How to build HR’s strategic influence in today’s landscape

For CHROs who want to elevate their HR function

How does a CHRO get the function to where they want it to be? First, you have to win the mandate.

Your first strategic step is to get the attention of top leaders. This means transforming your relationship with the business and becoming, as the CHRO, completely sewn into business priorities.

In this one-hour webinar 4xCHRO Asad Husain and Deborah Wilkes explored how to create a platform from which HR can lead and influence, win the mandate to elevate the function, and get that on track.

Who is this webinar for?

CHROs and senior HR leaders

What will I learn?

We will clarify the strategic steps that a CHRO can take:

Context – how the work, the workplace and the workforce have changed
How to build your business case for elevating HR
How to get the attention of top leaders to that business case
How to transform your relationship with the business and engage them in identifying HR’s priorities
How to win credibility as a leader of the business as well as HR
How to change the conversations – who with, what about, when and why
How to get your whole HR team lined up behind business priorities and unite them.

In this webinar we will explore how to create a platform from which HR can lead and influence, win the mandate to elevate the function, and get that on track.

Facilitators

Asad Husain, 4xCHRO, and Deborah Wilkes, co-founder of Enable-HR International

What are the outcomes?

You’ll leave this webinar with:

Fresh challenge and tips to help you to deepen your understanding of the business
Clear process for engaging with business leaders in a structured way – to get them fully on board
Ideas for shifting your conversations with senior stakeholders – and therefore your relationships with them
Key strategic steps to elevate your HR team
Inspiration and ideas for your leadership of the HR function.

What do I get?

Stimulating, interactive webinar with fresh content to challenge and support your thinking
Thought leadership from different perspectives
Practical, relevant input that relates to the reality of HR in organisations today
Ideas for running your own One HR Team event
Q&A following the webinar for anyone who wants to stay on, and the opportunity to email questions afterwards.

Date:

Recording from Tuesday 17th September 2024

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