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10/23/2013 1 COLLABORATIVE & STRATEGIC THINKING FOR HR 2013 Nonprofit Human Resources Conference Lisa Brown Morton, President & CEO October 21, 2013 HR Strategy? What is it Anyway? HR Strategy is a coordinated set of actions aimed at integrating an organization’s culture, people and systems in order to achieve business or organizational objectives COLLABORATIVE & STRATEGIC THINKING FOR HR COLLABORATIVE & STRATEGIC THINKING FOR HR Collaborative Thinking What is Collaboration? Taking disparate points of view, disparate purposes and focusing best creative talents, knowledge and attention on a single purpose, solve an issue, create something new, and go back to your own purposes. Collaboration invites and encourages different talents to use those talents in different ways than normal… Collaboration looks beyond the walls of the organization to “best knowledge” that can be driven to solve issues.” www.thegreatworkplace.com
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2013 Nonprofit Human Resources ConferenceLisa Brown Morton, President & CEO
October 21, 2013
HR Strategy? What is it Anyway?
HR Strategy is a coordinated set of actions aimed at integrating an organization’s culture, people and systems in order to achieve business or organizational objectives
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Collaborative Thinking
What is Collaboration?
Taking disparate points of view, disparate purposes and focusing best creative talents, knowledge and attention on a single purpose, solve an issue, create something new, and go back to your own purposes.
Collaboration invites and encourages different talents to use those talents in different ways than normal… Collaboration looks beyond the walls of the organization to “best knowledge” that can be driven to solve issues.”
www.thegreatworkplace.com
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Why do either of these matter?
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Why Understanding Strategy Matters!
“Understanding an organization's business strategy is important because people need to fit the strategy; one
size does not fit all. An organization needs the right people, not just the best people, and it needs
the right policies, not just the best.”
Robert L. Brady, CEO and Founder of BLR, Inc.
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Do you understand YOUR organization’s strategic direction and objectives?
Is there a defined HR strategy in place that aligns with your organizational strategy?
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Mission
HR
PracticesOrganizational
Strategy
Values
Key Question:
Can you make the connection between
mission, HR practices, values and your
organizational strategy?
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Mission
HR
PracticesOrganizational
Strategy
Values
Key Questions:
What, if anything is impeding the attainment
of your mission?
What are the people implications associated with these challenges?
Are your organizational values aligned with your
HR practices?
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Values
Key Questions to Consider:
• How do we create an HR strategy that sets an agenda for how we will help drive our mission forward?
• How do we invest in HR practices that deliver impactful results for staff, leadership and the community that we serve?
• What are our desired outcomes? How will we measure our impact/success?
• How does HR success support organizational success?
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ValuesMission → Organiza�onal Strategy → HR Strategy
NOT
HR Strategy → Organiza�onal Strategy → Mission
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Values
Strategy, Strategy, Strategy!
What About the Real HR Stuff?
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Values
Strategy Operations
Metrics
Employee Relations & Engagement
Recruitment
Results
Culture
Talent
“We must always balance the strategy component of HR with the bona fide need to handle operations and compliance. That dynamic will likely never go away…”
Lisa Brown MortonNonprofit HR
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Who Are You Collaborating With and Why?
Who Are You Not Collaborating with and Why?
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Collaborative Thinking
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Four Reasons HR Needs a Collaboration Strategy
1. Knowledge Sharing & Transfer
2. Innovation, Effectiveness & Efficiency
3. Learning & Development
4. Collective Intelligence & Memory
www.knowledgeinfusion.com/blog/2012/07/4-reasons-hr-needs-a-collaboration-strategy-stat/
Key Benefits of Collaboration & Collaborative Thinking
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Innovation
CollectiveIntelligence
Engagement
Trust
Motivation
HR Strategy
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Group Discussion Questions?
• What is HR’s strategic role in fostering organizational collaboration?
• What opportunities exist within your organization to collaborate with other leaders?
• How are we contributing to the perception that we, as HR professionals, are not collaborators?
• How might increased collaboration change perceptions about our value to our organizations?
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About Nonprofit HR
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Nonprofit HR is a full-service consulting firm dedicated exclusively to meeting the human resources needs of nonprofit organizations.
Since 2000, our team has helped amplify the impact of nonprofits supporting advocacy, health and human services, arts and culture, education, the environment, faith-based missions and more.
For more information on Nonprofit HR, visit us at www.nonprofithr.com or call us at 202-785-2060.
