Strategic HR

New and updated

• How AmcoGiffen introduced a formal volunteering policy offering paid time off for charitable activities

  Date:

  15 January 2020

  Type:

  Case studies

  AmcoGiffen talks to XpertHR about introducing a formal volunteering policy and the impact this has had on employee engagement and company reputation.

• List of XpertHR Benchmarking survey data

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Updated to include new XpertHR benchmarking survey data on managing redundancy.

• How can HR be agile in 2020?

  Date:

  24 December 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  'Agile' has been around as an approach for decades in software development, but is spreading through organisations as they realise that all teams would benefit from working less rigidly. Alistair Shepherd explains how HR can become more agile as we enter the new year.

• Why performance management and engagement should be linked

  Date:

  20 December 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Employee engagement and performance management have traditionally been two separate facets of HR's role. But both need to be better aligned for organisations to get the most from their people, argues Jim Barnett.

• Promoting employees

  Type:

  Good practice manual

  Updated to include a case study about how one organisation is developing its future managers to retain talent.

• How to prepare for Brexit

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to reflect the result of the general election and its impact on the passage of the withdrawal agreement through Parliament.

• Brexit workforce audit

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect the result of the general election.

• Essential HR metrics for 2020

  Date:

  13 December 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  With data skills increasingly critical for success in the HR profession, new analysis from XpertHR reveals three priority areas for HR metrics data activities in 2020.

• Take part in our annual HR roles and responsibilities survey

  Date:

  22 November 2019

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  XpertHR's annual survey of HR roles and responsibilities monitors changes in the strategic direction and day-to-day running of the HR function. It also explores HR's priorities over the coming 12 months.

• HR most likely to be reaping automation benefits

  Date:

  18 November 2019

  Type:

  News

  HR professionals are more likely to be experiencing the benefits of automation in their roles than any other professional in the UK, but more than a third think the pace of technological change in their organisation is slow.