This ebook provides a practical look at Human Resources, written by two experienced HR generalists and bloggers. Drawing on their own careers, it is full of pragmatic advice and straightforward recommendations about how to implement effective Human Resources, and doing good people stuff.

The book includes a look at what makes great Human Resources and great Human Resources professionals, the unique challenges of the HR profession and how to overcome them, through to simple advice on how to create people plans and business cases.

Covering every aspect of the employee lifecycle, along with topics such as social media, employee experience and employee data along with a handy jargon buster, this book is a practical guide to putting into practice straightforward and valued added Human Resources activity.

1. The elephant in the room
2. Great Human Resources
3. Putting the people plan together
4. Employee Engagement
5. Employee Experience
6. Data – big and small
7. Recruitment
8. Induction
9. People Policies
10. Employee Engagement. To survey or not to survey?
11. Performance Reviews
12. Family Stuff
13. Caring and Carers
14. Absence Management
15. Reward
16. Recognition
17. Learning and Development
18. Wellbeing
19. The difficult stuff
20. Redundancy
21. Grievance
22. Discipline
23. Leadership Development
24. Exit
25. Non Value Adding Work
26. HR Information Systems
27. HR and Best Practice
28. The Role of the Line Manager
29. Making the HR business case
30. Social Media
31. Ideas, Tips and Random Thoughts
32. And finally...