How can HR have a greater effect on leaders, organizations, and employees? What are the attributes that make a great HR officer? How do technology and the future of work affect strategic workforce planning? In this podcast, Dave Ulrich talks about all of these.
According to Dave, HR is not just about HR; it is about creating value for others through talent, organizational culture, and leadership. He says that learning to create value for others should be one of the top corporate priorities today.
HR innovation again is about building the right people, the right culture, and the right leadership, thus helping companies succeed. If we keep this in mind, the future of HR is incredible.
Talking about challenges, Dave mentions that creating value for our stakeholders itself is a difficult task. In addition, racial issues, injustice issues are challenging HR, and HR must deal with them. Dave adds that every employee has something to offer. Now it’s the leader's job to discover and empower them and thus, use learning as a tool of growth.
About The Speaker
Dave Ulrich is a university professor, author, speaker, management coach, and management consultant. He is a professor of business at the Ross School of Business and co-founder and Principal at The RBL Group.
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Show Notes:
(01:15) Would you like to give a brief about your background and your journey in the corporate world?
(03:01) What have been your top organizational priorities throughout?
(05:09) HR is all about the people and also about enabling people to do things differently so that they go above and beyond their job role, across the organization. How does HR do that?
(06:50) Let’s talk about the challenges that HRs face in today’s organizations.
(11:53) Employee training and development is another area where we see a lot of HR innovation. How can we learn in an era where the workforce is becoming more diverse and mobile?
(13:50) How do you see the future of HR?
(14:39) How prepared are the organizations with the new HR bandwidth?
(15:43) We would love to understand what is the outside-in view of HR and culture.
(17:52) Is there a message that you would like to give to our listeners?
