Navigating HR Like A Pro: What Every Small Business & New HR Person Should Know, Do and Avoid

09 Jul 2026
12:00 PM PDT | 03:00 PM EDT
60 Minutes

Small businesses and startups often handle HR without a full HR department or the budget for one. This 60-minute HR basics webinar covers the nuts and bolts of human resources for small businesses and people who are new to HR.

You'll look at developing policies and organizational best practices, managing and measuring performance, and driving engagement while building a healthy culture. The session also explains your legal obligations, how to assess HR risk, and how to guide and develop the leaders in your organization.

It works as a concise, practical reference for anyone who has picked up HR responsibilities and wants to know what to do and what to avoid.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

People with limited HR experience and few resources still need to handle core HR processes and requirements in a new or growing business. Getting the basics wrong can lead to costly legal problems later.

This session suits small business owners, entrepreneurs, startup founders, operations, finance and office managers, one-person HR departments and anyone with HR responsibility who wants to lay a solid foundation.

AREA COVERED

  • Developing policies and organizational best practices
  • Managing and measuring performance
  • Driving engagement and cultivating a culture
  • Understanding legal obligations and assessing risk
  • Guidance for developing leaders

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Develop HR policies and organizational best practices
  • Manage and measure employee performance
  • Build engagement and a positive workplace culture
  • Identify key legal obligations and assess HR risk
  • Support the development of leaders in a small business

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

People with limited HR experience and few resources still need to handle core HR processes and requirements in a new or growing business. Getting the basics wrong can lead to costly legal problems later.

This session suits small business owners, entrepreneurs, startup founders, operations, finance and office managers, one-person HR departments and anyone with HR responsibility who wants to lay a solid foundation.

  • Developing policies and organizational best practices
  • Managing and measuring performance
  • Driving engagement and cultivating a culture
  • Understanding legal obligations and assessing risk
  • Guidance for developing leaders
  • Develop HR policies and organizational best practices
  • Manage and measure employee performance
  • Build engagement and a positive workplace culture
  • Identify key legal obligations and assess HR risk
  • Support the development of leaders in a small business
  • 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
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Live Session with unlimited participants. Invite any number of attendees to join.

Speaker Profile

ins_img 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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