June 2008 Archives

On behalf of everyone here at The RBL Group, I would like to sincerely congratulate our colleague Dave Ulrich, along with the outstanding consulting associates and members of the RBL Institute who were recently named HR Magazine's "Most Influential People in HR".

I must say that I was not surprised to read about the various recognitions -- Dave Ulrich of RBL and David Fairhurst of McDonalds Europe were recognized as "The Most Influential People in HR." Additionally, RBL Institute members Neil Roden (Royal Bank of Scotland), Duncan Brown  (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Stephen Kelly (BBC), and Madalyn Brooks (Procter & Gamble) were each named to the "Top 25 Practitioners" list. Finally, our dear associates Nick Holley (Henley Business School / RBL Consulting Partner) and Tony McCarthy (BA & CIPD) were recognized in the "Ones to Watch" category.

Click on the icon above to see the complete list from HR Magazine. Congratulations to all!

Tim Kapp, Editor
tkapp@rbl.net

How do we move HR from a platform of administration and operational support to a platform of organizational change and credible activism? That is the question answered in our new four-part series on HR Transformation. In part one, Jon Younger makes the case for HR Transformation. (4 min)

We refer to the connection between a firm's market brand and behavior of internal employees and organization processes as a firm's "Leadership Brand". Wal-Mart, for example, is known for "low cost" and should build a leadership brand emphasize behaviors that reduce costs (e.g. doing process re-engineering, contracting aggressively with suppliers, and managing to a budget). Marriott, on the other hand, is known for service and subsequently seeks consistent behavior among its leaders (knowing customers, listening to customer, responding to customers, and so forth.)

Building on last month's topic,"Making the Case for Leadership", Norm Smallwood discusses the value and process of developing a formal leadership brand statement.

	The ideas in this video are explored in-depth in the recent book "Leadership Brand" by Norm Smallwood and Dave Ulrich published by Harvard Business Press.
	View norm's video "Introduction to Leadership Brand"