People functions are crucial in transforming people management

‘Organizations are just at the start of a massive transformation in people management—but the time to act is now, as people functions will play a critical role in helping them navigate a more complex and uncertain future.’

This new report from McKinsey & Company sets out exactly the kind of work we are doing with our clients to help them to refocus, restructure (still around Dave Ulrich’s model) and re-partner far more strategically:

‘Over the next decade, they must take significant strides toward a value-driven, human-centered, and tech-enabled approach to people management. This will mean overhauling the people operating system to be simpler, more strategic, and more fluid than it is now.’

‘Such a transformation will boost organizational effectiveness as well as employee engagement and productivity. Regardless of their starting point, organizations should embrace the opportunities in adopting this powerful new people management model and use it to create value for the business.’

I couldn’t have put it better myself.

Our approach is practical, and we build data as the start point to plan how to move forward. Most importantly, we help clients to illustrate the value that HR can create and the ROI of the investments required.

Getting the budget, and the mandate, has to be a priority in order to get HR the resources it needs to transform.

Contact me for a conversation about what you want to achieve in your own HR function.