HR Lead by Example! by Ardon Schambers

_ At the end of the fiscal year the two departments that are likely to be the most busy, are Finance and Human Resources. Much of their work is compliance and reporting as well as putting in place new budgets and employee benefit plan changes.

Although budgets require a look at what you plan to get done and what resources you need, they are often established in a rather global process with the usual exception of a critical focus on headcount.  As the year evolves the department managers then figure out who will do what, when and how. The principal driving force might relate to some year-end bonus involved with overall company performance.

We’ve recently encountered a Human Resource organization interested in putting together a function strategic plan that uses a system we’ve designed for corporate strategic planning. Their intent is to use the tool to define, prioritize and track performance on their 30 plus high profile projects and objectives.

Then they can show the results they achieved, and have experience with the tool before they present the process to the whole organization.  A unique strategy for strategic planning: Leading by example.