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Create an HR Strategy

Focus HR resources where they will have the greatest organizational impact.

A significant gap exists in the perceived effectiveness of HR’s ability to deliver value to desired organizational outcomes. Traditional thinking about what HR does and why it exists is evolving. This requires HR leaders to reflect on the intersection of organizational needs with their responsibilities, acting as both a thought leader and a strategic partner for the organization.

Executive Summary

Critical Insight

An impactful HR strategy is fundamentally aligned with the broader organizational strategy. In strategic HR organizations, priorities are driven not just by HR’s own agenda, but by the strategic objectives of the entire organization. This ensures that HR initiatives support and enhance the broader organizational strategy, enabling HR to contribute meaningfully and adapt to evolving business needs.

Impact & Result

To create effective HR strategies, HR leaders must perform a macro and environmental scan, assess the current state, and identify strategic pillars informed by both HR and organizational perspectives regarding the current state and future needs.

HR’s value is realized by these strategic pillars prioritizing the right outcomes and resources are directed to the initiatives most critical to executing organizational strategy.

Research & Tools

2. Establish strategic pillars and HR outcomes

Articulate what HR will work to accomplish to support the achievement of the organizational strategy, identify strategic pillars for HR, and define HR outcomes that support these pillars.

3. Identify HR initiatives

Assess current HR initiatives to determine alignment with HR outcomes, evaluate gaps to identify new HR initiatives, and assess HR’s capability to achieve identified initiatives.

4. Create an action plan

Assess the effort and impact of each HR initiative to prioritize and focus efforts on initiatives with the highest impact; define metrics for each HR outcome; identify the budget, skills, and resources required; communicate HR’s priorities and initiatives; and create a roadmap for the HR strategy.

Workshop

Engage McLean & Company facilitators to lead your team through the Create an HR Strategy online workshop.

Need to accelerate your HR project?

Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.

Workshops offer a structured 3-5 day session designed to help HR teams and organizations address specific challenges and implement HR best practices.

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