Keep your business on the path to success.
Best Practices HR provides executive-level HR, compliance, and fractional accounting support for growing organizations in Noblesville, Fishers, Carmel, Indianapolis, and across Central Indiana.
Combined HR & finance leadership across the team
Lower voluntary turnover delivered in-seat
Faster time-to-hire after HRIS modernization
Compliance violations in federal & Joint Commission audits
The space between DIY HR software and a full PEO.
You’ve outgrown owner-run HR, but you don’t want to hand the whole employer relationship to a platform. That’s exactly where we work — senior judgment, fast delivery, and local accountability.
Explore how we workSenior judgment, not a ticket queue
You work directly with leaders who've sat in the executive chair — in HR and in finance — not a rotating support desk.
Local and accountable
Based in Noblesville and serving Central Indiana — Fishers, Carmel, Indianapolis and beyond. We know the employers and the regulators here.
Productized, so it's easy to buy
Clear packages and fixed-scope sprints. You always know what you're getting and what it costs.
People and numbers, together
HR, compliance, and fractional accounting under one roof — the functions that break first as you scale.
Shawn Ellert
Founder & Principal Consultant
Shawn turns complex people, compliance, and operational challenges into clear decisions and forward motion. She works alongside leaders to create structure, strengthen accountability, manage workforce risk, and connect people strategy to business performance. Whether guiding an organization through an audit, resolving a sensitive employee matter, or building the foundation for growth, Shawn brings practical executive judgment and a steady focus on results.
Serving employers in Noblesville, Fishers, Carmel, Indianapolis, and across Central Indiana. Established in 2020.
Three ways to put senior HR on your team.
Clear monthly packages that scale with you — from your compliance backbone to embedded HR leadership. Start where you are; move up as you grow.
Essential HR
Your compliance backbone. Steady, senior 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
Growth HR Partner
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
Fractional HR Lead
Senior HR leadership 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
Need a one-time fix instead? See our fixed-scope sprints.
Sector expertise, not generic advice.
Our team has carried the HR load inside these industries — so the guidance you get is grounded in how your business actually runs.
Easy to start. Built to compound.
Consultation
A focused 30 minutes to understand your size, industry, urgency, and goals — and decide together if we're a fit.
Diagnostic
We assess current-state risk and opportunity and hand you a one-page scorecard — yours to keep either way.
One clear proposal
A single packaged recommendation with scope, timeline, and the logic behind it. No 40-page maze.
Momentum in 30 days
A 30/60/90 plan that shows visible progress fast, then compounds into a recurring partnership.
What Clients Say
Best Practices HR works with business owners, executives, and leadership teams that value practical guidance, confidentiality, and senior-level 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
Senior accounting, on the same fractional model.
The same firms that outgrow owner-run HR usually outgrow owner-run books at the same time. Our fractional accounting practice gives 20–150-person companies executive-level financial discipline — without a full-time controller.
Explore fractional accountingMonthly Close & Reporting
GAAP-compliant monthly, quarterly, and annual statements you can take to a bank or a board.
Budgeting & Forecasting
Operating budgets and forecasts built with leadership to improve accuracy and accountability.
Variance & Cost Analysis
Monthly variance analysis that surfaces spending trends and recommends corrective action.
Internal Controls & Audit Support
Reconciliation discipline, control documentation, and audit-ready coordination.