Being Embraced as a Strategic Partner

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Being Embraced as a Strategic Partner

• Presented by
• Keith Greene, SPHR
• Director, Organizational Programs
• SHRM

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HR Plays Four Basic Roles

• 1. Management of Strategic Human Resources -
  aligning HR strategies and practices with the
  strategic needs of the business.

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HR Plays Four Basic Roles

• 2. Management of the Firms Infrastructure
  delivering efficient HR processes such as
  staffing, training, appraisal, and reward
  systems.

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HR Plays Four Basic Roles

• 3. Management of Employee Contribution - Keeping
  close tabs on employees needs and problems and
  seeing that these needs are met and problems are
  solved.

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HR Plays Four Basic Roles

• 4. Management of Transformation and Change -
  HRs role in changing both the culture of the
  firm and the processes used within the firm.
• Source David Ulrich, Ph.D.

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The Top Five Competencies for Senior HR
Professionals

• 1. Business Acumen
• 2. Leadership Skills
• 3. Ability to Think and Act Strategically and
  Innovatively
• 4. Technical HR Competence
• 5. Operating as a Change Agent
• Source Gatti Associates Survey

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The Senior HR Professional MUST Be Seen As A(n)

• HR Expert
• Management Theory Expert
• Coach Counselor
• Platform Speaker
• Influential Leader
• Objective Ethical Leader

• Technologically Savvy Leader
• OD Expert
• Strategic Planning Expert
• Strategic Thinker
• Business Partner
• Morale Compass
• Moral Compass

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Key HR Practices That Contribute to the Bottom
Line

• Giving Employees Rewards That Are Commensurate
  with Their Contributions
• Strong Recruiting of Talent
• Focused Use of Technology
• Flexible Working Conditions
• Source Watson Wyatt Worldwide

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Common HR Practices That Lose Money

• 360-Degree Reviews
• Long-Term Developmental Training
• Implementing HR Technologies with Soft Goals
• Source Watson Wyatt Worldwide

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• Change is the law of life, and those who look
  only to the past or present are certain to miss
  the future.
• John F. Kennedy

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• To survive and succeed, every organization will
  have to turn itself into a change agent. The
  most effective way to manage change successfully
  is to create it.
• Peter Drucker

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• Vision is the ability to see what change is
  needed and how it will benefit people when that
  change is made.
• David Pottruck
• President and CEO
• Charles Schwab

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• Technology doesnt make you less stupid it just
  makes you stupid faster!
• Jerry Gregoire
• Former CIO
• Dell

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• You dont get points for intent, only for
  results.
• Annie Morita
• Senior VP of Marketing
• Columbia Tristar

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This business game is all about winning. The
team that wins is the team with the best players.
Your job is to field the best players.

• Jack Welch
• Former CEO
• General Electric Corporation

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The war for talent cannot be won in the area of
recruiting but only in the area of retention.

• Michael Svoboda
• Head of Corporate HR Policies and Development
• Deutsche Bank

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• You can take my factories and burn up my
  buildings, but give me my people and Ill build
  the business right back again.
• Henry Ford

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Learning time is not a respected part of the
work environment. But you cant be so busy that
you allow yourself to get stupid

• Tom Kelley
• Cisco Systems

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• It only takes one person and a little bit of
  courage to move a whole crowd.
• Tom Brokaw

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• The secret to being a high-impact leader and the
  essence of individual and corporate success
  Learn as much as you can as quickly as you can
  and share your knowledge aggressively
• Expand your network of people who share your
  values and connect as many of them with each
  other as possible and, perhaps most important,
  be as openly human as you can be and find the
  courage to express genuine emotion in the
  harried, pressure-filled world of work.
• Tim Sanders
• Chief Solutions Officer
• Yahoo

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A child should never have to wonder if his
parents love him.

• Dave Weinbaum

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• Compassion is the single greatest attraction of
  an effective leader.
• If you dont love people, you will never lead
  them.
• Byrd Baggett

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• I can accept failure.
• Everyone fails at something.
• But I cant accept not trying.
• Michael Jordan

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• If at first you dont succeedkeep sucking until
  you get it right!
• Curly (The Three Stooges)

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• A life is not important except in the impact it
  has on other lives.
• Jackie Robinson

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• When you come to the end of your rope, tie a
  knot and hang on.
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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• People dont care about how much you know until
  they know about how much you care.
• Alan Merten
• President
• George Mason University