Leadership Development
Customized workshops, leadership series, and coaching help supervisors strengthen communication, documentation, conflict resolution, and respectful workplace practices with real-world tools they can apply immediately.
Build confident leaders, clearer people practices, and stronger teams with guidance tailored to your organization. Moving Mountains HR combines practical training, strategic HR insight, and fractional executive support to help small and mid-size businesses address performance, communication, and workplace risk. Equip your managers with tools they can use immediately while creating an accountable, compliant culture built for sustainable growth.

Practical leadership development and executive-level HR guidance designed around your workforce, culture, and growth objectives.
Customized workshops, leadership series, and coaching help supervisors strengthen communication, documentation, conflict resolution, and respectful workplace practices with real-world tools they can apply immediately.
Strategic HR guidance aligns staffing, retention, compensation, benefits, and scalable people systems with your business objectives, helping leaders make informed decisions as the organization grows.
Access high-level HR leadership without the commitment of a full-time executive. Fractional CHRO support provides meeting participation, strategic perspective, and responsive guidance for complex people decisions.
Effective leadership requires more than a one-time presentation. Moving Mountains HR tailors training and consulting to your industry, workforce, culture, and goals, pairing practical learning with strategic support. From supervisor development and performance conversations to retention planning and HR systems, we help leaders turn expectations into consistent action. Choose a focused workshop, ongoing coaching, or fractional CHRO partnership that fits the level of guidance your business needs.

See how practical HR guidance helps organizations build confident leaders and stronger workplaces.
Executive-level HR support built to make complex people challenges manageable.
Seasoned HR leadership delivers practical guidance for complex people decisions and organizational growth.
Programs reflect your industry, workforce, culture, goals, and the situations leaders face daily.
Choose focused projects, ongoing support, or fractional CHRO involvement that matches your needs.
California-based expertise helps leaders build practices that support compliant, respectful, productive workplaces.
Experienced HR leaders focused on practical business support.

Founder & CEO
Michelle Schwanhauser is the Founder and CEO of Moving Mountains HR, which she established in 2023 to bring executive-level HR expertise to businesses of all sizes. A highly seasoned Human Resources professional with deep expertise in the healthcare industry, Michelle takes a holistic approach to HR processes and procedures, ensuring organizations remain compliant while fostering strong workplace cultures. She is a dedicated advocate for employees and a consummate professional, known for her consultative style and ability to simplify complex HR challenges. Operating out of Newbury Park, California, Michelle leads the firm's efforts to serve small to mid-size businesses across California and the United States. Her extensive tenure in HR makes her a trusted partner for business owners seeking practical, compliant, and effective HR solutions tailored to their unique organizational needs.

Chief Operating Officer
Jesse Schwanhauser serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Moving Mountains HR, where he oversees daily operations and strategic initiatives that support the company's mission of empowering business owners. Bringing a confident and engaging leadership style to the organization, Jesse plays a key role in ensuring the firm delivers practical, executive-level HR solutions to small and mid-size businesses across California and beyond. His operational expertise helps streamline the company's service delivery, from compliance audits to workplace investigations, ensuring clients receive consistent, high-quality support. Jesse is committed to organizational excellence and works closely with the leadership team to drive growth, refine internal processes, and uphold the company's core values of compliance, empowerment, and exceptional client service.
Leadership consultancy provides structured guidance to help managers lead people more effectively and align workforce practices with business goals. Moving Mountains HR can address leadership communication, supervisor development, performance management, employee relations, retention, HR strategy, and workplace risk. Support may take the form of a focused project, customized training, ongoing advisory support, or fractional CHRO involvement in HR meetings and planning.
Speak with our team about practical support for your managers.
California-based HR consulting support for employers.
Senior HR guidance for growing organizations.
Impartial workplace fact-finding and reporting.
Share your leadership or HR challenge, and our team will help identify a practical path forward.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 866-474-3575. You can also send us a quick email at staff@movingmountainshr.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 866-474-3575. You can also send us a quick email at staff@movingmountainshr.com.