Webinar: Where should HR draw the line? by MA Business

Where should HR draw the line?

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Where should HR draw the line?

Let’s settle the age-old debate, once and for all: how far should HR leaders support the ever-changing interests of employees, versus the business’ needs?

Modern HR leadership requires strategic support skills, and both employers and workers are demanding ever more from the people profession.

So where should HR’s main focus be: with the workers, or the CEO? And how can both interests best be served?

In our next HR Lunchtime Debate – which is sponsored by the Electric Car Scheme – panellists will take a deep dive into this topic, addressing:
• Employees changing needs: how can HR best support staff during different stages of life and employment, like having to take family or sick leave, going through divorce, or being made redundant?
• Changing business needs: what does best practice employer support look like, in challenging situations, for example when employers need to make salary or job cuts?
• How employee benefits can help: what kinds of benefits can serve both employee and employer’s needs?

Register for HR magazine’s webinar now, to either be part of the live discussion, or to watch a post-event recording.

Presenters

Amy Musgrove

HR consultant, AfterAthena

An experienced HR consultant who is also a qualified mediator and coach, Amy Musgrove has dealt with a range of HR cases, and achieved chartered CIPD status in 2025. She came into HR after having previously worked in organisational development, and her expertise includes significant working knowledge of disciplinary cases, absent management issues and change processes. She has also worked across local government and the charity sector.

Kieran Glackin

HR director, Madano

As HR director for Madano, a strategic communications consultancy, Kieran Glackin leads people strategy, supporting the business through growth, change and the evolving workplace expectations. Glackin has worked in HR for 14 years, across the public sector, not-for-profit organisations and consultancy environments. He is particularly interested in how HR can balance empathy, commercial judgement and organisational accountability.

Lucas Ryan

Special projects lead, The Electric Car Scheme

As special projects lead, Lucas Ryan helps to develop new propositions that reshape what employers can offer their people. Ryan joined The Electric Car Scheme in its earliest growth phase, having previously been the first employee at EV subscription startup, Elmo.

Most recently, Ryan led on developing a benefit called Employee Life Event Support. He is now building the operational foundations to extend salary sacrifice and employee benefits into sustainable home energy (solar, batteries and heat pumps).

Charissa King

Editor of HR magazine

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