Driving return on investment through people
HR departments which focus on three HR activities will have a more significant impact on customer and shareholder value than HR departments that focus primarily on HR metrics themselves, writes Wayne Brockbank A number of leadership and management thinkers and institutional economists have posited that the “enemy of the great is […]
Given that people are bound up with intangibles, this is one domain in which HR could and should be the experts – and thereby add great value and leadership to business partners, writes Dave Hanna Over the past 50 years a subtle revolution has been in motion that changes how we […]
If you want to maximise the performance of your organisation or team, values must be turned into shared standards, writes Peter Fuda Every organisation has values. The challenge, however, is that these are usually different from those written on the poster. To cite an infamous example, Enron’s espoused values were […]
An “outside-in” thinking approach has been critical to the development of a unique L&D framework within Nestlé, which has demonstrated learning value and results while positioning the L&D function as a tangible performance enabler within the business. As a result, Nestlé’s L&D team has made considerable inroads into changing the […]
HR professionals experience conflicting pressures from a range of stakeholders, and Wayne Brockbank says there are three important ways HR can balance competing expectations and create sustainable value for these stakeholders As an HR professional, you will experience conflicting pressures from competing and occasionally antithetical stakeholders. Competing expectations come from line […]
