Guerrilla or Grassroots? The what and how to Agile HR

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You can have the best strategy and the best building in the world, but if you don’t have the hearts and minds of the people who work with you, none of it comes to life.

– Renee West


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The Importance of People in VUCA Times

© 2016 Just Leading Solutions LLC – All Rights Reserved.The Importance of People in VUCA Times

Inspired, empowered, and engaged people are the live and soul of thriving organizations



And puts Human Resources on the map like never before



Agile HR is a reality – Look at the top HR trends 2016


Jan-20-2016

2016 to welcome the

acceleration of agile adoption

outside IT

Jan-25-2016

HR drives the agile

organization

Dec-1-2015

HR embraces

agile (#1 of 11 HR Trends

for 2016)


Agility in HR means building a responsive HR organizationas well as providing winning People solutions


Agile People Solutions

Agile HR Organization


Sep-14-2016

Agile People Solutions

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© 2016 Just Leading Solutions LLC – All Rights Reserved.Agile People Solutions

More and more enterprises align their People Solutions with Agile thinking



Gamifying talent acquisition



Disrupting hierarchical structures



Creating inspiring places of work



Eliminating employee appraisals



Embedding feedback and learning



Reinventing Salary Approaches


Reward tool for Mgrs to make fast &

informed pay decisions

Pharmaceuticals | 10,000+ FTE


Acknowledging performance beyond individual bonuses


Team split based on seniority to

honor team perf. & experience

Consulting | 501-1,000 FTE


Understanding modern jobs & career paths


Lattice career paths to

enable agile growth

Health Care | 10,000+ FTE


Embracing holistic approach to benefits


Financial & legal advise to ensure

worry-free & focused EE

Internet | 10,000+ FTE

Wellness programs to

utilize wellbeing as productivity

booster Insurance |

1,001-5,000 FTE

Flex hrs & unlimited

vacation to assist indv. schedules

Internet | 10,000+ FTE


Creating new ways for new beginnings


Hire slow, fire fast approach to avoid

performance improvement trap

Entertainment | 1,001-5,000 FTE

Flexible workforce planning Machinery |

1,001-5,000 FTE

Ambassador & referral program

from cocktail party & prizes to engage target

leads Consulting | 10,000+ FTE


Disclaimer: Be inspired, but remember: Best practices are probably best somewhere else – Find your own way!




Guerrilla & Grassroots?


Tried different things and HR is still not listening – change your approach! Go guerrilla & grassroots!



Guerrilla marketing is unconventional and requires outside the box thinking to create attention


Guerrilla marketing…

… is an advertisement strategy concept to promote products or services in an unconventional way with little

budget to spend.

… involves high energy and imagination focusing on grasping the attention of the public in more personal and

memorable level.


Grassroots campaigns are part of an overall guerrilla tactic but focuses on the personal connection


Grassroots campaigns …

… aim to win customers over on an individual basis.

… is not about the dissemination of a marketing message in the hope to reach possible consumers, but rather

highlights a personal connection between the consumer and the brand and builds a lasting relationship with the

brand.


Show off!– From Open Doors to Speed Dating



Spice it up!– Bring agile values into existing HR processes



Be transparent!– Visualize & communicate your results



Create a buzz!– Ask HR to comment on people topics for your blog



Reach for the stars!– Apply for best places of work awards



Pull them in!– Educate HR talents



Pick your battles!– Choose one people topic and work on that



Build trust!– Start small to build trust


“If you can talk to them about themselves, you'll have their full attention.”

― Jay Conrad Levinson, Guerrilla Marketing

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