HR support you can understand — without a maze of choices.
Most HR firms hand you a capability list and a long scoping call. We package the work so you know exactly what you get, what it costs, and where to start.
Central Indiana based, with the experience to support employees and operations across multiple states.
Three levels of ongoing HR partnership.
Ongoing HR support sized to your headcount and complexity. Move up the ladder as your team grows — the relationship compounds.
Tier 1 – Essential HR
Essential HR
This fits when
Employee questions, compliance deadlines, and day-to-day HR needs keep landing on your desk—and you need reliable support without hiring a full-time HR professional.
Your compliance backbone. Steady, experienced guidance so the basics are never the thing that trips you up.
- Monthly HR office hours
- Policy & handbook maintenance
- Annual compliance calendar
- Day-to-day email support
- Document & template library
Tier 2 – Growth HR Partner
Growth HR Partner
This fits when
Your team is growing, managers need coaching, and employee issues are becoming too complex and risky to keep handling reactively.
A true HR partner for a scaling team — coaching your managers and handling the employee-relations work that eats leadership time.
- Everything in Essential
- Manager coaching & training
- Employee-relations support
- Recruiting-process support
- Quarterly HR dashboard & review
Tier 3 – Fractional HR Lead
Fractional HR Lead
This fits when
HR has outgrown your current resources, and leadership needs an experienced HR decision-maker to manage risk, guide change, and build the organization.
Leadership-level HR expertise embedded in your business — in the room for the decisions that shape the company.
- Everything in Growth
- Leadership-team participation
- Compensation & org design
- Project ownership & execution
- Priority escalation response
Pricing ranges are representative and may vary based on scope, organizational complexity, urgency, and level of support required.
One defined HR problem. One clear engagement.
No retainer. Defined scope. Clear price. Experienced execution.
Employee Relations Investigation
A complaint, conflict, or termination you can't afford to get wrong.
Independent, documented handling of sensitive complaints, investigations, discipline, and termination planning — protecting the people and the organization.
Compensation & Pay Structure Sprint
Wages feel ad-hoc and pay equity is becoming a risk.
Wage bands, leveling, and pay-equity cleanup that bring structure and defensibility to how you pay your people.
HR Operating Model Sprint
You've grown past informal, owner-run HR.
A fixed-scope design of how HR should actually run in your business — roles, workflows, systems, and a 90-day rollout plan.
Manager Training Academy
Your supervisors were promoted for skill, not for managing.
Practical supervisor training built for manufacturing, healthcare, and service teams — documentation, feedback, and difficult conversations.
Handbook & Policy Subscription
Your handbook is out of date the moment it's printed.
Annual handbook and policy updates kept current with Indiana and federal change — without a full retainer.
HR Tech Selection & Implementation
You're choosing or replacing payroll, HRIS, ATS, or time tools.
Vendor-neutral selection and implementation guidance from a team that has stood up ADP, Paylocity, Kronos, and Paychex first-hand.
Fractional Accounting Services
Best Practices HR provides fractional accounting support for growing organizations that need stronger financial visibility, cleaner processes, and more dependable reporting without hiring a full-time controller. Our accounting support helps leadership teams improve monthly close discipline, understand cash flow, strengthen internal controls, and make better business decisions with accurate financial information.
- Monthly close support
- Management reporting
- Budget-to-actual review
- Cash flow visibility
- Reconciliations
- Internal controls
- Financial process improvement
- Leadership reporting & review
Accounting Operations Partner
This fits when
Your financial reporting and close process need more structure, but the organization is not ready for a full-time finance leader.
Reliable accounting structure, reporting discipline, and financial visibility — without adding a full-time finance leadership role.
- Monthly close support
- Management reporting
- Budget-to-actual review
- Cash flow visibility
- Reconciliations & internal controls
- Financial process improvement
- Leadership reporting & review
Pricing ranges are representative and may vary based on scope, organizational complexity, urgency, and level of support required.
Client References
Best Practices HR works with business owners, executives, and leadership teams that value practical guidance, confidentiality, and experienced support. Additional client references are available upon request.
“If you are looking for exceptionally talented, thorough and professionally-savvy Human Resources consultants, I highly recommend Best Practices HR. They provide comprehensive, expert work tailored to the needs of their clients.”
Robert Shegog
President & CEO, Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper
“They have been responsible, timely, professional, and well prepared to assist us with a variety of needs — from our employee handbook to policies, benefits, and performance issues. They've helped ensure that we're providing a great workplace.”
Allison Luthe
Executive Director, Martin Luther King Community Center
“The experience and expertise that Shawn and Best Practices HR make available to us has proven extremely beneficial to us as a small business. We unreservedly refer Ms. Ellert and her company as a tremendous asset.”
Kenneth Beache, P.E.
President, Metric Environmental, LLC
From first call to momentum in 30 days.
Book a 30-Minute Consultation- 01
Consultation
A focused 30 minutes to understand your size, industry, urgency, and goals — and decide together if we're a fit.
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Diagnostic
We assess current-state risk and opportunity and hand you a one-page scorecard — yours to keep either way.
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One clear proposal
A single packaged recommendation with scope, timeline, and the logic behind it. No 40-page proposal to decipher.
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Momentum in 30 days
A 30/60/90 plan that shows visible progress fast, then compounds into an ongoing HR partnership.