California Employment Law 2025: The SHRM Guide for Employers

Business & Money

McDonald Jr. J.D. SHRM-SCP SPHR, James J.

Education & Reference

SHRM - Kogan Page

Measuring the return on investment (ROI) of human resources programs (HR) is critical for success in today's business world and is an absolute requirement for HR professionals who are part of the senior executive team. Responding to the current accountability demands that continue to challenge human resource professionals, this updated edition illustrates the use of ROI methodology as a communication tool that strengthens the relationship with senior management as well as a process-improvement tool that enhances and improves HR's contributions to the bottom line. With this guide, human resource managers will prove their value to their companies by learning how to measure ROI in a variety of programs, policies, practices, and solutions; develop the ROI of HR with basic, step-by-step instructions; and collect, analyze, and report data with sophistication.

Proving the Value of HR: How and Why to Measure ROI

Pulliam Phillips, Patricia

Phillips, Dr Jack

Management & Leadership

Nothing HR does contributes more to productivity than improving engagement and retention. Nothing supersedes the value of getting our employees to give their best and to stay. No administrative task like making payroll, no hiring task like filling jobs quickly, no program task like renting an ice cream machine for employee appreciation week. Nothing else we do. HR leaders know better than most that voluntary turnover is spiking and nearing its all-time high, that fewer than one-third of our employees are engaged in their work, and that executives say in survey after survey their number one concern is “talent.” Employees stay or leave – and engage or disengage – primarily based on their relationship with their manager. And that means their direct supervisor, the one they connect with – or don’t connect with – every day. So we need our executives to manage engagement and retention instead of us. We can coach them and play critical roles, but if CFOs read the financial data and HR distributes the turnover report, retention is already second-tier. HR’s Greatest Challenge will help HR executives • Convince their CEOs that engagement and retention are top-tier metrics as important as sales and service. • Replace those mysterious turnover percentages and engagement scores with dollar values that resonate with the CFO. • Train managers to conduct stay interviews because they bring proven solutions. • Ask leaders to forecast how long employees will stay and how many of their team will score high on the next engagement survey. And most importantly, this book will help you solve employee engagement and retention as a business issue.

HR's Greatest Challenge: Driving the C-Suite to Improve Employee Engagement and Retention

Finnegan, Richard P.

High-quality HR practitioners have advanced skill sets in the critical competencies needed to work our most pressing talent issues of today and to deliver HR strategy to enable businesses to evolve in the future. Now HR professionals are expected to be valued team members and contribute as business partners for the growth of the organization. Defining HR Success provides an in-depth review and application of the nine critical HR competencies practitioners need to be successful within the field of HR and leaders of their organizations: • HR Expertise (HR Knowledge) • Business acumen • Communication • Consultation • Critical evaluation • Ethical practice • Global and cultural effectiveness • Leadership and navigation • Relationship management

Defining HR Success: 9 Critical Competencies for HR Professionals

Cohen, Debra J.

Alonso, Alexander

Kurtessis, James N.

Strobe, Kari R.

Job Hunting & Careers

Today’s business environment is volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA), which presents huge challenges for organizations that seek to build capabilities that can provide advantages now and in the future. How can they leverage their people to effectively compete in this environment? View from the Top: Leveraging Human and Organization Capital to Create Value brings together some of today’s leading chief human resource officers and other HR thought leaders to share their expertise in addressing this very question. Through case studies, conceptual models, and empirical research, these authors provide a roadmap to help HR leaders develop and implement HR strategies that will build their organization’s human and organization capital as a source of competitive advantage.

View from the Top: Leveraging Human and Organization Capital to Create Value (Making an Impact in Small Business HR)

Wright,Patrick

VARIOUS

HR behavior competencies are critical for success today. Developing Proficiency in HR: 7 Self-Directed Learning Activities for HR Professionals provides a roadmap for HR professionals to help themselves and their HR colleagues develop the behaviors necessary to be successful. It is a pragmatic and easy-to-follow book that is filled with practical exercises and worksheets that will be useful to HR professionals—and to HR leaders. The book is designed to transform passive learners into active learners by helping HR professionals develop their HR behavioral competencies at their own pace and based on their own needs. Included is guidance on how to approach personal development in day-to-day activities rather than in a formal course setting. Self-directed activities such as role play, observation, and networking with a purpose—all of which are covered in the book—can be powerful drivers of learning and development.

Developing Proficiency in HR: 7 Self-Directed Activities for HR Professionals

Can you be in HR for more than 30 years and still be geeked about it? The answer is -- YES you can!! HR leader and popular "Everyday People" blogger Steve Browne takes a fresh look at HR through an engaging assortment of real-life examples, insights, and epiphanies and encourages practitioners to drop the preconceptions of what HR should be and instead look to what HR could be. Read this book to rekindle your passion for a field that is vibrant and vital and touch the lives of everyone your encounter with HR on Purpose! “Steve does a masterful job of not only helping us all understand what capabilities are needed to be successful into the future in our profession, but does so in a manner that leaves us excited, inspired, and ready to take action. HR on Purpose is a must-read for anyone at any point in their career in the ever-changing HR field.” —Jason Averbook, Co-founder of Infusion and former CEO, The Marcus Buckingham Company “Steve Browne has a passage in this book that says: ‘When you go into a grocery store, you are drawn to the things that are placed to catch your eye. Companies intentionally pay for better shelf space so that you will look at their brands in the hope that you’re more likely to buy their goods. We have to do this in HR. We have to get in the line of sight of our employees and make our goods attractive and accessible.’ I urge you to put this book at eye level in wherever you work and make sure you see this book every day. Each day, open it like an HR daily devotional and read for five minutes. It doesn’t really matter where you open the book. Just randomly open it and read. You will be a better HR professional and a better person for doing it.” —Paul Hebert, Senior Director, Solutions Architecture, Creative Group “As someone who has known Steve Browne for many years and considers him a friend and mentor, I’ve been suggesting for years that he write a book to share his wealth of wisdom and experiences with HR and business leaders. I’m so excited that it’s finally here! This book is a great collection of personal stories and observations, as well as great tips and advice for human resources professionals. Steve’s encouragement to engage with people, get to know them, and make HR relevant in the workplace is much needed, and his guidance and strategies come both from years of experience as a successful HR/business/community leader and from the heart. He truly cares about the future of HR and HR professionals. I strongly suggest that you read this book and highlight relevant passages so you can refer and continually challenge yourself to implement the suggestions that are offered. If you want to be encouraged, inspired, and given a road map for success as an HR professional, this book is a must-read!” —Jennifer McClure, President, Unbridled Talent LLC, and CEO, DisruptHR LLC “Steve Browne reminds us of the rewards of a career in human resources. He shares his wisdom and experiences, and underscores the importance of focusing on others first and always. Not just because it’s a feel-good idea, but because it’s an effective way to influence business and affect the bottom line.” —Susan Meisinger, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, J.D., former CEO of SHRM and renowned columnist on HR leadership

HR on Purpose: Developing Deliberate People Passion

Browne, Steve

Business Culture

"HR Like a Boss" offers HR professionals all the tools they need to help employees feel more connected to their organization and ensure the organization’ s success. Written by a creative entrepreneur who has devoted his career to the HR community, this book combines real-life stories of HR professionals who embody the characteristics of a “ boss” — meaning a skilled business leader— with actionable insights for making an impact on their people, organization, and community.

HR Like a Boss: Your Guide to Amazingly Awesome HR

Bernatovicz, John

From Hello to Goodbye is the HR professional’s complete guide to understanding the various ways business relationships end, managing disability and leave issues, properly classifying workers, maintaining an inclusive workplace, increasing retention, and avoiding litigation. The second edition has been updated to reflect new research and best practices in addition to recent legal and regulatory compliance complexities.

From Hello to Goodbye: Proactive Tips for Maintaining Positive Employee Relations

Walters, Christine V.

The Recruiter’s Handbook provides comprehensive, step-by-step guidelines through the complete recruiting process. Written by HR Bartender’s Sharlyn Lauby, SHRM-SCP, with insights, tips, and tools from dozens of HR, recruiting, and business experts, the Handbook delivers a proven roadmap to not only help shorten learning curves and avoid legal pitfalls, but build trust in new hire relationships. Along the way it shows how to drive cultural change by offering guidelines for veteran, disabled, or ex-offender recruiting efforts, how to build strong apprenticeship, mentoring, or internship programs, how to effectively conduct assessments, reference checks, and background checks, and much more.

The Recruiter’s Handbook: A Complete Guide for Sourcing, Selecting, and Engaging the Best Talent

Lauby, Sharlyn

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