The HR Department of One - Best Practices for Success

Being the only administrator available to answer the phone when someone needs help or advice, as well as the only person to manage onboarding, offboarding, orientation, benefits, evaluation, disciplinary and termination processes is one of the major differences between large organizations with a Human Resources team and small organizations with one HR administrator.

Working tirelessly as the only HR person is unimaginably difficult. When pressed for time and attention, critical responsibilities can easily be missed, putting you and your organization at risk. 

HR departments toe the line between being employee champions and organizational watchdogs. At its core, HR is primarily focused on ensuring employees maintain a good working relationship with their employer. This means HR teams are often filled by altruistic individuals who have an eye for employee well-being. 

However, when teams are slimmed down-in some cases just to one person-HR can begin to tread water, to the detriment of employees. With all the other responsibilities required of HR, a department of one might need to prioritize day-to-day administration over larger, employee-focused initiatives. 

 
This webinar offers some best practices to help HR professionals nail down the necessary administrative duties of their department so they can better focus their efforts on helping employees and the organization grow.

• Best practices for the HR Department of One
• Key HR competencies for HR professionals
• What management wants from HR
• Determining the balance between the need for HR strategy and operations
• Setting realistic expectations with co-workers and leaders for HR
• How to influence without having direct authority
• How to stay ahead of developing HR issues
• Leveraging resources and support to ask questions and help you through difficult situations
• Identify a system so you can effectively manage your tasks through event management, not time management

• HR Professionals
• Managers
• Directors
• Coordinators
• Administrators
• CEOs
• Presidents
• Business Owners

Steven G. Meilleur, Ph.D., SPHR – is President, and CEO – of PRAXIS Management Solutions, LLC, a New Mexico-based management consulting firm specializing in human resources, employee relations, leadership, training & organizational development, organizational research and assessment, strategic & operational planning, and non-profit organization management and governance. Dr. Meilleur has more than 40 years of management and executive-level experience in human resources, risk management, and organizational management in the private non-profit public, and private for-profit sectors. 

Dr. Meilleur also serves as Senior Vice-President and Risk Services Consultant for Human Resources and Employment with Poms & Associates, a national risk services and insurance brokerage firm. His previous work experience includes public, private, and nonprofit organizations, in executive and management capacities.

A member of the faculty of the UNM School of Public Administration in the graduate program, Dr. Meilleur teaches in the areas of human resource management, nonprofit organization management, leadership, dispute resolution, organizational change, and human resource development.  He has spoken at numerous conferences and workshops across the country and is a published author in the areas of human resources, marketing, leadership and management development, organizational change and innovation, non-profit organization management, and board development.