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Why is investment in HR not delivering its potential ROI ?
Chris Roebuck, Visiting Professor of Transformational Leadership, Cass Business School, London
Critical questions
Why has the great strategic and operational work that HR delivered not delivered the benefit it could have ?
How can we make sure it does ?
And get HR the credibility it deserves ?
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2004 – the moment of truth !
HR CAN ONLY ENABLE SUCCESS THROUGH OTHERS
HR is at a critical moment
• + CEOs /Boards now accept importance of HCM• + Capability in HR is growing • + HR is getting better at strategic interventions• - Change has been forced on organisations by
market and economics. • - Internally organisations have not changed
enough • - Finance sees itself as a change driver
55% : more work than time
THE WORLD HAS CHANGED
40%SKILLS
CULTURE
60% want to give their best42% say the organisation STOPS them.
40% my boss is not good
workplace pressure led to bad behaviour with friends & family
59%
LEADERSMUST CHANGE
BUT NEED HR HELP TO DO IT
IMAGINE ...
MOTIVATED
INSPIRED
BEST BOSS
You having a BEST BOSS
and being a BEST BOSS
or INFLUENCER
Everyone
is a leader
of others
Emotion is key
• Decision to give high performance is 57% rational / 43% emotional• Line manager accounts for 80% of the emotional !
IN ONLY 2 STEPS
Inspiring & enabling best performance :
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BELIEF
FAIRNESS
SIGNIFICANT
PROVEN
30% more effort from 60% of people
Asking me for my ideas Was fair Led by example Was honest
Acted with integrity Respected me as a person & professional
Praised and encouraged me Backed me up when requiredListened to me
Backed me up when required Empowered me and let me get on with things Inspired me
Made me part of a mutually supportive team Developed my skills and my career
Showed they cared Didn’t blame me for genuine mistakes Set realistic but challenging targets
Kept me informed about what’s going on Explained how we fitted into the bigger picture
Then focus that on
what REALLY MATTERSPURPOSE CONTEXTCOLLABORATION
“ITS ABOUT ‘WE’ NOT ‘ME’ !”
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ONLY HR
CAN LEAD THIS
TRANSFORMATION
Key ideas • No matter how good :
– The strategic and operational HR work – The Board buy in – The volume of downward communication
• It’s line manager skills and behaviour that delivers :– Financial performance– Customer service – Risk management – Brand image – Cost efficiency– Innovation – Constant change and improvement
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“Why should people care about you or the organisation or its customers if YOU and the ORGANISATION don’t show them you care about them ?”
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