March 9, 2016
Why is money left on the table for HR Shared Service Initiatives? "The classic excuse is ineffective or inadequate change management, and that’s certainly on the list." - Jim Scully Jim Scully, Founder and President of the HR Shared Services Institute, has been entrenched in HR shared services for more than 20 years, both as a corporate executive with Georgia-Pacific Corporation and consultant. He places causes for waste in three categories: 1. Waste-for-Less models focus on performing current activities cheaper, usually through a combination of labor consolidation and geographical relocation of activities (offshoring, nearshoring, “ruralshoring,” etc.). Little attention is paid to identifying process waste, much less eliminating it. As a result, waste activities continue to be performed albeit by less expensive resources. 2. Less-Waste models are a step in the right direction. To varying levels of success, these models have…
April 19, 2016
Lean HR In case you didn't already know, I kinda like Lean. I've dabbled a little in the idea of tying Lean and HR together, and at times, have been known to talk about it out loud. But sometimes, I think it makes sense to go back to the beginning and talk about how these two topics work together, and why you need them both. Simplicity Lean is, at its heart, all about reducing waste. That's as simple as it gets. Find where you are losing time, money, or other materials, and then stop doing that. It could be as simple as finding out the report you work on for two hours each week is no longer read by anyone. It might be as complex as a complete warehouse redesign. But every step is with the specific goal of spending…
