Do you lack confidence about how to be strategic in your HR or People professional role? Perhaps you’ve even missed out on job opportunities because you haven’t been able to prove you can operate at a strategic level? On this week’s episode of HR Coffee Time, Career Coach Fay Wallis shares the four pillars that will help you to be strategic in your HR role.

Key Points From This Episode

[00:02] Fay refers to episode 57: Using the Johari Window to develop & grow in your HR career

[02:28] The first pillar – making sure you have strong operational foundations

• Having a clear process
• Be sure to have enough resources

[06:00] The second pillar – Developing and honing your business acumen

• Fay refers to episode 26: How to be strategic in your new HR leadership role
• Fay explains how you will benefit from the HR strategy shaping template

[12:20] The third pillar – relationship building and influencing skills

• Building relationships with difficult people within the workplace

[13:54] Fay refers to previous episodes that focus on the different ways to help you build relationships and influencing skills:

• Episode 3: Building relationships with difficult people at work
• Episode 34: Influencing– how to get buy-in for your ideas at work
• Episode 41: 3 tips to build a better relationship with a difficult person at work
• Episode 44: Succeeding as an HR professional – how to influence at a senior level

[17:13] The fourth pillar - using measurements, evidence and relevant analytics.

[17:40] Fay refers to episode 58: How to feel more confident using data & analytics in your HR role, with Angela Moyle

[19:19] Fay shares a tool she uses within her Inspiring HR group programme

[21:10] Fay dives deeper into what the Kaplan and Norton balanced scorecard is

[23:18] Fay refers to episode 33: A helpful framework for career conversations at work, with Steve McIntosh

[25:20] Fay provides further information regarding The Essential HR Planner

Useful Links

• Connect with Fay on LinkedIn
• The Bright Sky Career Coaching website
• Video: how to rate & review HR Coffee Time on Apple Podcasts
• Inspiring HR group coaching programme

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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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