Strategic Human Resource Management

Does your HR function add value?

Do your HR professionals have the capabilities to contribute strategically?

Do you have a people strategy and is it aligned to the business strategy?

HR is under increasing pressure to deliver value.

This means:

  • putting in place a HR delivery model that is right for your organisation
  • creating the capability to genuinely operate as strategic partners to line managers
  • supporting organisational change
  • building the human capital of the organisation
  • providing much improved decision support ot line managers

Recent research suggests that a significant capability gap remains if HR is to make an impact in creating high performance organisations. HR teams are also still very unclear about how the function adds value.

We bring a strong track record of shifting the contributions of HR teams.

Typical Client issues we address are:

HR Realignment

We work with you to develop a value-adding HR team through:

  • assessing the level of alignment between the HR delivery model and business strategy;
  • bringing leading practice templates for you to tailor;
  • enabling you to envision what transformed HR means for your organisation;
  • HR process redesign.

Facilitating the development of People Strategies

We support organisations in the development of People Strategies through:

  • researching key HR issues. We have recently identified 6 strategic themes for HR to address;
  • providing strategic thinking tools;
  • facilitating Board/senior management team/HR leadership team agreement around the People Strategy.

Developing HR professional skills and capabilities

We have found that HR professional development does not usually equip the HR professional with the necessary skills to operate as a Strategic Partner or as a Change Agent. We therefore combine workshops, action based learning and coaching to build capability and deliver early returns on your investment in development in the following areas:

  • strategic thinking
  • internal consulting skills
  • personal management / developing a project mindset
  • change management / OD
  • organisational design
  • creating impact and influencing

 

 

Related case studies

HR Realignment
Internet services – FTSE 100

Our client delivered an ambitious programme to transform the global HR Function.

Working with the global HR leadership team and HR Transformation Team, our role was to provide focused technical HR and change management support to the global HR leadership team to bring about this rapid change.

read more...
HR Realignment
Financial services company

Worked with the HR team to develop a fully costed HR delivery model which defined the scope of HR activity and priorities; how HR activities would be delivered; HR structure and roles; skills; technology and costs.

read more...
HR Transformation
FTSE 100 Utility

Worked with the HR Director and leadership team to reshape HR’s contribution to the business. Over a period of 3 years, the Function has moved from LQ to UQ in comparison with typical HR benchmark data and has reduced costs in excess of 60%. More importantly, the Function has moved from providing essentially operational (case work) and transactional support to managers, to one that is engaged at the heart of significant organisational change.

We have supported this ongoing transformation in a number of ways:

read more...
HR capability development
Global Insurance Business

Worked with the whole HR team over a number of years to identify and raise capability in the areas of organisational design and consulting skills so that HR professionals are equipped to raise their contribution as business partners and specialists.

 

read more...

Related blog posts
Making Social Media Social (Posted by : mark)