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Strategic HR

Stephen Simpson Editor's message: It is essential for the success of your organisation that your HR policies, practices and operations are positioned to support long-term organisational goals. Depending on your organisation’s priorities, these goals could include:

  • recruiting and retaining key talent;
  • delivering a fair and equitable reward and recognition strategy;
  • evolving the employee experience and engagement;
  • focusing on workforce wellbeing, whether that be physical, mental or financial;
  • upskilling your staff, including leadership development;
  • driving cultural change;
  • maturing your approach to equality, diversity and inclusion; and
  • having effective succession planning.

Of particular importance is the ever-expanding use of technology to increase efficiency in HR processes and ensure that people management is always underpinned by robust data. Now is the time for senior HR leaders to face up to the increased automation of HR processes and the expectation that decision-making will be data driven.

Stephen Simpson, principal HR strategy and practice editor

New and updated

  • Date:
    21 November 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: What changes should HR prepare for from the Employment Rights Bill?

    The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson analyse the key proposals in the Bill and offer advice on how HR can begin to prepare for the changes.

  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    Coming soon

    Updated to include details of our upcoming webinar, which will include 2025 pay and benefits reviews, and our regular update of the economy, labour market and pay-setting environment. 

  • Date:
    20 November 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Employment Rights Bill Q&A

    The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson answer questions on different aspects of the Bill, from the timeline for the measures coming into effect to the nuances of the proposed unfair dismissal and fire and rehire changes.

  • Date:
    14 November 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    On your radar

    This is your overview of employment law developments that are in the pipeline, where you can learn what's happening, what might be happening and what isn't happening, as well as how you can start preparing for upcoming changes.

  • Date:
    13 November 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: HR in 2035 - how will AI transform the people profession in the coming decade?

    What will the people profession look like in 2035? How will AI transform HR practices over the next decade? And how can HR teams prepare for the ethical challenges posed by emerging technologies like AI? Tessa Hilson-Greener joins the podcast to answer these questions and many more besides.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Supporting redundancy survivors: Survivor syndrome

    Enhanced with data from Brightmine redundancy research on how the impact of redundancies is assessed.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Coaching: What is it and why use it?

    Enhanced by creating five separate guides on coaching, to help you find the guidance you need. This initial guide covers what coaching is and the benefits it can bring to an organisation.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Coaching: Preparing to introduce coaching

    Leading practice guidance discussing how organisations can prepare to implement a coaching initiative.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Coaching: In-house or external provision?

    Leading practice guidance discussing how coaching can be provided through external provision, in-house coaching pools or line managers as coaches - or a combination.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Coaching: Establishing and maintaining a successful coaching relationship

    Leading practice guidance discussing how a successful coach-coachee relationship can be established and maintained, including the importance of confidentiality and boundaries in any coaching relationship.

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Leading practice guides: The complete list

Our leading practice guides provide strategic guidance on people management issues, so HR leaders can help their organisation be in the best place to meet its business goals. See a full list of our guides here.

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