026 | How to be strategic in your new HR leadership role

If you’re nervous or doubting your ability to be strategic in your new HR leadership role, this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. It’s the second in a series of episodes focused on supporting you in your new role.

In it, career coach Fay Wallis shares her HR Strategy Shaping Interview Template and explains how to use it to build relationships and trust, while gaining key insights into the organisation and its challenges, so that you can create an informed HR strategy that will have an impact.

Key Points From This Episode

[00:26] This is the second episode focused on supporting you in a new HR leadership role. The first episode was episode 23: "Setting yourself up for success in your new HR leadership role"

[01:10] How you can create an HR strategy

[01:38] What does it mean to be strategic?

[03:41] The idea behind the HR Strategy Shaping Interview Template

[05:54] The first P (Products), question one

[06:21] The first P (Products), question two

[06:56] The first P (Products), question three

[09:17] The structure of the template explained

[10:14] The Second P (Performance)

[10:45] The third P (Priorities)

[11:03] The fourth P (Processes)

[11:24] The fifth P (Pressures) and sixth P (Power)

[12:17] How to connect with Fay to provide feedback

[13:40] Fay provides an example of a ‘quick win’

[17:55] How to use The Essential HR Planner to help

[18:38] Looking at key areas of HR influence through the lens of performance

[19:31] Looking at key areas of HR influence through the lens of processes and pressures

[20:03] Looking at key areas of HR influence through the lens of power

[21:31] Video showing how to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts

Useful Links From This Episode

• Connect with Fay on LinkedIn
• The Bright Sky Career Coaching website
• Download the free editable PDF 'HR Strategy Shaping Interview Template'
• The Essential HR Planner
• Episode 23: Setting yourself up for success in your new HR leadership role
• Video showing how to rate & review the show on Apple Podcasts

Rate and Review the Podcast

If you found this episode of HR Coffee Time helpful, please do rate and review it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you're kind enough to leave a review, please do let Fay know so she can say thank you. You can always reach her at: fay@brightskycareercoaching.co.uk.

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