Making a Legacy: how HR can create something deeper and more lasting

Posted by Ian McDermott in Strategies, Managing people on Tue, 22/12/2009 - 10:53

If you think retention and engagement, particularly of the younger members of your team will be issues for you in 2010, Ian McDermott has an idea for you.
 

 

Each year millions of pounds from HR and training budgets is poured into people in the hope of improving business performance. From off-site team building and training challenges to motivational away days of adrenaline-filled outdoor action, staff and management are sent out most days in the hope they will return to the workplace more committed, more productive and more in tune with each other, and their work.

But is this what really happens?  The truth, all too often, is that while the cost of the investment is clear, the benefit is much harder to define. Which begs an important question for HR: does this huge annual allocation of human resources budget miss the point? Does it fail to address the individual in a way that produces an effect where it is really intended to produce an effect – namely, in the workplace?

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Editor's Welcome

 

Hello! And welcome back as we enter 2012, with a busy year ahead of us all. With talk of double-dip recessions, a possible partial or even full break-up of the Eurozone and unemployment rates set to hit nearly 9%, topics such as organisational streamlining, staff resilience and talent management are likely to be on many an HR professional's lips over the next 12 months.
 
But to lighten the gloom here in the UK, we also have the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and its attendant public holidays to look forward to at the start of June. Followed by two weeks of Olympic Games from 27 July to 12 August and the Paralympics from 29 August to 9 September, each generating their own excitement, but also issues to work through for hard-pressed HR departments trying to sort out the multifarious staffing issues in advance.
 
So with an interesting but challenging year to come, HRZone promises to be with you, supporting you all the way and providing our usual insightful blend of news, analysis, community blogs and expert comment to help you sort the wheat from the chaff. As ever, we love to hear from you too so feel free to either post your words of wisdom to our blog section yourself or, in the case of longer, more in-depth ‘expert voice’ articles, drop me a line with any ideas to cath.everett@siftmedia.co.uk.....
 
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