Tim Kapp: July 2008 Archives

We've uncovered a few Do's and Don'ts while watching HR departments go through the process of transformation. In Part 3 of our series on HR Transformation, Mark Nyman shares a few of his favorite tips that will help you make your HR Transformation a real success:

• Link HR Transformation efforts to the company's strategy and business model and to the needs of external customers
• Benchmark against organizations that share a similar business model
• Separate transactional HR work from transformational HR work
• Think about outputs not departments
• Remember that "Strategic Work" is not the same as "Level in the Organization"

Click the play button below to watch Mark Nyman explain each of these tips in detail.

	Watch "HR Transformation (Part 2): Four Steps to HR Transformation" by Dave Ulrich.
	Watch "HR Transformation (Part 1): Making the case for HR Transformation" by Jon Younger.

We've worked with many HR departments as they go through the process of transformation. What we've discovered is a four-step model for really doing transformation well. Successful projects address these steps by answering four basic questions: Why - What - How - Who. In part two of our series on HR Transformation, Dave Ulrich discusses why each step is critical to the success of your HR Transformation project. (5 min)

Watch "HR Transformation (Part 1):Making the case for HR Transformation" by Jon Younger.

Your firm has developed a leadership brand statement - a clear, simple statement of what you want your leaders to be known for, but how can you tell whether you and your fellow leaders at all levels are living up to it?

In this video segment, Norm Smallwood answers the questions: What is the secret to good assessment? What can we learn from those who do this well? And how do these general principles apply to assessment of leadership brand?.

	The ideas in this video are explored in-depth in the recent book Leadership Brand by Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood published by Harvard Business School Press.
	View Norm's video "Introduction to Leadership Brand"
	Learn how to create a statement of leadership brand