Top Five Priorities for an HR Department of One

2023 Annual
The session will focus on HR tools you can use in small business and provide helpful hints you can use for your own personal development.

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. Based on a survey of actual small business HR professionals, this session is a collection of your voices bringing to light the issues you face. This collection of research from practitioners will include practical and inexpensive (even free!) solutions.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn top 5 Priorities (in order) facing HR in small businesses..
  • Hear why they are priorities; including changes in laws, business environment, and economic drivers.
  • Discover practical and inexpensive (even free!) solutions to the Top 5 Priorities that small businesses can use right away.

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Date(s) & Time(s): 
Monday, June 12, 2023 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Presenter: 

Jennifer Currence, SHRM-SCP, MBA

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.

Location: 
W108
Session Type: 
Concurrent Session
Competency: 
Business (Behavioral)
Interpersonal (Behavioral)
Intended Audience: 
Mid-Level
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