{"id":9212,"date":"2024-02-23T03:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T03:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/?post_type=resources&p=9212"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:24:03","slug":"hr-strategy-essentials","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/resources\/hr-strategy\/hr-strategy-essentials\/","title":{"rendered":"HR strategy essentials: Laying the foundations for success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\n
\n

by Fay Wallis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hearing that you are supposed to “be strategic” and create a strategy in your HR role can be incredibly daunting. That’s probably because you’ve never been taught what it means or how to do it. Or you may have had a less than ideal experience of strategy at work, with plans being either nonexistent or excessively detailed, circulated at the beginning of the year and then ignored. Here, Fay Wallis offers clear, actionable steps to create a strategy that adds real value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strategy doesn’t have to be complex, although we often fall into the trap of overcomplicating it. Keeping it simple is easier said than done, but it’s a skill that, once honed, can make all the difference to your impact at work<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strategy defined<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First let’s tackle what strategy is. Simply put, strategy is about creating a plan to achieve a desired goal in the future. It’s the roadmap to be used to take the business from where it is now to where it needs to be, taking into account the resources available to you and the challenges you might be up against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

“What is the biggest barrier your organisation is facing that you can help to solve? Is it hard-to-fill vacancies, is it hard-to-retain talent? Is there a toxic culture brewing, or has innovation within the company ground to a halt? Identify that core issue and shape your strategy to overcome it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Make time <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first foundational step to creating an effective strategy is to allocate time in your calendar to focus on it. When you’re in a busy HR role, or you’re worrying about whether you’ll be able to create something that is “good enough”, it’s easy to let strategy slip down your list of priorities and languish at the bottom of your to-do list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it’s important you give yourself time to focus on strategy. You know yourself best, so choose a way of doing this that works well for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n