What is Agile HR?
Think of the most frustrating part of your job, and/or the thing that your stakeholders complain about most – and imagine how great it would feel to fix it. What would be at the top of your list of hassle factors that you’d like to sort out? Here are some of the things that I’ve […]
Get your whole HR team lined up behind business priorities
If HR is to deliver maximum impact, then the whole HR team needs to be lined up behind business priorities. This is harder than it sounds. There are so many different activities within the HR function that pull it in different directions. Sometimes these can even seem in conflict with each other. For example, it’s […]
Building one HR Team is of strategic importance right now
My previous post about building One HR Team provoked a massive response, and today’s short report from McKinsey & Company confirms that this is of strategic importance right now. ‘Creating a cohesive people function operating structure’ is one of their four themes for ensuring that HR and L&D have a future focus: ‘Our research suggests […]
HR has some fascinating challenges to tackle in 2024
Are you excited about 2024 and the opportunities that exist for HR? The data below from Gartner proves that there are fascinating challenges to tackle. The employee-employer relationship is core to HR’s remit and it’s this kind of research that helps us to scope out the work that needs to be done. But – these […]
HR are still fighting the good fight
I recently attended Josh Bersin‘s excellent webinar on 2024 predictions yesterday, and this was just one of the new phrases I learned – ‘Employee Activation’. It sums up the way AI and employee empowerment are catalysing into a new force. The overall direction of travel is undoubtedly towards the human-centred organisation. I posted recently about […]
Gen AI and the drive to skills-based work
There are two topics dominating my Inbox right now – Gen AI and the drive to skills-based work. They combine together in a way that has massive implications for HR. The thread joining them is the focus on the task, rather than the role. It changes the order of things. Rather than identifying whose job […]
Why don’t CEOs create the conditions for CHROs?
I hear about this scenario far too often. A CEO says all the right things at interview so you take the job. Then they fail to listen to you, back you up or advocate for good leadership. What many CEOs want is simply for the CHRO to fix problems for them. They don’t want inconvenient […]
“People are our customers’ greatest asset” Dave Ulrich
Would you like to watch a conversation that’s heart-warming and full of grace as well as wisdom? Here’s something for your lunchbreak. There’s so much reinforcement in this conversation of what we truly value as HR people. It’s about the human. As Dave Ulrich says, if you look after the human, you look after the […]
How can HR leverage its unique reach?
HR touches every employee, every manager, every leader. As we navigate our way to a new future of work, this reach has never been more critical. It’s even more powerful when we make it a two-way street. How do we make it flow both ways? Our power is in our questions – and in the […]
Dave Ulrich: ‘How HR Must Rise to Today’s Opportunity’
‘Where more is expected, more must be delivered.’ With this quote, Dave Ulrich is putting a positive spin on some of their recent survey data – that ‘HR professionals somewhat lower in the recent (2021) 8th round of our research compared to the seven previous rounds.’ That’s tough to read. After all HR’s incredible work […]
