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Effectively Manage HR's Work

Support the HR organization with optimizing and prioritizing their work.

  • HR is taking on more strategic work while completing the same number of transactional tasks (e.g. benefit administration); resulting in an increase in stress levels and burnout.
  • Despite HR spending more time on strategic work, perceptions of HR’s effectiveness by non-HR individuals can be improved.
  • When HR employees are stressed or burned out it negatively impacts HR’s ability to support the rest of the workforce and organization.

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Critical Insight

Prioritization of HR’s work has become more critical than ever due to HR taking on more strategic work while completing the same number of transactional tasks.

Impact and Result

  • Effectively evaluate the HR organization’s current goals and work.
  • Identify methods for managing HR’s work
  • Ensure the HR organization is undertaking work that supports the organization’s strategy and goals.
  • Prioritize HR’s work for the current and next year.

Effectively Manage HR's Work Research & Tools

1. Evaluate the HR organization’s goals and work

Document and evaluate HR’s work and capacity for the current and next year

Effectively Manage HR’s Work Guide
Executive Briefing – Effectively Manage HR’s Work
Manage HR's Work Workbook

2. Review methods for managing HR’s work

Review the methods for managing HR’s work to identify feasible methods to implement.

Infographic – Effectively Manage HR's work

3. Initiate the change management process

Communicate HR’s work goals for the year and outline an approach for handling ad hoc requests that HR receives.

HR Ad Hoc Requests Tracker

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McLean & Company is an HR research and advisory firm providing practical solutions to human resources challenges via executable research, tools, diagnostics, and advisory services that have a clear and measurable impact on your business.

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A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your HR problems.

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Guided Implementation 1: Evaluate the HR organization’s goals and work.
  • Call 1: Review insights from the organizational and HR strategy.
  • Call 2: Document and evaluate the impact and urgency of the work HR is undertaking in the current and next year.

Guided Implementation 2: Review methods for managing HR’s work.
  • Call 1: Discuss the methods to manage HR’s work and select methods to prioritize HR’s work.

Guided Implementation 3: Initiate the change management process.
  • Call 1: Develop a business case to gain buy-in for HR’s methods for managing work.
  • Call 2: Outline guidelines for handling ad hoc requests.
  • Call 3: Develop a plan to communicate changes to HR’s work and HR’s work goals.

Contributors

  • Daphne Logan, Human Resource Executive, Po-Lo Consulting
  • Steven Brown, Talent Acquisition Manager, Pivot Workforce
  • Cary Sparrow, CEO, WageScape
  • Dr. John Sullivan, Professor, Corporate Speaker, Advisor, San Francisco University
  • 6 anonymous contributors

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