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An RBL Institute Mini Forum White Paper
By Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood & Justin Allen

Participating RBL Institute Members:
Brian Miller, Wal-Mart  | Douog Bryant, Cardinal Health | Quinn Wilson, Flextronics | Conor Mollohy, British American Tobacco | Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Kellogg | Hallstein Moerk, Nokia

In an effort to clarify the role HR should play in making strategy happen, HR leaders from The RBL Institute's member companies joined Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood and Justin Allen on a one-hour conference call. After sharing challenges, ideas, and potential solutions, we developed the following framework and identified various viruses that impede successful implimentation.

Download the RBL Institute mini-forum whitepaper "Global Talent" in .PDF format.

An RBL Institute Mini Forum White Paper
By Dave Ulrich & Justin Allen

Participating RBL Institute Members:
Jane Howard, BAT | Keith Lawrence, P&G | Bob Moresy, Cambell Soup | Carole Watkins, Cardinal Health

Imagine this: You are the Chief HR Officer of a Fortune 500 company and every morning, every single one of your 100,000+ employees wakes saying, "I absolutely love my job. I'm going to get in to work and give my company everything I've got to add value for our stakeholders!"

An impossible dream? Perhaps a bit exaggerated, but in the daily battle to add value for multiple stakeholders, companies are increasingly acknowledging the importance of creating and embedding an integrated, simple, and strategically-aligned employee value proposition. Whether faced with mergers and acquisitions, downsizing in a tough economic environment, or simply working to ensure employees are engaged and dedicating high levels of discretionary effort, a solid EVP can have an immense impact if leaders can make it real.

In a lively conversation on May 29, 2008, four senior HR leaders from some of the world's premier companies discussed the challenges, opportunities, and best practices in employee value proposition delivery. The following sketch provides key points from the discussion. We first list challenges currently faced by senior HR leaders, and then outline insights on (A) WHY employee value proposition (EVP) can be beneficial, (B) WHAT a good EVP must be, and (C) HOW we can make it real for our employees.

Download the RBL Institute mini-forum whitepaper "Employee Value Proposition" in .PDF format.

An RBL Institute Mini Forum White Paper
By Dave Ulrich, Wayne Brockbank & Justin Allen

Participating RBL Institute Members:
Diane Gherson, IBM | Brian Moore, Cardinal Health | Rick Vanasse, Bon Secours | Lori Weber, Intel

Since McKinsey and Co. published their famed study titled "War for Talent" in 1998, there has been an increasingly popular debate around the reality of a talent war, the location of the battle grounds, and who the "talent" we're all fighting for really is. In an RBL Institute mini forum facilitated by Dave Ulrich on July 3, 2008, HR Leaders from IBM, Cardinal Health, Bon Secours and Intel discussed the challenges they currently face in staffing and outlined the best practices that they are using in their organizations.

Download the RBL Institute mini-forum whitepaper "Innovations in Staffing" in .PDF format.

An RBL Institute Mini Forum White Paper
By Dave Ulrich & Justin Allen

Participating RBL Institute Members:
Deborah Beckmann, Goldman Sachs | Bob Bloss & Colleen Meurer, Hallmark | Chris Altizer & Kevin Duffy, Pfizer | Wendy Butler, Royal Bank of Scotland | Keith Lawrence, Procter & Gamble

Amidst a slowing economy and turmoil in financial sectors around the world, leading companies are finding innovative compensation strategies increasingly important as they seek to ensure high performance and high retention. This paper outlines challenges companies are facing in the area of compensation and innovations they are deploying in order to stay afloat as the business environment becomes more and more volatile.In collaboration with compensation experts from Goldman Sachs, Hallmark, Pfizer, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Procter & Gamble, we outline five key challenges leading organizations face today, and six innovative compensation solutions they are using to surmount the challenges.

Download the RBL Institute mini-forum whitepaper "Innovations in Compensation" in .PDF format.

Overview: Facilitating Change

Ancient Chinese philosopher Laozi encouraged, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." In the thousand mile journey each company confronts, HR leaders must (1) be igniters pushing the organization to take that next step in its journey, then (2) hold the organization steady in its new reality, and finally (3) ensure that leaders don't slip and pull the organization backwards.

In this RBL Institute mini-forum, Dave Ulrich and HR Executives from BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, Takeda, and Unilever explored the topic: "How to facilitate change".

Three themes emerged during the 60 minute discussion:

1. Why: Building a rationale for change
2. What: Lasting Change a pattern, not an event
3. How: Create a shared meaning and accountability

08-02-05 Facilitating Change - RBL Institute White Paper-1.doc