The Top Five Priorities for an HR Department of One
HR in small businesses is often pulled in so many different directions that it's easy to lose sight of the new priorities facing our profession. Learn practical and strategic tools to overcome this year's hot topics in this interactive session, with recommendations based on a survey of actual small business HR professionals who have brought to light the issues you face.
Learning Objectives:
- The top five priorities facing HR in small businesses.
- Why they are priorities: changes in laws, the business environment, economic drivers and more.
- Practical, inexpensive—even free!—solutions that small businesses can use right away to address these priorities.
Jennifer Currence, SHRM-SCP, MBA
Jennifer Currence is a Senior Partner of HR Soul consultancy firm in Tampa, Florida, where she delivers results through strategic HR solutions, customized training, and coaching programs for organizational and HR leaders. She is the creator of The SOTO Approach to Leadership and the content architect for the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) international People Manager Qualification (PMQ).
Jennifer is regularly published and featured in industry magazines, webinars, and podcasts, and is the author of three HR books on behavioral business competencies.
Jennifer was named one of the top 100 Influential HR professionals in Leadership and Development in 2023 and Tampa Bay’s HR Consultant of the Year in 2017. She is a faculty member for SHRM and a former management professor at the University of Tampa.