Strategic HR Review: Volume 21 Issue 1

Editorial

Javier Bajer

Professional services companies need to practise what they preach: the need to fast-track digital transformation in the industry

Chris Nichols

This paper aims to clarify the relationship between professional services companies and changing customer expectations. It proposes following the digital transformation process…

Digital transformation: “jobocolypse” or empowerment?

Zeynep Hizir

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of digital transformation on jobs and to assess whether or not the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution will lead to mass…

Reflecting on over a year of remote training, and where businesses must go from here

Nikolas Kairinos

The study aims to explore how businesses across the UK have adapted to over a year of remote training, and where there is room for improvement as long-term hybrid working plans…

Strategic workforce planning: from closing skills gaps to optimizing talent

Elissa Tucker

The purpose of this APQC (American Productivity and Quality Center) research study is to understand which strategic workforce planning approaches are currently in use; whether…

The importance of employee inclusion: lessons for HR managers

Mario V. Norman, Kimberly M. Johnson

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the phenomenon, or the lack thereof, of building a culturally inclusive organization, specifically suggesting this paper…

How preferences for types of appreciation differ across employee age groups

Paul White, Gene George

Organizational leaders and human resource professionals affirm that to have (and keep) an effective workforce, understanding one’s employees is critical. Thus, understanding the…

How organisations can remove barriers to increase workforce collaboration

Andrew Watson

The purpose of this paper is to explore how organisations can remove the barriers that they are currently coming up against to increase their workforce collaboration. Playing a…

Hybrid working can help recruit and retain talent, upskill leaders and boost team working, suggests a case study from an international professional services firm

Richard Summerfield

This paper sets out the three-year people strategy at the core of a traditional professional services firm’s ambitious plans to transform into a progressive, agile and…