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gemma-reucroft's picture

Radically review all of those processes that we slavishly follow in HR, or think of as 'best practice'.  Ask yourself what value they are really adding, and whether or not they could be holding you / the organisatoin back.  Think job evaluation, handbooks, exit interviews, employment policies etc etc.  If...

By Gemma Reucroft on July 1, 2013
heidi-de-wolf's picture

Why are people less adaptable in their working lives than they are in their personal lives?

People are responsible/accountable for choices and decisions that only affect their personal reputation in their personal lives. As soon as you work for an organisation the weight of the organisation's reputation is at stake,...

By Heidi De Wolf on June 30, 2013
heidi-de-wolf's picture

Reading through the questions on the 'Embedding Adaptability' Tool, there is a principle that should be applied to several of the answers and that is PULL.

It is a marketing technique that relies on pulling consumers in through the use of values rather than pushing products to consumers. Within HR...

By Heidi De Wolf on June 28, 2013
kubatova-jaroslava-kukelkova-adela's picture

We strongly belief, that the first prerequisite for adaptability of an organization is a flexible, adaptable even enlightened leader, who is a visionary with a clear mission of the organization in his/her mind.

He must believe in this mission, to be enthusiastic about it and then he would be able...

heidi-de-wolf's picture

Over the last couple of months I have heard more metaphors being used in the workplace. Maybe I have become more sensitive to these as I have revisited my NLP knowledge, or maybe because people are reaching out for simplicity of messages in a complex environment....

By Heidi De Wolf on June 25, 2013
heidi-de-wolf's picture

“‘Total safety’ can only exist in an environment of ‘total control’.” - Nursing Development Unit, Seacroft Hospital

 

By Heidi De Wolf on June 25, 2013
mukesh-gupta's picture

One of the key reasons why organizations are not able to adapt to the changes around them quickly is because the very people who decide on these things are usually the last people in the organization to know about the change. 

  • The strategy is designed by the C-suite and
  • ...
By Mukesh Gupta on June 24, 2013
nigel-cox's picture

Put HR flavour of the month into reverse. Look at everything you are doing and, unless you have evidence it is working in your organisation, stop doing it. 

And by evidence, I mean genuine, statistically valid, experimentally tested results. 

Of course, this also means, don't introduce any new initiative until...

By Nigel Cox on June 24, 2013
paul-deemer's picture

They say - don't they - that reputation counts for everything? Well - don't we know it! "So - what do you do Paul?" I would get asked. I used to be proud to announce "I'm a human resources manager". And people used to respond positively. Not now!

"Oh - you...

By Paul Deemer on June 24, 2013
ulrich-nettesheim's picture

Why is HR not more actively involved in reinventing governance? It should be. If the marketplace changes faster than organizations can adapt, then impediments to speed of adaptation would be a great source for HR to add tremendous value. HR could be at the table defining purpose, roles and processes...

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