Traditional HR has failed us! How to convince them to go Agile.
Do you remember the frustration that comes from trying to make traditional HR instruments like performance reviews work for your Agile teams? Do you feel HR is undermining your best efforts at collaborative leadership and is holding you back? Do you find yourself in a constant dispute with HR over people processes?
It is inevitable: HR must embrace Lean | Agile values and principles in order to engage and energize Agile talents. It’s time to show HR how key people challenges like retention, talent development, and performance management can be addressed successfully with Lean | Agile.
Join this session to
– gain valuable insights into the world of Human Resource Management
– recognize the impact of Agile HR practices through stories and examples
– discover why Agile needs HR and vice versa
– identify compelling arguments and tactics to convince HR to go Agile.
Outline/Structure of the Talk
//Session Outline
– Introduction & Overview on the Difficulties of Traditional HR Instruments in an Agile Setting (5 min)
– The World of Human Resource Management & its Challenges (10 min)
– Role & Importance of HR in an Agile Enterprise (10 min)
– Stories & Examples of Agile People Operations (20 min)
– Compelling Arguments & Tactics to Convince HR (10 min)
– Closing Note and Q&A (5 min)
//Format
This session is in a talk format with some audience interaction. The slide deck itself will consist of powerful illustrations and visuals with telling captions to corroborate the talk. We will include many interesting facts, stories, and examples the audience can to relate – no matter whether they have firsthand experience as seasoned leaders or are simply on the receiving end of HR services.
//Rationale
Unsurprisingly, the use of traditional HR instruments (esp. performance management and employee evaluation) often brings frictions between Agile teams and People Ops. For Agile leaders this is mostly a nuisance and cause for aggravation. They try to come up with transition matrices and special-purpose solutions to satisfy the demands of corporate HR without alienating their Agile teams too much. This is usually an uncomfortable quick-fix that is neither satisfying nor valuable.
It is inevitable: HR must embrace Lean | Agile values and principles in order to engage and energize talent in an Agile setting. And in order to convince HR we have to talk to them in a language they understand and show them how their key challenges like retention, talent management etc. (as well as their claim as strategic business partner) can successfully be addressed with Lean | Agile.
//Comment
Learning Outcome
– Get a better understanding of the futility of traditional HR instruments in an Agile setting.
– Gain valuable insights into the world of Human Resource Management and how it affects our organizations.
– Understand why it is important to win over HR to become an enterprise that is truly embracing Agile on a cultural level.
– Appreciate what Agile People Ops is all about and hear stories/examples of Agile HR practices and their implications and impact.
– Discover compelling arguments and tactics to make a lasting impression on HR and convince them to go Agile.
Target Audience
Managers & senior professionals in a leadership role, who are experienced in people matters (like Recruitment, Talent Development, Performance Management) & are familiar with the challenges of employing traditional HR instruments in an Agile setting.
Links
This specific talk has not been presented before. But as CEO of Just Leading Solutions and former Partner at a leading Human Resources & Management Consultancy, I have a history of speaking engagements with audiences of up to 500+ attendees. Selected sessions: CIO Symposium, Human Resources Congress Moscow, University of St. Gall Career Day, aboutFleet Congress, Foreign Trade Congress for Women, Human Resource Management Association Bale, Rotary Club of Wall Street, 3 Day Startup NYC Entrepreneur Camp. In 2015 I will hold several guest lectures at European University on Agile Leadership and in 2014 I gave a TV interview on the effect of Agile on Financial Markets at the NASDAQ Report.
I regularly write for JLS Newsroom on various topics related to Agile and Agile HR. Past articles included:
“Finally, People are HR’s No. 1 Priority” http://www.justleadingsolutions.com/finally-people-are-hrs-no-1-priority/
“The Year of Lean | Agile People Operations” http://www.justleadingsolutions.com/year-of-lean-agile-people-operations/
“JLS4HR Infographic: Lean | Agile People Operations” http://www.justleadingsolutions.com/lean-agile-people-operations/
“Mastering Agile is Essential for HR Professionals” http://www.justleadingsolutions.com/mastering-agile-essential-for-hr-professionals/
“Lean | Agile Will Affect the Financial Markets” http://www.justleadingsolutions.com/eyholzer-lean-agile-will-affect-the-financial-markets/
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