10 Things You Can do Now to Prepare For 2023: HR Checklist

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*Originally published by The Happiness Index

Having a couple of easy wins in your back pocket can help you feel like you’re making progress. What can you do now to put you in the best position to smash your people targets? 

Here’s a checklist of actions and activities to help you put your best foot forward!

1. Get started on the road to future-proofing your business by building a listening strategy. “How can I do that?” you ask. Don’t worry about it, The Happiness Index has created an eBook to take you by the hand and lead you through the entire process.

2. Think about how you’re going to factor both employee happiness AND engagement into your people strategy - because that’s where the magic happens! Planning for both will set you up for success. 

3. Get your employer brand on point - now’s the perfect time to spruce up your careers site and any social channels to make sure your purpose and culture are clear to everyone who works with you [or really wants to!]

4. Go through your recruitment process and materials to make sure they’re all in line with your employer brand - this will have a huge impact on your ability to recruit the right people for your organization.

5. Send your senior leadership team a surprise gift of the Happiness Index's our co-founder, Matt Phelan’s book ‘Freedom to be Happy’ [sure, we might be biased, but we think it’s the best way to ensure they get the business case behind creating a thriving culture for your people!]

6. Collaborate with other HR professionals to understand what challenges they are facing and how they plan to address them. Why not join the Happiness Index's community of forward-thinking HR experts?
   
   

7. Create an HR listening calendar based on key organizational milestones and projects, which identifies the best time to assess your cultural health, understand how your people and thinking and feeling, or deep dive into key areas like well-being.

8. Start a Happiness Task Force - identify people from across your organization who want to join an action group for the coming year. This way, you will get feedback on your strategy, new ideas and help your organization understand that employee happiness is everyone’s business, not just an HR initiative. 

9. Spend time cleaning up your HR data. Taking time before you launch into your strategy to make sure everything is clean and accurate will mean you’ll be able to measure your impact more easily. Don’t have a degree in data? No problem! The Happiness Index has an eBook to help get you on the right path. 

10. Take a real break - if you’re overstretched and overwhelmed, not taking the rest you need will put you on the fast track to burnout! Now is the perfect time of year to kick back with a mince pie or two and enjoy some much needed time off-without guilt!

     

    Want this as an easy-to-save checklist so you can refer back to it whenever you need? Click here to download our handy PDF.

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    If you are looking for more ways to bring your 2023 strategies to life? DH offers on-site & virtual solutions to turn your strategies into realities. 

    
    
    

About the Author

Elle Whitehead-Smith

Elle is the Content & PR Manager for The Happiness Index. She’s in charge of all their blogs, eBooks, and press releases. She’s also who you should turn to if you spot a stray apostrophe [something she feels very strongly about!]

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