HR Strategy
With the right people and the right skills, you can achieve anything
Support with Creating Your HR Strategy
Having defined your business goals you need to consider how you are going to achieve them. There’ll be marketing activity you need to undertake. Maybe launching new products and services, and potentially changes to your behind-the-scenes operations. You’ll need an HR Strategy to help you make sure that you’ve thought through what you need from your team.
A practical HR Strategy is an actionable, visual representation of where you’re going, what you need to do and by when. It’s effectively a ‘people’ strategy. It’s designed to fit in with your business strategy, to help advance your business to the next level.
It’s difficult to oversell the value that an effective HR strategy can deliver. It sounds so “consultancy” as a term which can put some people off. However, you will really struggle to meet your business goals unless you think through what you need from a people perspective.
We’ve worked with many companies to create their HR strategy. We can provide valuable insight into the people challenges you could face and how best to avoid them.
For more details, see our HR Strategy FAQ
Key Service Features
for Creating and Implementing an HR Strategy
Support from an experienced HR consultant assigned to your business
Confidence that you’re focusing on the right HR priorities to support your business plan
Valuable insight into how businesses like yours are succeeding with their HR strategy
How We Can Help You
There are a variety of different ways we can support you with developing your HR strategy.
- If you’ve already created your HR strategy, we can review it with you. We’ll ask lots of questions and add some additional insight into things you may like to consider.
- If you have your business plan but aren’t quite sure how to build your HR strategy, we can talk you through the approach. We can provide you some templates so that you can create the strategy yourself.
- If you have your business plan but no HR strategy and you’d like an expert to create this with you, we can do that.
If you want any help at all with developing your HR strategy, we can support you.
“LighterHR has been a great support to my business, from strategic direction to day-to-day HR matters. They listen, take the time to understand my business and give me sound advice. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending LighterHR.”
Sophie Eastwood
Managing Director, Holistic Group
HR Strategy Frequently Asked Questions
What is an HR strategy?
Put simply, it’s a comprehensive plan about all things people related.
An HR Strategy sets out what you need to do in relation to your people in order to achieve your business plans. Before you can have an HR Strategy, you do need to have a business plan. Or at least, a clear understanding of how you think your current approach to HR is holding you back.
The HR Strategy will cover areas such as the skills you require and how you’re going to get them. It will cover the approach that you want to take to pay and benefits. You’ll also consider how your teams should be structured in order for you to operate in the most efficient way.
Does my business need an HR strategy?
It depends!
It could very well be that an HR Strategy isn’t right for your business and it’s a hammer to crack a nut! It could be that really you’ve got a couple of HR issues that you want to deal with. However, a full HR Strategy isn’t the right way to go.
An HR Strategy tends to be most useful when you’re trying to take your business in a different direction and you need to make some changes within your team in order to achieve that switch. An HR Strategy is key if you’re focusing on growth for your business as business growth brings with it all sorts of people challenges.
The best way to work this out is to give us a call. If, when you talk with us, we think there’s a different, simpler way to achieve your goals then we’ll let you know.
How will LighterHR help me create and HR strategy?
We use several tools to help you define your HR strategy, including a 12-month plan to turn your strategy into a reality.
Starting with ‘What’. This involves posing a few key questions to you, like:
- Do your employees need new skillsets?
- How will you attract the talent needed to reach your business goals?
- How will you motivate your employees to help achieve those business goals?
- How will you reward your employees?
Next, it’s the ‘How’. You need to avoid falling into the trap of becoming over-burdened and over-worked -a common tendency for devoted business owners. To achieve this, we work with you to define your ‘vital few’ – a considered set of priority actions that must be done to reach your goals and make best use of your time.
Finally, the ‘Where’. This is a condensed one-page practical strategy that presents a clear path for you to follow and defines what you need to do and by when.
What Do I Do Now?
Your HR strategy can be created and implemented as soon as you need it.
To understand the options for your people strategy, use the sidebar to book a consultation, complete the contact form or call us on 0203 535 5750, and our team will start helping you straight away.