Corporate space.
Invest in People.
There was a time when attracting, retaining and developing internal talent was key to strengthen succession pipeline and provide business continuity. It is questionable to what extend this strategy still works today. The world of work is changing so quickly that companies struggle to manage this paradox: how to keep internal stability and continuity while adapting and transforming the organization to keep up with the challenges of our times. Leadership, Culture and HR play a pivotal role in making this transition work!
Areas of intervention.
Having led numerous change initiatives and restructurings in businesses including post-integration programs linked to M&A activities, I know what it means to have to dismantle functions and teams, transfer business units to then shortly after have to close them. The emotional and transactional heavy lifting required is phenomenal and its impact on employees who leave and those who stay can be felt years after the facts. Some people say this is the new normal. I disagree.
The new normal is to transform the current way of thinking about our people and culture strategy, engagement and loyalty so that leaders and employees alike can be better prepared to face the future which will be even more disruptive than our present. We cannot imagine to achieve one without changing other. To do this I leverage my 25 years of HR Corporate experience and focus on:
- Organizational cultures and leadership: level of readiness to embrace change and new paradigms of work
- End to end employee value chain processes and employee experience: fluidity, clarity, coherence
- Tailor made workshops for leaders, teams, employees and HR professionals on transformation and change
- Executive coaching for leaders, teams and HR
Below are some ideas of what type of programs and offerings we can put together to suit your needs. If this resonates with you, let’s connect!
Corporate programs & services
Readiness assessment.
How ready is your organization to onboard, develop, reward, offboard and reboard fluid workforces while maintaining high levels of engagement and performance? How ready are your leaders in turning the difficult conversations with employees into motivational and inspiring conversations and support them as they transtion to new opportunities either inside the organization or outside? How dynamic is the mobility within and across departments with the objective to share resources for common projects based more on capabilities, motivation and less on reporting lines and cost centers? How motivated are your employees in wanting to take control of their career and development and how willing are you to invest in career management skills?
These are some of the questions to consider when measuring your organization’s readiness to lead the change proactively and adopt new ways of thinking when it comes to your long term people and culture strategy and goals. If transformational change is at the top of your business priorities, then let’s connect and talk !
Leadership from within
Leaders today need to be transformers. This cannot be done without mastering the art of leadership from within. This means, leaders need to lead from a place of integrity, commitment, responsibility.
Your values and sense of purpose as a leader is what will make you stand out and inspire your team, your business and your peers.
Your skills at management are the entry ticket. But to be credible leaders capable of transforming and leading organizations through on going changes and challenges takes the meaning and relevance of leadership to a whole new dimension.
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Managing transitions & change
Cultural change and organizational change are easy on paper. There is a before and an after. And yet why don’t people follow? Leaders and HR often confuse change management with project management. Set up a steering committee, a project team, execute according to plan and move on.
This is hardly ever the case.
The bigger the change the greater the emotional and psychological impact this has on your culture, your leaders and your people. Pacing your organization in order to then lead it towards the new and the different is what this program is all about. It can be delivered internally through train-the-trainer approach or with our external facilitation.
REPURPOSING YOUR WORLD OF WORK and career retreats
Outplacement redefined
As responsible leaders and HR professionals you will need to make tough decisions and act. Letting people go is never easy, especially those who are good performers and have been loyal and committed to your organization. It can be traumatic and dramatic. This is why having a clear next step is so important. Our design your world of work programs and retreats give people the confidence, the clarity and the determination they need to move on. They walk away with practical methods they can always use in whatever world of work they find themselves in.
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HR: Designers of new worlds of work.
I believe we are facing the greatest challenge our function and our society has ever faced and it is not about transforming HR, it is about understanding how work is being transformed and how organizations and humans need to transform as a consequence of that bigger transformation. We have seen a lot of change and transformation in these years and we are seeing the unintended consequences of many business decisions on people and our society, and we cannot simply sit, watch and execute without a vision of how new worlds of work can emerge.
Why? Because in the midst of this unstoppable 4th Industrial Revolution, the critical topic of the “human” in organizations, what it still represents, what role it still has to play and what capabilities are needed is a BURNING and URGENT one. And if it’s not our function that leads this conversation, then who will do it?
So how do we take our own function to the next level and become designers of the future? How can we prepare organizations and employees to face a radically different reality? How can we plant the right seeds for new regulations in employment laws?
Whether you wish to be part of the transformation in your current organization or take part of the bigger change across the function as a community of HR thinkers, doers and designers, let’s connect and see what we can do together!
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