Building on surveys undertaken through Personnel Today magazine and research via Roffey Park Institute, Holbeche provides a set of tools and case studies that show how HR strategists have utilized their skills to deliver a variety of key business objectives, often within their current job role. The relationship between an effective people strategy and business success is hard to quantify in financial terms, but Holbeche provides persuasive examples to add to the growing body of evidence. Case studies include mergers and acquisitions policies, organizational design, retaining high flyers in an international environment, and core competency approaches. * Focuses on performance and developmental issues which are key to aligning HR and business strategies * Shows how HR strategists have leveraged their role to deliver key business objectives * Case studies and vignettes on managing change, influencing organizational development, identifying and retaining talent, and leadership development