2-Hour Virtual Seminar on HR Professionals Strategic Setup 2026 - Executing

2-Hour Virtual Seminar on HR Professionals Strategic Setup for 2026 - Executing 2025's Lessons Learned

Overview:

As we start the New Year, HR professionals are uniquely positioned to translate twelve months of workforce activity into actionable insights that drive strategic success in 2026.

This webinar will guide you through a structured, end-to-end year-end review process from analyzing key HR metrics, talent trends, and compliance updates, to assessing culture, engagement, and leadership effectiveness. You will learn how to capture lessons learned from 2025, identify gaps and risks, and convert them into clear priorities, initiatives, and KPIs for the year ahead.

By the end of the session, you will be equipped with practical tools, templates, and questions to ask your leadership team so you can elevate HR's role as a strategic partner and ensure your people strategy is tightly aligned with your organization's 2026 business goals.

Why you should Attend:

• Review the most important HR, talent, and workforce trends from 2025 and translate them into lessons learned
• Identify the key HR metrics and dashboards to use in your year-end review (turnover, engagement, hiring, DEI, performance, and more)
• Conduct a structured year-end assessment of HR programs, policies, and practices to determine what to stop, start, and continue in 2026
• Align your 2026 HR strategy with organizational goals, including growth, transformation, cost control, and culture priorities
• Build a practical 2026 HR roadmap with clear priorities, timelines, owners, and success metrics
• Strengthen HR's strategic voice by preparing talking points, recommendations, and data-backed insights for senior leadership
• Anticipate 2026 HR risks and opportunities in areas such as compliance, AI and automation, hybrid work, and talent development
• Leave with practical templates, questions, and checklists you can immediately apply to your own year-end HR review process

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Setting the Stage: Why a Structured Year-End Review Matters
  
• • The strategic role of HR in closing one year and launching the next
  • Common pitfalls of informal or ad hoc year-end reviews
  • Key questions to frame your 2025 review and 2026 planning
• Reviewing 2025 HR Performance and Trends
  
• • Using HR data and dashboards: turnover, hiring, engagement, DEI, and performance
  • What worked well in 2025? Identifying wins, best practices, and scalable successes
  • Where did we struggle? Pinpointing chronic issues, bottlenecks, and missed opportunities
• Assessing HR Programs, Policies, and Processes
  
• • Reviewing core programs: recruitment, onboarding, performance management, rewards, learning, and development
  • Evaluating policies for clarity, fairness, and legal risk
  • Identifying what to stop, improve, or redesign before 2026
• Culture, Engagement, and Leadership Check-In
  
• • Assessing employee sentiment and engagement levels as the year ends
  • Identifying culture strengths and warning signs (burnout, turnover risk, disengagement)
  • Partnering with leaders to model the behaviors needed for 2026 success
• Looking Ahead: Anticipating 2026 HR Challenges and Opportunities
  
• • Emerging HR themes for 2026: AI and automation, skills development, hybrid work, and regulatory shifts
  • Scenario planning: preparing for potential disruptions and workforce changes
  • Building resilience and agility into your people strategy
• Building Your 2026 HR Strategy and Roadmap
  
• • Translating the year-end review into clear HR priorities and initiatives
  • Defining measurable goals, KPIs, and accountability for HR and business leaders
  • Creating a simple, visual 2026 HR roadmap you can share with stakeholders
• Communicating Your Insights to Senior Leadership
  
• • Presenting your year-end HR story using data, narratives, and practical recommendations
  • Aligning HR proposals with organizational objectives and financial realities
  • Securing buy-in and resources for your 2026 HR plan
• Tools, Templates, and Next Steps
  
• • Sample year-end HR review checklist and discussion guide
  • Template for a 2026 HR strategic priorities one-page summary
  • Personal action plan: first steps to implement after the webinar

Would it help you to review the most important HR, talent and workforce trends from 2025 and translate them into lessons learned?

How about conducting a structured year-end assessment of HR programs, policies, and practices to determine what to stop, start, and continue in 2026?

What about anticipating 2026 HR risks and opportunities in areas such as compliance, AI and automation, hybrid work, and talent development?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, come learn, laugh and take away Action Steps you can implement immediately to help you and your team improve performance!

Who Will Benefit:

• All