Strategic HR

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• Which HR metrics will matter in 2019?

  Date:

  14 January 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  With data and analytics still at the top of the HR agenda for 2019, which are the key metrics HR should be measuring? New analysis from XpertHR Benchmarking reveals the data points HR should be focusing on.

• How Aviva is helping its employees plan for the longer term with a mid-life MOT

  Date:

  11 January 2019

  Type:

  Case studies

  Aviva talks to XpertHR about its mid-life MOT, designed to help employees in the 45 to 60 age bracket plan for the longer term, as well as to reduce employee attrition in this group.

• Lack of appreciation making staff want to leave

  Date:

  10 January 2019

  Type:

  News

  More than a third of ambitious workers are dissatisfied in their current jobs, citing poor relationships with their managers and a lack of development opportunities as the main reasons they plan to find a new role.

• Nine New Year's resolutions for HR

  Date:

  8 January 2019

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  You may be eating more healthily, exercising more or doing dry January, but for HR professionals returning to work, legal developments over the past year could prompt a number of employment-related New Year's resolutions. Charles Wynn-Evans provides nine resolutions that might prompt a change in policy or behaviour.

• List of XpertHR Benchmarking survey data

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Updated to include new XpertHR benchmarking survey data on: employee wellbeing.

• Could your hiring processes be damaging your employer brand?

  Date:

  14 December 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  In a candidate-driven market, many businesses put their trust in agencies and external recruitment partners to find the best talent. But do they know the impact these partners have on candidate experience? Juliet Eccleston, CEO of AnyGood? investigates the issues.

• The four zones of team engagement and how to make the best of them

  Date:

  13 December 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Despite a huge body of research into employee engagement, little has focused on team dynamics. A team at Ashridge Executive Education has identified four zones of employee engagement in teams, but how can organisations identify these zones and use this knowledge to boost productivity?

• Case studies tool revitalised

  Date:

  13 December 2018

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  We have refreshed our Case studies tool, and published the first four of a new batch of case studies.

• How Aegon Asset Management increased employee buy-in to its new business strategy

  Date:

  12 December 2018

  Type:

  Case studies

  Aegon Asset Management talks to XpertHR about the tactics - including a video sharing scheme - that it used to increase understanding of and engagement with its new business strategy and the behaviours necessary to embed it.

• How Creed Foodservice improved engagement through its employee recognition scheme

  Date:

  12 December 2018

  Type:

  Case studies

  Creed Foodservice talks to XpertHR about introducing an employee recognition scheme and the subsequent impact on areas such as staff turnover and recruitment and the organisation's Best Companies results.