
Key HR Strategies to Drive Business Growth in 2025
In today’s rapidly changing business world, top HR leaders are transforming what was once an administrative function into a key driver of business strategy.
12.12.2024
15:00 CET
Perry Timms, Owen Ashby and Stephen Burr came together for an insightful webinar on transforming HR into a powerful driver of growth. Businesses today face more complex challenges and turbulent circumstances than ever before. Discover key strategies to transform HR into a driving force behind strategic alignment and sustainable success. Download the webinar today!
Topics Covered:
- Transitioning your HR department from a compliance administrator into a strategic partner to enable and drive business objectives.
- The capabilities and tactics that shape this transition, with practical examples and sample workflows.
- Adaptable technology that makes your process simpler and easier, supports strategic interventions and streamlines operational efficiency.
- Robust systems that support functions like intelligence gathering, task processing, workflow management, and more!
- A Q&A session where you can dive deeper into the strategies discussed, and what it would mean for your organisation.
- If you are an HR leader or a key decision maker in your organisation, this webinar offers useful and actionable insights into transforming the role HR plays in your business.
Don’t miss out on this engaging and illuminating discussion between two industry leaders in the HR landscape! Download the webinar by registering below.
Speakers

Owen Ashby
Programme Lead People Advisory
Owen has over a decade of experience in the people advisory space, specialising in skills and capability assessment and people analytics. As a key driver of the people advisory initiatives at Forvis Mazars, Owen focuses on bridging the gap between HR and Finance, enabling HR Directors, Finance Directors, and other senior executives to collaborate effectively. By translating HR data into commercial insights, Owen helps organisations speak a common language, empowering leaders to ideate, innovate, and make strategic workforce decisions grounded in measurable impact.

Perry Timms
Founder & CEO of People & Transformational HR Ltd
Perry Timms is the founder and Chief Energy Officer of People and Transformational HR with over 21 years of experience in the HR industry. Recognised as HR’s Most Influential Thinker in 2022, Perry has been featured five times on this prestigious list and is now a member of the HR Most Influential Hall of Fame. He is a 4-time Engagement 101 Global Influencer, a 4-time Guest Professor, a 2-time TEDx speaker, and an author with two published books. Perry is a Chartered Member of the CIPD, a Fellow of the RSA and in 2024 was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in self-managed, democratic organisations.

Stephen Burr
EVP & Managing Director, UK & IRELAND
As regional EVP, Stephen Burr is responsible for growing our UK market, as well as developing and growing operations in Ireland. With over two decades of experience in HR and Payroll technologies, Stephen has collaborated with a diverse range of companies across various industries. Stephen is a member of Zalaris’ Group Leadership team and plays a crucial role in working with Zalaris customers to help them understand how digital solutions can offer real business impact, whether it be delivering SAP SuccessFactors, SAP HCM and/or SAP Payroll consulting and support services, or utilising Zalaris’ PeopleHub SaaS and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services.
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