Top Five HR Priorities for Departments of One

2024 Annual
Participants will leave with an understanding of the top 5 competencies that HR professionals struggle with today, how they've changed over the past seven years and what's stayed the same. We'll explore how to overcome these obstacles with tools you can apply immediately.

Seating Instructions: Seating is first-come, first-served. Reserved seating options are available for accessibility and accommodations. For detailed accessibility information, visit INFO > FAQs in the app.

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:

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


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Live Streaming and Recording: Unless marked 'in person only,' all sessions are live-streamed on the app or web format and available for replay 30 days after the event.

Acknowledgment of Technical Issues: While rare, technical issues may occur during sessions. We appreciate your patience as we quickly address them.

Accessibility & Accommodations Information: For detailed accessibility & accommodations information, visit INFO > FAQs in the app.

Date(s) & Time(s): 
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
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: 
Grant Park, Level 1 (Hyatt Regency)
Session Type: 
Concurrent Session
ENX CHRO
ENX HR Leaders
ENX Mid-Market
Competency: 
Interpersonal (Behavioral)
Leadership (Behavioral)
Intended Audience: 
Mid-Level
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