Being driven by business need

This is absolutely key – it’s one thing to know the strategy, and another to ensure that the needs of the business are actually the main drivers of HR strategy. If you’re a HRD then this will be clear to you. Whatever level you’re working at, however, when you work closely with your client groups you can identify, or create, opportunities to align and adapt what you’re doing so that it responds more practically to what stakeholders actually need. Our success model helps you to sketch out how your unique business works. This reveals opportunities to clarify the way HR helps to drive results.