The importance of HR leaders’ role is increasing as organisations continue to navigate rapid and sometimes disruptive changes in the world of work.
Organisations across business sectors are increasingly incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into everyday operations to drive revenue growth, reduce costs and increase competitive advantage.
In 2025, HR professionals face the unique challenge of dealing with business-as-usual employment law changes, such as increases in statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay, while also beginning their preparations in earnest for the looming Employment Rights Bill.
We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year.
Lean is a concept often used in manufacturing and operations management to reduce waste and
increase efficiency. Lean can be applied to human resources as a way to streamline operations,
aligning HR activities directly with business outcomes.
Always be improving
A simple framework for adopting a lean approach is to ask three questions on a continuous basis:
More voices create more comprehensive approaches
Many organisations find that lean management is best implemented with inputs from a cross
section of stakeholders. In that vein, adding senior executives, line of business leaders and
employee voices can create a more comprehensive perspective.
Being busy isn’t a hallmark of success
Adopting a lean HR perspective requires a different mindset that emphasises being busy at the
“right things” over being generally busy, which can be a culture shift for some organisations and
HR teams.
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