Is your HR budget under pressure? Watch our webinar recording on effective HR budgeting.

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How do you justify HR investments to the board? How do you distinguish between costs and business value? And how do you demonstrate that HR is not just a cost center, but a partner responsible for organizational results?

During our "HR Budgeting" webinar, we discussed how to plan HR spending based on data, how to measure results, and how to translate HR terminology into the language of business and finance. Our experts shared practical examples, case studies, and methods to help you make better budget decisions and defend them more effectively to leadership. [recording (10).mp4 | PDF]

🎥 The webinar recording is available for free on YouTube.

In the recording, we covered:

• how to calculate the actual cost of HR processes and the cost of maintaining the status quo,
• how to build a business case for HR investments,
• how to measure the ROI of process digitalization projects,
• why the adoption of new tools is just as important as the technology itself,
• how to distinguish between hard savings and recovered team working time,
• what data helps justify budgets for recruitment, development, and engagement,
• how to use satisfaction, engagement, and competency surveys to drive business decisions,
• how to plan development initiatives in alignment with organizational goals,
• how to speak to the board in the language of results rather than just needs. [recording (10).mp4 | PDF]

Why should you watch the recording?

During the webinar, we demonstrated that effective HR budgeting doesn't start with the question "how much can we spend?", but rather "what is our current way of working costing us?". Our experts presented concrete examples of organizations that achieved measurable savings and increased HR efficiency through process analysis, digitalization, and better data utilization. [recording (10).mp4 | PDF]

We also focused heavily on how to build HR's credibility as a business partner. We discussed the costs of turnover, the importance of candidate-job fit, the role of manager development, and the use of engagement surveys as a tool to support business decisions.

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Speakers

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Katarzyna Budzik - an expert with over 25 years of management experience in human resources. Throughout her career, she has held top HR positions and served as a board member in large, complex organizations, including the security industry. She has been responsible for shaping personnel strategy, managing labor costs, internal communications, and labor relations in environments employing tens of thousands of people. She has also developed her expertise in national and international organizations operating in sectors such as services, logistics, and modern technology, where she held key HR roles and led large-scale business projects. She has also directed some of the country's largest compensation policy implementations, covering tens of thousands of employees. Since 1998, she has been involved in HR consulting, delivering projects for leading Polish and international companies. She is the author of compensation, appraisal, and development systems, as well as numerous books on strategic human resource management. A graduate of doctoral studies at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). Co-author of the book "Mistrzowie HR".

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Agnieszka Pogorzelska - HR expert and manager associated with Inwenta, she has been supporting organizations in diagnosing and developing the competency potential of their employees for over 20 years. She designs solutions tailored to real business needs. In her work, she combines an analytical approach with a focus on people, helping leaders and teams build growth-oriented work environments. She is the author of publications and a speaker at industry conferences and trade fairs, where she explores topics such as future competencies and the link between competency assessment and employee engagement. She believes in the power of micro-actions, the importance of taking the first step in change, and development through relationships with others. She is a co-author of the book "Mistrzowie HR" (HR Masters). She will demonstrate how assessments and labor market data help in planning recruitment budgets more accurately.

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(Moderated by: Joanna Gęsicka / NAIS)

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Who is this recording for?

For HR directors and specialists, HR Business Partners, organizational development professionals, board members, managers, and anyone involved in HR budgeting who wants to more effectively justify investments in people, processes, and technology. [recording (10).mp4 | PDF]

Watch the recording

If you couldn't attend the live webinar or want to revisit the topics discussed, watch the full recording to discover practical ways to build an HR budget based on data, results, and real business value.

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