On June 16 2020, Tom Haak of the HR Trend Institute (https://hrtrendinstitute.com) conducted a webinar for Zimbabwean HR professionals and others. These are the slides he used.

3. Possibilities
1. If you are lazy/ very busy: the 5-minute version
2. If you want a more thorough plan! (30 minutes)
3. Q&A

4. The 5-minuteversion

5. Elements of a generic HR Plan
TheWorkforce
of the Future
Creating a
Performance
Culture Focus on People
Development
Diversity and
Inclusion
Something with
Talent
Creating
“One [insert
name
organization]”
Employer
of
Choice
Improving the
Employee
Experience
Getting the Basics Right
Measurement and
People Analytics Strengthening
Leadership
Adapting to post
COVID-19

7. Some possible slogans
• Our most important assets are our people
• Because business matters
• Connect your worlds
• Engage. Produce. Grow.
• Excellence for people in business
• Future thinking, now.
• Helping achievers soar
• Hire.Train. Retain.
• New ideas. Better HR.
• Realising excellence through human resources.

8. The 30-minuteversion

9. The HR Agenda
A. What is the
strategy of the
organization?
A’. What
are the
current
issues?
B. What are the
capabilities need to
strengthened?
• Leadership
• Technical/Functional
• Operational
C. What is the required
culture, to avoid issues
and to be successful?
D. What is
the gap with
the current
situation?
Clever use of
People
Analytics
E. What are the
priorities?
What is the plan?
• Focus!
• Preference for high impact/
low effort initiatives
F. What capabilities and
what organisation are
needed in HR to
implement the plan?
• Mission/ vision
• Roles & responsibilities
• External partners
• Program/ project mgt
• Communication
• Measurement
HR Trend
Scan
9
Recruitment/ Selection
Staffing/ Succession
Mgt
Training/ Development
Talent Development
Performance Man
Compensation &
Benefits
Internal
communication
Org Design
Workplace Design
EX Design

10. A. What is the
strategy of xxxxx?
A’. What
are the
current
issues?
10
PitfallsPitfallsA. What are your big business issues?

11. A. What is the
strategy of xxxxx?
A’. What
are the
current
issues?
11
PitfallsPitfallsA. What are your big business issues?
• Productivity ↑
• Innovation ↑⬆︎
• Resilience ↑
•Wellbeing ↑⬆︎

12. B. What are the
capabilities need to
strengthened?
• Leadership
• Technical/Functional
• Operational
B.What are the capabilities that need to be
strengthened?

13. C. What is the required
culture, to avoid issues
and to be successful?
C.What is the required culture?

14. D. What is
the gap
with the
current
situation?
Clever use
of
People
Analytics
D.Where are we today?Where are the gaps?

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E. How do we close the gaps?

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HR Trend
Scan
(hrtrendinstitute.com)
Or: Do nothing
Clever use of
People
Analytics
Clever use of
People
Analytics
Clever use of
People
Analytics
Capabilities Culture

17. F.What is needed in HR?

18. G.Which projects/ activities should we stop?

19. Pitfalls
• Taking HR too much as starting point
• Wanting to do everything
• Too much in too short time
• Wanting to do things for everybody
• Not working fact based
• Lose sight of employees and management
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Outline of your
2020 HR Plan
1. Introduction and Summary
• What are the main business challenges for 2020?
• What capabilities need to be strengthened?
• Wat elements of the culture need attention?
• What are the main HR initiatives?
• What are the HR goals for 2020?
2. The burning issues of 2020
• A short summary of the 2020 strategy
• Business priorities for 2020
• Implications for people and organisation
(required capabilities, required culture)
• Facts about the current situation and main gaps
3. Other things we have to take into account
• Developments in society
• Changing legal requirements
• Demographic developments
• Trends to take into account
(see hrtrendinstitute.com)
4. Priorities 2020
• How will HR contribute to realising the 2020 goals?
• What are the HR/ People & Organisation
priorities for 2020? Focus on max three
priorities
• Find attractive labels for the priorities
5. Where are we today?
• Fact and Figures in the three priority areas
• Try to be as granular as possible (business lines,
regions, job levels etc.)
• Create surprising visual insights
The HR (Human Resources) Trend Institute
follows, detects and encourages trends. In the
people and organization domain and in related
areas. Where possible, the institute is also a
trend setter.
hrtrendinstitute.com
6. HR initiatives to deal with most important issues
• Outline the HR initiatives focused on the three
priority areas
• Make choices between HR areas (recruitment, org
design, talent development, compensation etc).
• What? How? Be concrete
7. Planning, Measurement and Communication
• Accountabilities/ Responsibilities
• Implications for capacity and HR organisation
• Planning and required budget 2020
• How will stakeholders be involved?
• What are the HR KPI’s for 2020?

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