Getting HR aligned with business strategy

Why clients reach out to us

HR is seen as a cost centre rather than a driver of business value
HR isn’t strategic enough – not involved early in top decisions
Business and HR leaders don’t understand each other and have different priorities
HR is under-resourced
HR’s interventions don’t land well in the business

How we help them

Identify how to drive business value in their unique organization – and get the credit for that
Build HR’s mandate for change with active support from business leaders
Create collaboration with business leaders to align HR’s work and share accountability
Build a new strategic narrative for HR and business case to prove HR’s value
Win the resources that HR needs in order to deliver improved business outcomes

What we achieve together

Improved business results through optimising talent and driving value through HRBPs and HR operations
HR delivers what the business needs and gets the credit
Credible, respected and influential HR functions valued for their contribution
Improved agility in HR – able to respond quickly to changing business conditions
HR wins resources using sound business cases

Client project examples

‘Strategic Roadmap’ collaborative consultation with business leaders:
- Gathers their views on where HR needs to focus
- Creates constructive conversations with key stakeholders to agree HR’s priorities
- Builds HR’s mandate for change, plus the required budget and strategic narrative to explain it to key stakeholders
Facilitation of HR Leadership Team discussions to get them aligned and united:
- Researching what the business wants and needs from HR
- ‘Holding the mirror up’ using business feedback to create fresh clarity for HR
- Getting the voice of the business into the HR room using Alignment Workshops
- Development interventions and facilitation to build clarity and confidence of HR leaders to meet business needs.
One HR Team program brings the whole HR team together to build alignment and collaboration across all parts of the function to respond to business needs
Development of a strategic dashboard to pull all people analytics and business data into one place
Organisation Development work to design structure and roles to align with strategic priorities.

The above are just examples and are not an exhaustive list of our capabilities. If you would like an informal conversation about your particular challenges please feel free to book a conversation with us.