Here are 10 of the best HR Transformation articles from June, we hope you enjoy.
We have “Naomi in a box” and DIY HR Outsourcing – if these ideas do take off we are in trouble!
We peer into the 'crystal ball' and the search for the Holy Grail (but no mention of Monty Python) from Dr John Sullivan, Naomi Bloom, J. Keith Dunbar and Jon Ingham with a HR 2.0 case study.
The last 3 articles deal with HR in the UK Public Sector – is there an appetite to establish a huge HR back office, and if not, is HR equipped to deliver the proposed 25% cost savings? We also have the views of the Head of HR for the police in London – a warning to politicians – never mess with the cops – particularly with their HR ratios.
We hope you enjoy the articles, and get in touch with any Top 10 articles ideas
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1. “The Future of HR” from a shareholders’ perspective - from Dr John Sullivan
What would HR look like if it were redesigned by shareholders? This is a really interesting perspective on the role of HR from Dr John Sullivan.
2. The Future Of HRM Software: Embedded Intelligence - from Naomi Bloom, at the In Full Bloom blog
“Meet Naomi, your friendly and very knowledgeable HRM/HRMDS consultant “in a box”.
The very thought of capturing Naomi Bloom’s knowledge in this way is enough to give
MIT sleepless nights for years.
This provides some great insights into the future of HRM software from one of the most knowledgeable experts in the industry.
3. DIY for HRO – from Mark Stelzner, at Infexion Advisor
For organisations thinking of HR Outsourcing, Mark Stelzner, from Infexion Advisors gives some counter-intuitive advice (from a consultant). "Don’t use a HRO advisor, just do-it-yourself."
We agree with Mark in some situations, but think some conditions need to apply if you are going to try DIY HRO, including :-
- You have good up to date knowledge of all the relevant vendors
- Your organisation is good at managing outsourcing contracts
- You have a clear HR Transformation roadmap with buy-in from business stakeholders
- Your procurement team is comfortable running a vendor evaluation for a contract which usually involves technology, business, change
- You can tap into experience of the HRO lifecycle from conception, contract, transition to ongoing service delivery
The very useful DIY HRO deck illustrates the HRO journey, some great questions and is a good starter pack for those thinking of HRO, but don’t underestimate the complexity. Maybe we need a
“HRO Advisor” in a box?
4. 10 Lessons Learned in the Quest to Become Strategic in HR- from Cathy Missildine Martin at the Profitability Through Human Capital Blog
Here are some of Cathy’s lessons learned over the last several years working with HR Departments that chose to go through a dramatic change by moving to a strategic "Business Partner" approach to HR. This includes, “You can't be strategic if HR is not intimately involved with the organizational strategy.”
Great learnings expressed clearly and without jargon.
5. The Holy Grail…Human Capital Development Aligned to Strategy - from J. Keith Dunbar at the DNA of Human Capital
It’s always great to hear how the US Defence Intelligence Agency deals with people management challenges, and Keith is our man. We particularly enjoyed this article as it highlighted the results of a very useful tool, assessing the differences between the perceptions of importance vs. effectiveness in people management.
They found a significant gap in Importance vs. Effectiveness (48%) in "knowledge, skills and capability requirements to execute business strategy." This indicates that this category is very important to the organisation, but not as effective as it needs to be. This can be useful information in helping to work out where to focus your efforts.
If you are interested in Importance vs Effectiveness tools, check our
HR Effectiveness Survey as well as the excellent IBM paper on Workforce Analytics which is downloadable from Keith’s article.
6. Lynda Tyler Cagni, ex Ermenegildo Zegno on HR 2.0 – from Jon Ingham's Strategic HCM Blog
What is HR 2.0 exactly? Nobody explains the vision and the practicalities as passionately as Jon Ingham. Here is a case study, which always helps, from the retail group, Ermengegildo Zegno. “It’s about building collaborative enterprises and HR can play a big role in enabling this, and it’s a train that’s already left the station – HR needs to get on board quick.”
This is a great case study providing useful insights.
7. HR Technology Trends for 2010 – from John Sumser on HR Examiner
This is a useful presentation on HR Technology Trends from John Sumser. But what on earth is the “Sumser Curve”?
8. Government sets up efficiency hit squad – and warns HR to prepare for a storm – from Rick at Flip Chart Fairy Tales
Governments are planning to transform public services to reduce their cost of delivery to cope with the structural deficits.
Sir Peter Gershon is now advising the UK Government and says “HR functions will need to be on top form to prepare departments for the ‘shock wave’ of the government’s cost-reduction scheme”.
With the public-sector pay bill standing at £174 billion in 2008, and procurement costs totalling £220 billion, HR skills will be very much at the forefront of reducing “unsustainable” spending. This task will be all the tougher as HR functions themselves needing to be simplified, just when their skills are most needed, Gershon said.
Rick, from Flip Chart Fairy Tales sees problems ahead and outlines how HR will have to put their own house in order by shifting transactional activities into shared service functions and reducing the ratios of HR staff to employees.
9. Could the Whitehall reshuffle lead to one massive government back office? – from Inside Outsourcing at Computer Weekly
Can the government realise the potential of government back office sharing? If all the government business processing capabilities were brought together you would have a resource bigger and more efficient than any supplier.
Any move of this nature would probably require a large amount of consulting and supplier support.
Is there any ambition to creating a world class HR Services in the UK? Does the Government have the appetite to deliver standardised policies and processes, using common platforms and asking managers to manage their teams?
I am not sure there is much appetite for huge Government investment programmes – but some intriguing questions all the same…
10. Met chief: HR could be “priced out as an expensive overhead” – interview with Martin Tiplady, HR Review
This article from Martin Tiplady provides some clarification on HR ratios at the Met and his openness is respected. His message to others in the UK Public Sector is that “HR could be priced out as an expensive overhead". So HR be warned – you have had your collar felt by the long arm of the Met!
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