HR Outsourcing

This month, Tracy Cole is retiring after more than twenty years leading Focus HR. For hundreds of small businesses across the country, she’s been the steady voice on the other end of the phone during crises, recessions, and once-in-a-generation challenges. For nearly forty employees, she’s been a mentor, leader, and friend. For me, she’s simply […]

“The customer comes first.” It’s the oldest rule in business. We put it on our websites, paint it on our walls, and drill it into our teams. But what if we’ve had it backward this whole time? Derrick Hall, President and CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks, recently sat down for a SHRM interview where he

As a business owner, you’re a natural problem solver. But what happens when the internal systems you originally created to keep things running start causing more problems than they solve? When it comes to Human Resources, nearly every growing business reaches a distinct tipping point… The do-it-yourself approach—a precarious patchwork of spreadsheets, paper forms, and

If you’re a small business owner, you’re used to wearing multiple hats. For years, many small businesses have turned to HR outsourcing to lift that administrative burden, but as the world of work evolves, so has the technology and the strategy that supports it. And that’s where you’ll start hearing a new term: Human Capital

Your Professional Employer Organization (PEO) should be a strategic asset that fuels your growth, not an administrative burden you have to manage. Yet, many business leaders find themselves frustrated, feeling locked into a partnership that isn’t delivering on its initial promise. The key is to move from a reactive state of frustration to a proactive

At some point, most growing companies outgrow the do-it-yourself approach to HR. Payroll becomes more complex. Benefits administration takes more time. Compliance risk increases. So you make a smart move: you partner with a Professional Employer Organization (PEO). On paper, it’s the right decision. Better benefits. Shared risk. Less administrative drag. But for many business

Selecting a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) is a pivotal moment for a growing business. It’s a decision that can either supercharge your operations with Fortune 500-level infrastructure or shackle you to a rigid, faceless bureaucracy. Here is the hard truth: Most people are incentivized just on the “sticker price”—specifically, the potential drop in health insurance