Most of us didn't get to this month's CIPD annual conference in Manchester so here is a round up of the debates and themes, followed by a round-up of other developments related to HR strategy.
XpertHR blogger Rachel Suff summarises the themes of the UK HR professional body's major annual event, and highlights an interesting employee engagement engagement case study about a hospice for children.
In the keynote address former Tesco chief executive Terry Leahy told delegates that "the first duty of leaders is to find out the truth about their organisations, so they can set the right goals and inspire people towards positive change" according to People Management magazine.
Leahy also had some messages for HR about designing job roles and processes:
"HR has not been great at understanding that a job role doesn't exist in isolation. It's part of a process to do something,"
But Leahy's talk wasn't the highlight for HR consultant and blogger John Ingham. Writing in his Strategic HCM blog he said:
"The best session at CIPD11 by far was on efficiency and performance and was delivered by John Greatrex, Group HR Director at Unipart, and Franceso Mereu, Director, HR, Corporate Planning and CSR at Toyota Motor Europe."
Ingham also helpfully provided links to all the blogs he could find at the conference, pointing out that four years ago he was one of only four bloggers present.
Another speaker, management guru Marcus Buckingham attacked formulaic models of competency and strategy for stifling innovation. It is better to play to people's personal strengths, Buckingham argued.
And finally, the RapidBI blog concluded that there was a common thread in many speeches which is that employee engagement is all about understanding business customers.
There are loads of links to up to date content on HR strategy in the rest of this blog, on the following topics: HR effectiveness (2); employee engagement (4); HR data and metrics (4); performance management (1); leadership (2); CSR (2); change management (2); management (2); HT technology (1). And more...
HR effectiveness
HR professionals have far more business savvy and leadership opportunities than they are given credit for and need to make their colleagues aware of this, says China Gorman in a blog titled "Memo to HR: Raise Your Hands".
Is the Ulrich model responsible for disconnecting the HR function from business? asks
Sue Brooks in HR magazine.
Employee engagement
A long list of resources on employee engagement and models for measuring staff satisfaction is available on the RapidBI blog.
Linking employee engagement to customer service is the theme of a post titled "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways" by Doug Shaw on the What Goes Around Limited blog.
"The Meaningful Workplace - Values Become Feelings" on the Emotivator blog.
Two Keys to Achieve Results with Employee Engagement from David Zinger on the David Zinger Associates Employee Engagement blog. This is the first of a series of 10 articles.
An A to Z guide to employee engagement, including 26 pointers that will help you build a superstar team, claims Ken Milloy on Ragan's HR Communication blog.
HR data and metrics
HR metrics link employee wellness with engagement but will they drive business erformance? Following a seminar last week on CSR employers' group BITC's Public Reporting Guidelines on Employee Wellness, Noel O'Reilly (that's me) looks at the rationale for linking employee wellness with engagement and asks if this will drive organisational performance. On the XpertHR Employment Intelligence blog.
How does your organisation compare on key HR benchmarks in 2011? Michael Carty writes on the XpertHR Employment Intelligence blog.
"Moving from HR Data to Organizational Insight", a post on Cathy Missildine-Martin's Profitability Through Human Capital blog includes a good graphic showing a road map to using data more effectively.
Claire Schooley's blog says that "New HR Analytics Research Focuses On Improving The Talent Management Processes".
Performance management
"Aligning Performance Management with Business Strategy (and Where Social Fits In)"
by Elizabeth Lupfer on the Social Workplace blog.
Leadership
5 ways to help your leadership achieve escape velocity, by William Powell on The Leadership Advisor blog.
The Institute of Directors is to produce a directory of potential female directors , reports The Grapevine.
CSR
Elaine Cohen discusses the lessons from a new new Do Well Do Good Public Opinion Survey on Sustainability which has just been published. She is the author of CSR for HR : A necessary partnership for advancing responsible business practices, (Greenleaf Publishing, 2010).
Paul Klein argues that corporations with a social purpose perform better, writing on Forbes magazine's CSR blog.
Change management
An interview with Dr. John Kotter chief innovation officer at Kotter International, a change management consultancy, on creating organizational change. Dr. Kotter is also Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. Sharlyn Lauby conducts the interview and reports on the HR Bartender blog.
Why Doesn't HR Lead Change? asks Brad Power (currently conducting research with the Lean Enterprise Institute) on the Harvard Business Review Blog Network.
Management
Bad management is costing business billions according to a survey by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), reported in Personnel Today.
Rick on the Flip Chart Fairy Tales blog challenges the assumption that "just because someone has made a shedload of money doing something they are good at, it qualifies them to pontificate on...well...just about anything."
HR director interview
Group HR director at insurance group Aviva John Ainley was interviewed on Personnel Today by Laura Chamberlain. He talks about changes at the group since it completed its consumer rebrand two years ago when it attempted to refresh its image.
HR technology
Trends in HR Technology: from the HR Tech Europe conference in Amsterdam
iProCon Insight - Latest Thinking.
Events
The Work Foundation has organised an evening debate on Tuesday 22 November 2011, including Vicky Pryce, senior managing director, FTI Consulting, and Katie Hopkins, business woman and former contestant on The Apprentice, to discuss the merits of Good Work or Any Work? in the current economic climate. The hashtag #twfdebate is available to follow the debate or comment.
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