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Optimize Span of Control
Blueprint: HR Strategy
Contrary to popular belief, widening the span of control by reducing the number of managers does not always correlate to cost savings. There is no magic number when it comes to span of control; optimization is impacted by five factors.
Case Studies: Optimize Span of Control
Case Study: HR Strategy
Refer to this case study for an example of optimizing your span of control.
Analyze and Act on Employee Engagement Data
Blueprint: Culture
Engagement positively impacts organizational outcomes and is positively related to employee and organizational performance. Engaged employees are more committed, innovative, and customer focused. Yet work on engagement often stops with surveys.
Case Studies: Analyze and Act on Employee Engagement Data
Case Study: Culture
Refer to this case study for examples of engagement data uses.
Uncover and Market Internal Career Path Opportunities
Blueprint: Talent Management
Having demonstrable career opportunities helps organizations attract and retain talent. Two of the top five reasons employees left their organizations are directly related to lack of career progression (McLean & Company Exit Survey, 2017; N= 5,940). Providing visible career path opportunities...
Case Studies: Uncover and Market Internal Career Path
Case Study: Talent Management
There are a number of ways to enable employee-driven career paths. These case studies provide examples of how to build a program that empowers employees to drive their own careers. Use these in conjunction with the "Uncover and Market Internal Career Path Opportunities storyboard".
Prepare for External Risks
Blueprint: HR Strategy
In today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment, organizations face vulnerability to external risks, and the talent implications are rarely assessed. Moreover, organizations tend to be reactive to external risks, which often leads to disproportionate consequences for talent.
Case Studies: Prepare for External Risks
Case Study: HR Strategy
Refer to these case studies for examples of HR initiatives implemented to address the talent implications of external risks.
Equip Senior Leaders to Drive Employee Engagement
Blueprint: Culture
Senior leaders have a significant impact on employee engagement. Engagement is positively affected when senior leaders share rationale for decisions, act on feedback, build trust, and inspire employees.
Case Studies: Equip Senior Leaders to Drive Employee Engagement
Case Study: Culture
Refer to these case studies for examples of how to help senior leaders understand and own the impact of leadership on employee engagement.
Flow State: A Gateway to Engagement, Performance, and Productivity
Blueprint: Culture
How your organization can activate the conditions for employees to achieve optimal results.
Case Studies: Flow State: A Gateway to Engagement, Performance, and Productivity
Case Study: Culture
Refer to these case studies for examples of how organizations activated the conditions for employees to achieve optimal results.
Develop a Resilient Workforce
Blueprint: HR Strategy
The world of work is changing rapidly and employees are not always able to keep up. This impacts turnover, physical health, negative feelings at work, and chronic work stress. Lack of employee resilience doesn’t only impact the individual, it also has significant impacts on organizational...
Case Studies: Develop a Resilient Workforce
Case Study: HR Strategy
Refer to these case studies for examples of organizations who have undertaken resilience building efforts.
Design a Base Pay Structure
Blueprint: Total Rewards
Compensation, specifically base pay, is usually the highest organizational cost, and a significant factor in employee attraction and retention. While few organizations lack any structure for base pay at all, many do not have a proper, equitable, consistent, and flexible approach.
Case Studies: Base Pay Structure
Case Study: Total Rewards
A defined approach to base pay is essential to boost employee engagement and increase employee attraction and retention. Read these case studies to learn how these companies created a base pay structure that is defensible, competitive, flexible, and practical.
Develop an Engagement Program Strategy
Blueprint: Culture
While many organizations run engagement surveys, the work on engagement often stops at measurement. However, employee engagement positively impacts organizational outcomes: 92% of engaged employees regularly accomplish more than what’s expected in their role, versus only 49% of disengaged...
Case Studies: Develop an Engagement Program Strategy
Case Study: Culture
Refer to these case studies for examples of engagement program strategies.
Develop an Effective Talent Retention Plan
Blueprint: Talent Management
Many organizations are facing an increase in voluntary turnover as low unemployment, a lack of skilled labor, and a rise in the number of vacant roles have given employees more employment choices.
Case Studies: Develop an Effective Talent Retention Plan
Case Study: Talent Management
Refer to these case studies for examples of implemented talent retention plans.
Systematically Develop Your HR Department
Blueprint: Learning & Development
This blueprint provides a three-step process for identifying the competencies key to delivering on HR departmental priorities, assessing the HR department against these competencies, and developing a plan to address competency gaps.
Case Studies: Systematically Develop Your HR Department
Case Study: Learning & Development
Refer to these case studies for examples of unleashed HR capability projects.
Develop a Comprehensive Onboarding Plan
Blueprint: Learning & Development
A traditional orientation approach to onboarding provides insufficient focus on the organizational identification, socialization, and job clarity that a new hire requires. Drive employee engagement and retention with a robust onboarding program that acclimates, guides, and develops new hires.
Case Studies: Develop a Comprehensive Onboarding Plan
Case Study: Learning & Development
Refer to these case studies for examples of implemented comprehensive onboarding plans.
Ingrain and Sustain Employee Recognition
Blueprint: Culture
Rewarding employees without recognition is counterproductive. Download McLean & Company's research to design the employee recognition program
Case Studies: Ingrain and Sustain Employee Recognition
Case Study: Culture
Learn from these organizations to develop a sustainable, ingrained recognition program that is based on core values, organizational objectives, and employee preferences
Develop a Holistic Digital HR Strategy
Blueprint: HR Technology & Operations
Create a digital HR strategy to free up resources to focus on strategic work, improve the client experience, and meet organizational needs.
Case Studies: Develop a Holistic Digital HR Strategy
Case Study: HR Technology & Operations
Refer to these case studies for examples of holistic digital HR strategies.
Create a Holistic Employee Wellbeing Program
Blueprint: Culture
Employee wellbeing is critical for organizational success. To leverage your wellbeing program's full potential, ensure there is uptake and awareness among employees.
Case Studies: Create a Holistic Employee Wellbeing Program
Case Study: Culture
Refer to these case studies for examples of employee wellbeing programs.
Conduct a Salary Assessment
Blueprint: Total Rewards
Salary structure assessments help prevent and address pay inequities. Download our research to learn the critical elements of a successful salary assessment.
Case Studies: Conduct a Salary Structure Assessment
Case Study: Total Rewards
Refer to these case studies for examples of how organizations have undergone a salary assessment.
Uncover the Employee Value Proposition
Blueprint: Talent Acquisition
When creating an employee value proposition (EVP), organizations often forget the employee voice and engagement, neglect to look at competitors, and confuse the EVP and employer branding. This can lead to inaccurate, misaligned, and undifferentiated EVPs.
Case Studies: Uncover the Employee Value Proposition
Case Study: Talent Acquisition
Refer to these case studies for examples of ways to uncover the employee value proposition.
Craft a Compensation Philosophy
Blueprint: Total Rewards
Employee compensation often comprises the majority of an organization’s ongoing operating expenses, yet few organizations have plans in place to direct and control this expenditure. A well-designed compensation philosophy clearly articulates the organization’s approach to pay for each of its...
Case Study: Craft a Compensation Philosophy
Case Study: Total Rewards
Refer to this case study for an example of the process of drafting a compensation philosophy.
Design an Impactful Employee Development Program
Blueprint: Learning & Development
Employee development needs to be employee owned and manager supported. Download our research to learn how to foster continuous employee learning and development.
Case Studies: Design an Impactful Employee Development Program
Case Study: Learning & Development
There are numerous ways to build impactful employee development programs. These case studies provide examples of how different types of organizations developed their employee development programs in an effective manner.
Introduction to Psychological Safety for HR
Blueprint: Culture
Use this guide to build a psychologically safe work environment where employees feel included and safe to learn, contribute, and challenge.
Case Study: Psychological Safety
Case Study: Culture
Refer to this case study for an example of how an organization developed psychological safety among its employees.
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