Final Call: Submit Your Article Synopsis for theHRDIRECTOR Magazine – Issue 251 (September 2025)

Deadline: 17 June 2025
📩 Submit your synopsis: https://www.thehrdirector.com/article-submission-portal/
Select: “Publication Tender – Issue 251” and choose your topic.

Are you an HR leader, consultant, or thought leader with insight to share? This is your final opportunity to contribute to Issue 251 of theHRDIRECTOR – the leading independent publication for senior HR professionals. We are now inviting article synopsis submissions for our September 2025 edition.

Choose from the following editorial themes and share your strategic thinking, case studies, or opinion-led content that aligns with the future of HR, people strategy, and business leadership.

🔍 THEME 1: ESG, Values & Corporate Governance in HR

Keywords: ESG in HR, HR governance, corporate values, ethical leadership

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles are reshaping the business landscape. We’re seeking articles on how HR can embed ESG into organisational strategy, culture and leadership.
✔ How can HR align ESG with people, purpose and performance?
✔ What are best practices for ethical leadership, stakeholder trust and governance?
✔ How can HR integrate ESG metrics into performance reviews and pay?
✔ Strategies for embedding diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing into ESG initiatives

🔍 THEME 2: Workforce Transformation & Future-Ready Talent

Keywords: workforce transformation, skills strategy, agile HR, AI in HR

In a time of constant disruption, HR must lead workforce transformation to build agility and future-readiness.
✔ What does strategic workforce planning look like in an AI-driven world?
✔ How are HR leaders enabling continuous learning and digital skills?
✔ How to design adaptive roles and dynamic skills frameworks
✔ Insights on agile HR, transparency, and employee empowerment

🔍 THEME 3: People-Centered HR Strategy

Keywords: employee experience, HR strategy, wellbeing, flexible working, culture

We’re calling for articles on building a people-first HR strategy that supports wellbeing, inclusion and performance.
✔ How can organisations evolve to meet changing employee expectations?
✔ Human-led, tech-enabled: balancing empathy with digital tools
✔ Making culture measurable and aligned to business outcomes
✔ Evolving HR’s role into an architect of meaningful employee experience

🔍 THEME 4: Optimising Employee Benefits for a Diverse Workforce

Keywords: employee benefits strategy, wellbeing, personalised benefits, ROI

Benefit strategies are becoming more personalised and data-driven. We want your insights on:
✔ Designing flexible benefits for multigenerational, diverse workforces
✔ Enhancing uptake and understanding through communication and tech
✔ Meeting demand for holistic wellbeing – mental, financial, physical
✔ Balancing competitiveness, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness

📅 Submission Details:

• Deadline: Close of play, 17 June 2025

• Submission link: https://www.thehrdirector.com/article-submission-portal/

• Select: Publication Tender – Issue 251

• Format: Submit a clear synopsis (approx. 150–200 words) outlining your proposed article’s focus and key takeaways

Why Contribute?

Your article will be featured in one of the most respected HR publications, reaching a senior audience of HR Directors, CPOs and business leaders. This is an opportunity to showcase your expertise, elevate your professional profile, and contribute to shaping the future of work.

📢 Act now – help shape the conversation in HR and share your insights with our global readership.

👉 Submit today: https://www.thehrdirector.com/article-submission-portal/
For more information about the magazine: https://www.thehrdirector.com