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Two decades of HR expertise. Real compliance. Real protection.
Expert HR Services for Your Business
Welcome to Potter's HR Spellbook!
Potter's HR Spellbook offers Fractional HR Consulting services, providing senior-level HR consulting to small and mid-size businesses that deserve professional expertise without the expense of a full-time hire.
We specialize in compliance, worker classification, employee relations, handbook development, training, and the HR infrastructure that safeguards your business as it grows. Each engagement is tailored to your current situation and specific needs.
If you have employees, we have something to offer.
About Potter's HR Spellbook
Our Story
Potter's HR Spellbook was founded by Angela Potter, SHRM-CP, PHR, a California-based HR strategist with over two decades of experience in HR consulting for engineering firms, PE-backed companies, and growing businesses facing rapid scale, compliance complexity, and workforce challenges.
As a dedicated small business HR consultant, Angela recognized that small and mid-size businesses deserve the same caliber of HR expertise that large corporations take for granted. The name reflects this philosophy: HR done right has a certain magic to it. With the right policies, documentation, and structure in place before issues arise, businesses can thrive.
We specialize in fractional HR consulting and work with a variety of industries, including startups, professional services, nonprofits, retail, wellness, and the beautifully unconventional. If you have employees, our startup HR consulting services have something to offer.
Our Services
Potter's HR Spellbook provides senior-level HR consulting to small and mid-size businesses that deserve professional expertise without the cost of a full-time hire.
We specialize in compliance, worker classification, employee relations, handbook development, training, and the HR infrastructure that protects your business as it grows. Every engagement is personalized to where you are right now and what you actually need.
If you have employees, we have something to offer.
Our Approach
We don't believe in one-size-fits-all HR. Every business has a different history, a different workforce, and a different set of risks. Our job is to understand yours specifically before recommending anything.
Most engagements start with a discovery conversation and a compliance review. We look at how your workers are classified, how your pay practices are structured, what documentation exists, and where the gaps are. From there we build what you actually need, not a generic template.
We work alongside you, not above you. The goal is always to leave your business better protected and better equipped than we found it.
Free 30-Minute Consultation
What To Expect
Most businesses don't know where their HR exposure lives until someone files a complaint. We find it first.
We review worker classification under AB 5 and FLSA, wage and hour practices, onboarding documentation, and handbook status. You receive a written risk assessment and prioritized action plan. This is where most Spellbook engagements begin.