HR Consulting for Growing Businesses in Des Moines, Iowa & Throughout the US

You may be ready for fractional HR support if:

• You have 10 or more employees and HR responsibilities are becoming more complex.
• Employee turnover is increasing.
• You’re dealing with frequent employee complaints or workplace issues.
• HR responsibilities are taking too much time away from running your business.
• A current or former employee has filed a civil rights complaint or lawsuit.
• Employee morale seems to be declining.
• Employees who were once engaged have suddenly become quiet or withdrawn.
• Your managers are dealing with employee situations they aren't sure how to handle.

You don't have to wait for a serious employee issue to get HR help. Fractional HR can provide ongoing support to help you address problems early, strengthen your HR practices and give your leadership team an experienced HR resource to call when questions arise.

Yes. We can guide you through a wide range of employee situations, including performance, behavior and attendance concerns, as well as more serious matters involving harassment, theft or other workplace complaints.

When appropriate, HR Excellence Consulting can also conduct workplace investigations to help your organization gather information and determine the appropriate next steps.

There isn't one employee number that's right for every business. The type of HR support you need and how often you need it, depends on your organization, industry, growth and workforce.

For ongoing fractional HR support, we often begin working with organizations at around 10 employees. However, businesses may need HR assistance from the time they hire their first employee, particularly for employee handbooks, policies, compliance, onboarding and other HR requirements.

Every organization needs HR. Not every organization needs a full-time HR employee. That's where outsourced or fractional HR can be a great fit.s.

Yes. You don't need an ongoing fractional HR relationship to ask for help with a specific employee situation.

Whether you're dealing with a performance concern, attendance issue, employee complaint, difficult conversation or another workplace situation, our team can help you determine the appropriate next steps.

We can also assist with individual HR projects, such as an employee handbook, job descriptions, onboarding processes and other HR needs.

Yes. HR Excellence Consulting is based in Iowa and supports businesses nationwide. Our HR consultants have experience working with organizations and employees in multiple states, from the West Coast to the East Coast.

Every organization needs HR support, but not every organization needs a full-time HR employee.

Fractional HR gives smaller and growing organizations access to experienced HR professionals without adding a full-time HR position. HR Excellence Consulting becomes an extension of your team, providing ongoing HR support based on the needs of your organization.

Depending on your needs, that may include updating or creating your employee handbook, supporting compliance efforts, helping with hiring and retention, participating in leadership meetings, addressing employee issues, conducting workplace investigations, assisting with workers' compensation claims and reviewing compensation practices.

With fractional HR, you pay an agreed-upon monthly fee rather than adding another employee to your payroll, benefits and overhead, typically done at about one third the cost of hiring an HR employeea.

Yes. If you already have an employee handbook, we can review it for compliance with applicable state and federal requirements and recommend policies that may need to be added, updated or clarified.

We can also create new employee handbooks and develop or update handbooks for organizations with employees in multiple states.

Our handbooks aren't generic templates. We personalize them to your organization, taking into account your workplace practices, mission, values and strategic goals.

Your employee handbook should reflect how your organization actually operates—not simply be a document that sits on a shelf.

Possibly. An office manager can be an important part of your HR process, but HR involves much more than paperwork.

An experienced HR professional can provide guidance on complex issues such as medical accommodation requests, employee complaints, harassment concerns, performance issues, leave requirements, investigations and changing employment regulations.

HR Excellence Consulting can work alongside your office manager, providing HR expertise and a resource to call when situations go beyond everyday administrative responsibilities.

Even seemingly routine HR paperwork can create problems when it isn't completed correctly. For example, I-9 requirements are detailed, and errors can potentially result in significant penalties. Our team can help review HR processes and identify areas that may need attention.

An employee handbook helps set the foundation for your organization. It communicates workplace expectations and gives managers a more consistent framework for handling employee situations.

Clear policies can help managers make more consistent decisions across the organization while helping employees understand what's expected of them.

As your business changes, your handbook should change with it. That's why we recommend periodically reviewing your handbook to make sure it still reflects your organization, workforce and current HR practices.

Your employee handbook is one of your organization's most important HR documents. HR Excellence Consulting can create a new handbook or review and update the one you already have.

Start by telling us what's going on. You don't need to know which HR service you need before contacting us.

We'll ask a few questions about your organization, such as how many employees you have, where your employees are located and what HR challenges you're experiencing. From there, we can help determine the type of support that makes the most sense for your business.

HR Excellence Consulting offers flexible HR support for organizations ranging from startups to growing businesses with approximately 75 employees.