Welcome to the latest Employment Intelligence HR Strategy round up.
Is evidence emerging that HR directors are taking on a more strategic role? Research reported in Personnel Today by Dr Anthony Hesketh of Lancaster University Management School found that 87% of HR directors now have a place on companies' executive management committees, while 40% have a seat on the board. According to Hesketh, the HR function now forms part of a "golden triangle" for top-level conversations, alongside finance directors and chief executives.
The authors of a new book, Transformative HR, agree. In an interview with Matt Charney on the Human Capital League blog one of the authors, Ravin Jesuthasan (his co-author is John W. Boudreau) says:
"As we looked at the various organisations that were driving evidence-based change, the talent and HR implications of their business issues were not the fifth or sixth priority for managers, they were the first or second.
"The HR leaders were right there with their CEOs and business leaders, not necessarily formulating strategy, but clearly defining and articulating what would be required of the organisation's talent to execute the strategy."
Another view on the increasing strategic importance of HR issues raises the issue: "Does HR Belong in Finance?" Derek Irvine asks the question on the Human Capital League blog:
"Should HR stand alone as a strategic function in the organization and, as such, report directly to the CEO as part of the executive team? Or should HR be part of the Finance department (or another department)?"
Other recent HR strategy related content covers topics including the future of work, using HR data, talent management, restructuring, management, organisational culture, HR effectiveness, leadership, talent management and succession planning.
To find out more read on.
Is a move from HR director to chief executive a bridge too far? asks David Woods in HR magazine.
"The 2011 World's Best Multinational Workplaces from Great Places to Work. The top four are IT firms: Microsoft, SAS, NetApp and Google.
Future of work
Ten years from now employees could be rewarded by results rather than the number of hours worked and decide when and where to do their work, while offices will become meeting spaces rather than the focal point of a working day, according to research reported in Personnel Today. Academics from Cass Business School and Henley Business School discuss the research in a new book, Future Work: How Businesses Can Adapt and Thrive in the New World of Work.
Work with Meaning" is an article in the London Business School strategy review, by Douglas A Ready, a visiting professor and founder of the International Consortium for Executive Development Research, and Emily Stecker Truelove, a researcher at ICEDR.
Using HR data
The role of employee survey benchmark data, a blog by Hannah Stratford,
Head of Business Psychology at ETS plc.
Talent management
The role of recruitment in integrated talent management, explained by John Ingham on his Strategic HCM blog.
Restructuring and change
"Down with Knee-Jerk Downsizing" is the title of a blog by Teresa Amabile, and Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Steven Kramer, a psychologist and independent researcher. They are coauthors of The Progress Principle (Harvard Business Review Press, 2011).
Management
On the means and ends of management, by Chris Mowles on the Reflexive Practice blog.
Improved management skills 'should be priority for growth' and addressing skills shortfall more important than employment law reform, argues the CIPD.
Organisational culture
Creating a Culture of Recognition by Cathy Missildine-Martin on the Profitability through Human Capital blog.
HR Effectiveness
The Top Qualities and Characteristics of Great HR Leaders, by John Hollon, vice president for editorial of TLNT.com interviews author, advisor, and educator Dr. John Sullivan.
"What are the key competencies for HR?" asks Steve Browne of SPHR on the XpertHR Employment Intelligence blog. It was the theme of the October 2011 Greater Cincinnati Human Resource Association (GCHRA) HR roundtable.
"High Performance HR? It's All About Technology and Social Media" says Ron Thomas on the Human Capital League blog.
Leadership
"When the revolution comes to leader development" by John Wenger on the Quantum Shifting blog.
Integrated Leadership Development - Potential Answer to the Importance-Effectiveness Gap, by J Keith Dunbar, a transformational global learning leader writing on the On the DNA of Human Capital blog.
Employee engagement
Facebook's Secret Ingredient for Employee Engagement, a report from Lisa Skapinker, online marketing manager at Rypple on the company's In The Loop blog. Facebook senior executive Molly Graham, the company's former manager of culture and employment branding, spoke to a closed-door session at the HR Technology Conference and Expo in Las Vegas about the social network's approach to engaging and managing its rapidly expanding workforce.
Succession planning
Succession Management at IBM, Contrasted with Apple and HP, from Josh Bersin on the Bersin & Associates talent management blog.
Events
The 10th annual HR Directors Summit at the ICC Birmingham on 24-25 January 2012.
A list of forthcoming CSR events is available on the Ethical Performance website.
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