HR Success Kitbag Tips

Our HR Success Kitbag is an online toolkit designed especially for HR professionals. We love hearing how you are applying the ideas in our HR Success Kitbag to make a difference in your organisations. Please comment on the tips below to share your own experiences and successes, and let us know what you have found useful. To learn more about the Kitbag, click here

How can I get others to deliver what the business needs?

The HR model currently being used by most organisations differentiate roles and responsibilities based on skills and expertise. When an initiative has to be delivered to a part of the business or the business as a whole it demands that the whole function understands their role and what they are accountable for. Read more →

Jan HillsBy Jan Hills | Published: 22/02/2012

Challenging Your Client without Damaging Your Relationships

Deep down you know the right thing to do for the business is to challenge the Management Team on this issue. Part of you knows that if you ignore this, it will come back to haunt you; whilst another is telling you “they know best. And after all, you are just starting to build your relationship with them and a confrontation now will only hinder things”. Sound familiar? Read more →

Lindsay HansonBy Lindsay Hanson | Published: 15/02/2012

Strategy and intuition: an unlikely partnership?

Is there a role for intuition in developing business strategy?

In our experience, when developing strategic approach, successful HR people often draw heavily on their intuition as well as their analytic skills and understanding of the business. Read more →

Amy ButterworthBy Amy Butterworth | Published: 08/02/2012

What triggers your best performance?

You have just had a really successful meeting with a senior business leader. It was a tough situation but everything went perfectly; you could answer all her questions, you spoke eloquently, you remembered all the key points and could debate the pros and cons in a relaxed manner. You are on cloud nine. Read more →

Jan HillsBy Jan Hills | Published: 01/02/2012

Can’t stand your client? Get curious about them!

We’ve all been there. Sometimes you find you are working with someone who, for whatever reason, you simply can’t stand. Whether they simply rub you up the wrong way, or you disagree with their entire approach, this is a difficult situation to be in. Read more →

Amy ButterworthBy Amy Butterworth | Published: 25/01/2012

A people plan that delivers

Firstly, we should acknowledge that a plan on its own cannot deliver. Execution is what really matters – delivering on our people plans improves the credibility of HR and earns us the right to shape the wider business agenda. Read more →

Amy ButterworthBy Amy Butterworth | Published: 18/01/2012

Setting standards with colleagues

You have had a great win with the management team. They have agreed you new initiative and have given you the green light to get started. This is a high profile project for you, but it needs the input of your colleagues in other parts of HR to deliver all the services that the business needs. How can you ensure they deliver and, importantly, deliver in a way that meets the subculture in the business unit? Read more →

Jan HillsBy Jan Hills | Published: 11/01/2012

What you need to know to make 2012 a success

 

The turkey is finished, the presents all opened and the January sales well underway.

Now turning your thoughts to the year ahead, what do you want from 2012? How will you ensure that you are successful in achieving this? Read more →

Amy ButterworthBy Amy Butterworth | Published: 04/01/2012