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Strategic HR

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  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Letter to managers highlighting importance of work-life balance in hybrid/remote working model

    A model letter to help managers who are leading a team of remote/hybrid workers to understand the importance of encouraging and modelling a healthy work-life balance.

  • Date:
    7 October 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    The future of the workplace: how HR is dealing with hybrid working challenges and reluctant returners

    After 18 or more months of employees working at home, XpertHR research finds that the introduction of hybrid working is revealing challenges around collaboration, consistency, engagement, wellbeing and - in some cases - how to manage those who remain reluctant to return to the workplace, even on a hybrid basis.

  • Date:
    5 October 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Flexible working requests - the fundamentals and the future

    Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, guides you through the fundamentals of handling flexible working requests and discusses the future of flexible working in the post-pandemic workplace.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Onboarding: Engaging and effective delivery

    In the third of our guides to onboarding new recruits we explore how to make the onboarding programme come to life through effective and engaging delivery.

  • Date:
    21 September 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: How to develop line managers' communication skills in a hybrid working model

    Executive trainer and facilitator, Doron Davidson-Vidavski takes us through the communication skills needed by line managers in a hybrid working model.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Onboarding: What should you cover?

    In the second of our guides to onboarding new recruits, we look at the crucial components of an effective onboarding programme, providing practical examples of how to: upskill employees in their role; help them understand what it means to be an employee in your organisation; and provide new recruits with the social and emotional support they need to succeed.

  • Date:
    10 September 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Hybrid working - building an inclusive and collaborative culture

    Victoria Lewis addresses the challenges posed by getting employees back to the workplace and creating a hybrid working model that supports and facilitates inclusion, collaboration, engagement and trust.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Form to assess specific role's suitability for hybrid working

    An example form to assess a specific role's suitability for hybrid/blended working. The assessment can assist employers that are moving to the hybrid/blended working model to decide which roles are suitable for this way of working.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Audit of roles suitable for hybrid working

    An example spreadsheet to keep a record of roles that are suitable for hybrid/blended working. The audit can assist employers that are moving to the hybrid/blended working model to keep track of which roles are suitable for this way of working.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Onboarding: What is it and why does it matter?

    In our series of four guides to onboarding employees, we show you how to design and implement an onboarding programme that helps to develop an effective and engaged workforce. In the first guide, we explain what onboarding is and the importance of effective onboarding to the new recruit and to the organisation.

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Strategic HR: key resources

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.