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Human Resource Management for Entrepreneurs

  • Human Resource Management is an essential part of running a small business with employees
  • Understanding the documents you need to have on hand when overseeing a workforce
  • Mistakes to avoid and technology issues to consider
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Why Your Small Business Needs an Interview Process

  • When hiring for your business, it’s important to have your interview process planned out instead of just “going with your gut”
  • Selecting candidates and deciding on the best questions to ask
  • Tips for assessing which applicant is best for the role
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How to Be a Great Small Business Leader

  • Entrepreneurs often only work for themselves, but leadership skills are a must when you have majority ownership with your partners or when you bring on employees
  • How leadership skills can give your company direction, set the tone of your business, and create and maintain a cohesive company
  • Clear communication, developing a vision, and other advice for stepping into the role of a leader
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Risk Management for Small Business

  • Risk management is vital for preserving your company in the face of unexpected circumstances
  • Understand different scenarios for internal and external risks
  • How to develop a risk management plan, and prepare for unpredictable risks
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The Action Plan: Making the Business Plan Happen

  • An action plan establishes a short-term effort to achieve the goals of a strategic action plan
  • Assembling a team, monitoring actions, creating a timetable, and other steps
  • Building in flexibility to account for unexpected circumstances
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Contingency Planning: Dealing with Surprise Disruptions

  • Disruptions ranging from natural disasters to the departure of key staff can impact your business
  • Creating a contingency plan to mitigate the scenarios you believe your business is most likely to face
  • How contingency planning can benefit your business
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What Insurances Are Needed to Start a Business?

  • Any business is subject to risks that could wipe it out if adequate protections are not in place
  • The different types of business insurance available, and how to decide which one is right for you
  • Special considerations for business interruptions and home-based businesses
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