Performance management doesn’t work for 98% of CHROs
A recent Gallup survey found only 2% of CHROs strongly agree their performance management systems are effective. Gallup’s suggestions for turning this around do not go far enough though, says Jon Ingham, who advocates for a more human-centric approach.
HR strategy in the 2020s: transitioning to a people-centric approach in the decade ahead
We can often link particular ideas with a specific decade. For example, BritPop and Cool Britannia with the 1990s. In business and people management terms I would suggest that decade was about the rise of human resources, with the shift from Personnel to HR, the Ulrich model, and McKinsey’s War for Talent report, reinforcing the […]
The human-focused workplace: how to redesign your organisation to achieve people-centricity
In part three of this three-part series on ‘Making HR truly strategic’, HR expert Jon Ingham outlines three requirements for redesigning an organisation with people at its heart. An increasing number of organisations are using a growing range of approaches to help build an environment in which people can do their best work. For example, […]
Why the human-focused workplace leads to competitive success
In part two of this three-part series on ‘Making HR truly strategic’, Jon Ingham explores how HR transitioned from being a support function of the business to being the key driver of business success. It is an exciting time in HR currently, as so many shifts towards a more human-focused workplace are all taking place at the […]
Supporting the business isn’t strategic HR – people centricity is
HR practitioners sometimes report being conflicted about whether to align with the business to be more strategic or to better support their people. However, it is actually much more useful to see these poles as a paradox rather than a dilemma. That is, we need to do both – to focus on the business and […]
The value of navel gazing and why HR must focus on the future
There’s no doubt that one of HR’s most time consuming preoccupations is reflecting on its own future. Communities like HRZone provide us with a wealth of rich information but have certainly contributed to the amount of introspection taking place as well. And then you’ve got people like me finding something to challenge the HR profession […]
Views on HR news: HR blogging comes of age
Jon Ingham trawls the net to provide his round-up of the great and the good of HR thought and opinion found on the web, so you don’t have to. This week, he reviews the increased use of social media tools discussed at SHRM’s 2009 annual conference. Web 2.0 and social networking tools are being […]