: funding, a new market, fast headcount growth.
- You want systems your own team can run, eventually without us.
We’re probably not your firm if…
- You’re under ~30 people and need your first HR hire, not systems.
- You want someone to run payroll, attendance, and admin.
- You’re looking for a staffing agency to fill seats fast.
- You want a big-firm transformation programme with steering committees.
- You expect HR to fix problems leadership isn’t willing to engage on.
Sitting somewhere in the middle? That’s exactly what the People Risk Audit below is for. We’ll show you where you stand, and we’ll tell you honestly if we’re not the right fit.
Let’s find the one people issue slowing your business down.
You do not need to fix everything at once. You need to know what is creating the most drag and what to do about it first.
In a 30-minute People Risk Audit we will discuss your company, your team, and the people issues showing up today. You will leave with the biggest people risks affecting your business, a clearer view of what to fix first, practical priorities for the next few months, and a sense of whether HR+ is the right partner.
Why founders trust HR+
Trusted across complex people environments
The judgement we bring to founder-led companies was built in some of the most demanding people environments in the country.
20+ years
Across HR leadership, consulting, compensation, and organisation design.
12+ industries
From manufacturing floors and aviation to fintech and non-profits.
20,000+
Founders and people leaders who follow our work on LinkedIn.
50–500
The company size our systems are built for — the founder-led growth zone.
Manufacturing
Travel & Hospitality
Education
Technology
Financial Services
Non-profits
FMCG
Aviation
Experience our team brings from organisations like:
How we work
What working with HR+ looks like
Most HR projects begin with documents. Ours begin with understanding how your business actually makes people decisions.
We look at where work is getting stuck, where managers are unsure, where people decisions keep escalating, and which issues are creating the most drag. Then we build the practical systems needed to fix those problems. The goal is not to create more HR. The goal is to create fewer unnecessary founder decisions.
1. Diagnose
We map how people decisions actually get made: where work gets stuck, what keeps escalating, and what’s creating the most drag.
You get: a clear read on your biggest people risks.
2. Prioritise
We separate what’s irritating from what’s expensive, and sequence what to fix first so effort goes where the money leaks.
You get: a sequenced plan for the next two quarters.
3. Build
We design the systems that fix the priority problems: hiring workflows, salary bands, manager routines, career levels, decision rules.
You get: working tools your team can run, not documents.
4. Embed
We coach founders, managers, and HR through using the systems until they become part of how the company works.
You get: routines that survive after we step back.
Every engagement starts the same way: a 30-minute People Risk Audit that shows you exactly where to begin.
In their words
What our clients say
Results from founder-led teams we’ve worked with.
“HR+ provided exactly what we were looking for — you can see their knowledge of HR operations and strategy is there. Practical, logical solutions every time.”
SaaS founder
“The best HR partner we’ve worked with in a while. Communication was seamless and the deliverables landed exactly as agreed. Highly recommended.”
Tech CEO
“HR+ is easy to work with and deeply professional. They turned our policy work around fast and stayed flexible as our needs changed. Highly recommend.”
Operations lead, services firm
Better people decisions.
HR should help a business grow, not make it feel more corporate.
See where your people risks are hiding and what they are costing you. There’s no sales pitch, no slide decks. Let’s talk and figure out what you can do next.