Absence Management
The process of tracking and managing employee time off to minimise disruption and maintain productivity.
Authentic Leadership
A leadership style that emphasises self-awareness, transparency, and genuine interactions with others, fostering trust and promoting employee engagement.
360 Feedback
A feedback approach that gathers structured input on an individual’s performance and behaviours from multiple perspectives, typically including peers, direct reports, managers and sometimes external stakeholders.
Agile
An approach to team development that emphasises adaptability, collaboration, and iterative processes to effectively respond to changing business needs.
Agile HR
There are 3 key drivers in Agile HR: 1. Employee-focused – A focus on delivering value for employees as the driver for the profitability & growth of the organisation: 2. Self-organising teams – All work is carried out by cross-functional teams, working in short cycles with focus on delivering value: 3. Shared vision – A continuing effort to remove bureaucracy & top-down hierarchy so that the organisation operates together to deliver value and continuous improvement. Agile HR can be highly effective in building alignment.
Alignment
The process of ensuring that the goals, objectives, and activities of HR are closely integrated with the overall business strategy of the organisation. The HRBP has a key role to play in HR alignment, they can be an effective conduit between HR (including Centres of Expertise and Shared Services) and client groups.
Analytics Translator
A role that connects people analytics specialists with business leaders by interpreting data insights, translating them into practical implications, and supporting evidence-based decisions.
Assessment
The process of evaluating and measuring specific skills, competencies or traits of individuals using a range of methods and tools.
Attrition
The rate at which employees leave an organisation, typically measured as a percentage of the workforce. Losing key talent is very costly for organisations and they use employee research to understand the causes.