Commentary and insights

All items: Strategic HR

  • Three areas of focus for the AI workplace revolution

    Date:
    11 March 2024

    The AI revolution is upon us, but data reveals that organisations are struggling to develop practices to integrate the new technology fully and safely into their business. Reporting from the US, Natasha K.A. Wiebusch identifies three key focus areas that employers with AI ambitions should prioritise.

  • HR strategy essentials: Laying the foundations for success

    Date:
    23 February 2024

    Hearing that you are supposed to "be strategic" and create a strategy in your HR role can be incredibly daunting. That's probably because you've never been taught what it means or how to do it. Here, Fay Wallis offers clear, actionable steps to create a strategy that adds real value. 

  • Teams with a culture of constructive feedback do better

    Date:
    18 January 2024

    Employee feedback is one of the most effective tools to assess the internal operations of an organisation. And it becomes especially important as organisations get larger, says Victoria Kelleher, XpertHR lead survey specialist in the US.

  • Rebuilding in 2024: Strategies for reshaping worker expectations

    Date:
    9 January 2024

    This could be a pivotal year for HR. As ever, the cornerstones of what we do will be recruitment, retention, motivation, performance and productivity, but - asks Andrew Walker of Personal Group - what do they mean for HR and reward professionals in 2024 and beyond?

  • Five HR priorities for 2024

    Date:
    14 December 2023

    HR professionals have been navigating their organisations through unprecedented times over the last couple of years. Here, drawing on our latest HR roles and responsibilities survey, we look at how organisations are preparing for the 12 months ahead and pick out some of the areas making HR's priority list for 2024.

  • How a mindfulness group can help HR promote engagement and teamwork

    Date:
    13 December 2023

    Mindfulness can be a powerful tool to help HR promote engagement and develop team cohesiveness. XpertHR's in-house mindfulness teacher, Christopher Bryant, explains how to make mindfulness work for you.

  • HR must build new skills to leverage AI use cases

    Date:
    23 November 2023

    The future of artificial intelligence (AI) in HR is bright, but HR isn't ready - at least not yet. XpertHR legal editor Natasha K. A. Wiebusch reports from the US.

  • Six key takeaways from the 2023 CIPD conference

    Date:
    13 November 2023

    The people profession is operating in a "VUCA world on steroids" (VUCA = volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity). So said CEO Peter Cheese as he welcomed around 1,300 delegates to the 2023 CIPD conference in Manchester.

  • Five ways to make your employee networks more effective

    Date:
    26 October 2023

    Employee networks are valuable platforms for fostering inclusion, amplifying diverse voices and driving positive change within organisations. Inclusion consultant Gareth Buchanan explores five key ways to make your employee networks more effective.

  • What makes a great employee network?

    Date:
    13 October 2023

    Employee networks, also known as employee-led diversity networks, employee resource groups (ERGs) and employee affinity groups, play a pivotal and increasingly prominent role in fostering diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the most diverse organisations. Inclusion consultant Gareth Buchanan explores the ingredients for making a really great one.

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