Strengthen the Impact of Your HR Function
Get an independent, data-driven view of how effectively your HR function is set up to create value and deliver business impact based on AIHR’s 5SL HR Effectiveness Model.
In six weeks, we assess your HR function, benchmark it against leading practices, and deliver a practical roadmap with clear, prioritized actions you can start implementing immediately.
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Is Your HR Organization Focusing on the Right Priorities?
AI, shifting expectations, and market disruption are reshaping what businesses need from HR. And when HR’s priorities lag behind, the impact of your function becomes hard to see or measure.
The HR Effectiveness Review maps the strengths, gaps, and opportunities in opportunities within HR and gives a you a clear path forward:
- Independent Data-Driven Assessment: See where HR creates value and where it can improve
- Benchmark Comparison: See how you compare with peers and leading practices
- Recommendations: A concise dashboard & report of key priorities and focus areas
- Roadmap: Prioritized actions your team can begin implementing immediately
Your Strategic HR Sparring Partner
Challenge your thinking with experienced HR leaders, backed by AIHR's latest research, insights, and benchmarks.
Identify What Is Limiting HR’s Impact
Through surveys, interviews, and workshops, we uncover where HR's strategy, priorities, and execution are disconnected, and what's holding impact back.
Clarify HR’s Mandate
Use independent data & stakeholder perspectives to understand what the business expects from HR today, and how its mandate needs to evolve to create greater impact
Turn Insight Into Action
Drawing on stakeholder insights, AIHR research, and key materials, we deliver an evidence-based assessment and a prioritized roadmap for your organization.
From Insight to Action - In Six Weeks
Led by HR experts with decades of real-world experience, the HR Effectiveness Review gives you a clear, evidence-based view of how your HR function operates today and where focused improvements can increase its impact.
Over six weeks, our experts combine stakeholder perspectives, organizational context, and benchmarking to deliver four practical outcomes:
Functional Diagnostic
An assessment of your HR strategy, structure, skills, stakeholders, systems of work, and leadership reveals strengths and areas for improvement across the function.
Interviews & Workshops
Focused interviews and workshops with HR, business stakeholders, and leaders reveal how the function operates in practice and where expectations may differ.
HR Benchmarking
Comparison with other organizations and leading practices provides context for your findings and priorities.
Practical Report
A comprehensive report brings the findings together into clear recommendations, prioritized actions, and a practical roadmap your team can begin implementing immediately.
Work With HR Experts
Not Career Consultants
Built by HR for HR, our team brings decades of real-world experience to your organization. You’ll receive practical, adaptable guidance grounded in the realities of building and leading an effective HR function.
Expert Guidance From Experienced HR Leaders
Dr Dieter Veldsman is AIHR’s Chief HR Scientist and former Group CHRO with 18+ years of global leadership experience. A strategic advisor, award-winning practitioner, and academic, he helps executive teams future-proof HR through evidence-based people strategies, organizational design, and thought leadership on the future of work.
Dr Marna van der Merwe leads Thought Leadership at AIHR, combining 15+ years of HR expertise with deep research in Talent and Career Management. A registered Organizational Psychologist and global speaker, she helps HR leaders align people strategy with business impact and build sustainable employee experience strategies.
Erik van Vulpen is the Founder and Dean of AIHR, the world’s leading platform for HR upskilling. A global expert in AI-driven HR, people analytics, and HR innovation, he empowers organizations to build future-ready HR capabilities that drive strategic, data-informed, and technology-enabled business outcomes.
Suhail Ramkilawan is a Senior Solutions Advisor at AIHR with 10+ years of experience in HR and consulting. A specialist in assessment strategy, talent management, and HR capability building, he advises organizations on aligning people strategy, skills, and technology to accelerate business and HR transformation.
Wihan de Wet is an Organizational Psychologist and HR professional with global consulting and corporate experience. As AIHR’s HR Expert Lead, he helps organizations turn proven HR practices into actionable solutions. A former KPMG Associate Director, he specializes in organizational development, leadership development, and HR transformation.
Lily Tronciu is a learning & development expert who designs impactful learning programs for global HR organizations. With a background in learning strategy, organizational capability building, and digital learning transformation, she supports organizations in building sleek, engaging, and accessible HR learning ecosystems that drive long-term growth.
Annelise Pretorius is AIHR’s Psychometrics and Assessments Expert, specializing in designing and delivering learning and skills assessments for HR functions across industries. With over a decade of experience in psychometry, human behavior, and people data, she helps HR teams assess capabilities, identify development priorities, and strengthen learning impact through evidence-based, practical guidance.
Go Beyond Evaluation with AIHR Advisory
Built by HR for HR, AIHR Advisory will help you turn insight into execution. Whether you’re shaping strategy, redesigning your HR function, or building new capabilities, AIHR Advisory delivers practical solutions grounded in real-world experience and trusted by 1,000+ organisations.
Hear It From Our Customers
“AIHR’s guidance provided invaluable insights into our HR competency levels, enabling us to align more effectively with business needs. Their expertise in assessing our HR maturity levels and optimising our operating model efficiency transformed our approach, offering clear direction on where to focus and to develop our HR strategy, to drive tangible business results.”
Lauren Du Preez Chief People Officer
“The AIHR team took the time to truly understand us, they crafted a journey that’s not just exciting, but purpose-built to grow the HR muscle we need; from sharper analytical thinking to future-fit decision making, enabling us to lead in a transforming business!”
Charlene Lawrence Senior Manager – Talent Optimisation
What is the HR Effectiveness Review?
The HR Effectiveness Review is an independent, data-driven review of how an organization’s HR function performs today and how ready it is to meet future business challenges. AIHR’s team assesses HR strategy, structure, processes and materials, and delivers a clear diagnostic including maturity benchmarking, improvement areas and a practical roadmap.
When should an organization consider doing an HR Effectiveness Review?
Our HR Effectiveness Review is especially useful when HR’s contribution is unclear, HR priorities are misaligned with business needs, or during times of business disruption (e.g. organizational change, restructuring, scaling, or new strategic challenges). It helps identify gaps and opportunities, and provides clarity and alignment.
What is the 5SL Model and how is it linked to the HR Effectiveness Review?
AIHR’s HR Effectiveness Review is built around the 5SL HR Effectiveness Model: our proprietary, research-informed framework for diagnosing how effectively HR is positioned to deliver business impact.
The model assesses HR across six interconnected constructs: Strategy, Structure, Skills, Stakeholders, Systems of Work, and Leadership. Together, these reveal whether HR has the strategic, structural, operational, relational, and leadership foundations needed to perform effectively.
This ensures the review goes beyond isolated HR processes. It provides a comprehensive diagnostic of what is working, what is holding HR back, and where to focus next to strengthen HR effectiveness and business alignment.
Want to understand the framework behind the review? Learn more about the 5SL HR Effectiveness Model.
What do you get as part of the HR Effectiveness Review deliverables?
The deliverables include: (1) a functional diagnostic reviewing HR strategy, structure and materials; (2) stakeholder interviews & workshops to understand how HR is operating in practice; (3) benchmarking of your HR function against global best-in-class practices; (4) a practical report with prioritized recommendations, timelines and a roadmap to strengthen HR’s impact.
Who participates in the HR Effectiveness Review?
The HR Effectiveness Review typically involves HR leaders, HR team members, and selected business stakeholders. Through interviews, workshops, surveys, and document reviews, AIHR gathers multiple perspectives to build a comprehensive view of HR effectiveness.
Who are your experts?
AIHR Advisory is led by experienced HR consultants, researchers, and subject matter experts with hands-on HR experience in medium-sized and large organizations.
Our experts combine evidence-based HR knowledge with practical experience across HR transformation, operating model design, capability development, and organizational effectiveness to provide recommendations tailored to your context.
What happens after the HR Effectiveness Review?
After the review, you receive a practical report with prioritized recommendations and a roadmap for improvement. AIHR Advisory can also support the next steps, including operating model design, capability development, leadership alignment, and broader HR transformation initiatives.
Do you need to commit to a full HR transformation project to start with an HR Effectiveness Review?
No. The HR Effectiveness Review is offered as a standalone service. You can engage only in the review to get clarity on where HR stands now, and then decide separately whether to follow up with transformation or improvement initiatives.
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