Agility in HR
Building your employee experience (ex)
”Agility in HR” is a term that gets thrown around a lot (but one that I absolutely believe in). I've been thinking a lot about what 'Agility in HR' actually means and how we can assess where we are on the scale of service levels of our HR Teams.
Agile HR is truly about… agility (groundbreaking content) - but importantly it's about responding to the needs of your people, and quickly. HR is no longer about set and forget processes and running annual performance reviews. It's about:
But what does this mean in action - How does this actually look and feel in my organisation.
I’ve explored some of the core functions of the Agility Cycle in the below table.
Translating an Agile Employee Experience into your people strategy
How can you deliver on this? If you’ve been in HR for more than a day you know that this is the real struggle. Ultimately, we know that HR Teams need to be equipped to deliver this model of listen and respond as best they can and to do this, HR needs to modernise.
HR is no longer about the set and forget cyclical processes of performance reviews and engagement surveys.
“49% of employees feel that their employers are not delivering on the experience they were promised”
So what does an Agile and Modern people function look like?
Aligning your people function and it’s delivery is paramount to the success of delivering employee experience.
So how do you measure up?
These changes have real commercial impacts, the cost of recruitment, turnover, and low engagement on productivity make a difference to the bottom line. How are you connecting these to your strategy for your organisation?
If you’d like to chat more about your employee experience and the benefits to your organisation, or modernising your HR and People Operations experiences for delivery we’d love to hear from you!
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About Nick Gearen
Casual and approachable, Nick is your go-to for all things HR with a twist of personality. He’s all about making work a little more enjoyable while driving results.
Nick’s HR journey has been quite the ride, even landing him the HRD rising stars award in 2022 for his innovative HR strategies
MBA Qualified, he’s all about empowering individuals and teams to excel.
Nick understands that HR can be a bit of a whirlwind, so he’s here to create an environment where everyone thrives. Through strategic moves, a culture of ongoing learning, and optimising HR processes he helps businesses adapt, grow and reach their goals.
