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Plan your team's budget for next year, learn to speak the language of numbers, and position HR as a source of real savings rather than just another expense.

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📅 August 20, 2026 (Thursday) · 🕚 11:00 AM · 💻 Online · ⏱ Approx. 90 min

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Does this sound familiar?

August and September mark the start of budget season. If you want to avoid a situation this year where:

your HR budget is automatically slashed because leadership sees it only as an expense,
you copy last year's numbers every time without knowing what actually worked,
you struggle to justify investments in training, recruitment, or benefits,
you pay for employee packages that half your team doesn't even use,

- then this webinar is for you.

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Who is this webinar for?

HR managers and HR Business Partners planning next year's budget
HR specialists responsible for training, recruitment, and benefits
Anyone looking to have more effective conversations about money with the board and CFO

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What will you learn? (Agenda)

In 90 minutes, we will show you how to plan your HR budget wisely:

Where to start - main HR budget categories (compensation and benefits, recruitment and onboarding, development and training, HR tools, wellbeing, and organizational culture)
Three planning methods and when to choose which: historical budgeting, zero-based budgeting, and driver-based budgeting
How to speak the language of the board - how to translate HR activities into financial arguments and demonstrate return on investment
Case study: how to save 1,000,000 PLN - a real-life example of reallocating funds within an HR budget (including benefits and perks management)
Diagnose before you invest - how research and data allow you to spend your recruitment and development budget more accurately, instead of investing blindly
Ready-to-use checklists and tips to implement immediately in your organization

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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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Webinar based on the book "Mistrzowie HR"

The content of this webinar is drawn from the book "Mistrzowie HR," a collection of best practices and examples of what to do and what to avoid when planning HR initiatives. Nais is a proud patron of this publication.

Exclusively for webinar participants: discount code [XX]% for your book purchase, valid until [date]. You will receive the code during the meeting.

Button: I want the book at a promotional price → [link to store — TBD]

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What you get by signing up

Live access + Q&A session
Webinar recording after the event
Checklists and downloadable materials
Discount code for the book

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