The Essential HR Guide teaches the nuts and bolts of HR for small businesses and startups and is the perfect reference for any organization that may not have the financial resources to invest in a fully-staffed HR department. Our session provides a concise but comprehensive guide to HR issues for small businesses and startups.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
Those with limited experience in HR have few resources and are looking to understand how to navigate the basic processes and requirements to successfully support HR in a new or growing business and how to lay a foundation to avoid HR-related legal complications.
AREA COVERED
- Developing policies and organizational best practices
- Managing and measuring performance
- Driving engagement and cultivating a culture
- Understanding legal obligations, assessing, risk
- Guidance for developing leaders
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- Small Business Owner
- Entrepreneur
- Startup founder
- Operations Manager
- Manager for Finance, Operations, and Human Resources
- One-Person HR Department
- Office Manager
- Anyone with HR responsibility for their company
Those with limited experience in HR have few resources and are looking to understand how to navigate the basic processes and requirements to successfully support HR in a new or growing business and how to lay a foundation to avoid HR-related legal complications.
- Developing policies and organizational best practices
- Managing and measuring performance
- Driving engagement and cultivating a culture
- Understanding legal obligations, assessing, risk
- Guidance for developing leaders
- Small Business Owner
- Entrepreneur
- Startup founder
- Operations Manager
- Manager for Finance, Operations, and Human Resources
- One-Person HR Department
- Office Manager
- Anyone with HR responsibility for their company
Speaker Profile
William J. Rothwell
William J. Rothwell, PhD, DBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CPTD Fellow, RODC, FLMI is a Distinguished Professor in theWorkforce Education and Development program in the Department of Learning and Performance Systems at thePennsylvania State University, University Park campus.Work ExperienceDr. Rothwell worked full-time in human resources, training and Organization Development in both government (Illinois Office of Auditor General) and in a multinational company (American Brands, #48 on the Fortune 500 list) from 1979 until he joined Penn State University as a professor to head up a graduate program in Human Resource Development/Organization Development He has been a consultant for …
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