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HR's Changing Role as a Key Business Partner - Gary D. Jewkes

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=> HR's Changing Role as a Key Business Partner

Gary D. Jewkes

How can you help your company to be more successful and gain competitive advantage in the market place? =>AGENDA: Introductions (Name, C ompany, Location, Role) Overview of Topic (8-10 min) [NOTE-Handouts are being sent in separate message] >Essential Skills HR Executives Need Today >General Managers and HR Executives Joint Actions >Barriers Preventing HR from Being Effective >What HR is Doing Today >Essential Skills HR Executives Need Tomorrow >A Model for Developing Effective HR Strategies Roundtable Discussion/Q&A's

=>HR ROUNDTABLE GUEST: Gary D. Jewkes Gary Jewkes, is a Management C onsultant specializing in helping organizations effectively manage the strategic, cultural, and human resources issues associated with large scale change. He has over 18 years of experience, recently working with GE's worldwide initiative, "Workout!". Gary teaches C hange Leadership for Southern C ompany college and facilitates programs worldwide for the C ovey Leadership C enters. He was former Vice President of HR for BOC Group. He has as M.A. in Organizational Behavior from BYU and has published articles on C areer Development and Planning. Gary can be reached at Gary Jerked & Assoc, Phone: 404-599-3678, Fax: 404-599-6182

=> HR ROUNDTABLE SPONSOR AND HOST: Winston Connor Winston C onnor, a C oach, is founder of C oaching Dynamics Inc., a professional practice delivering tailored coaching and business consulting services to corporations and professionals. He specializes in Human Resources and is a Mentor C oach for HR and Training Professionals. He has a passion for HR and links strategic human resource vision with operational business plans through HR leadership. C oaching Dynamics offers a wide range of Management and Human Resource services which include self and 360degree feedback assessments, executive coaching and mentoring programs. Winston recently retired as the Vice President of Human Resources of a $4.5 Billion International C orporation with 29+ years of HR experience. Winston can be reached at 704-895-2684. Fax: 704-896-2908. E-mail: winston@C oachingDynamics.com Website : www.C oachingDynamics.com
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=>OVERVIEW OF THE DISCUSSION:

THE SEVEN MOST ESSENTIA L SKILLS TOP HR EXECUTIVES NEED TODA Y:

1. Business savvy/acumen. 2. Leading organizational change initiatives using personal power and indirect influence skills. 3. Deep and working knowledge of the basic HR technologies. 4. Global strategic thinking and planning skills. 5. C hange management technology. 6. Analytical, conceptual and critical thinking and problem- solving skills. 7. Financial analysis and costing skills.
SEVEN THINGS GENERA L MA NA GERS A ND HR EXECUTIVES MUST DO TO GET REA DY FOR THE FUTURE:

1. Build the global leadership bench. 2. Build organizational core competencies. 3. C reate a stronger internal organization. 4. Become better masters of rapid change. 5. Focus even more on customers. 6. Learn to use organizational culture as a competitive weapon and tool. 7. C ontinue to grow the business.
THE FIVE THINGS PREVENTING HR FROM BEING MORE EFFECTIVE TODA Y:

1. Lack of a working understanding of the business proposition and the strategic intent of the organization. 2. Lack of personal leadership presence and functional credibility with the line. 3. Holding on to the HR of the past. 4. C an't (not willing to?; don't) take the lead on facilitating revolutionary change in the organization and in HR. 5. C hasing fads, quick fixes, and benchmarked "me too's" that don't fit.
THE FIVE BEST THINGS HR IS DOING TODA Y:

1. Realigning pay and reward systems. 2. Linking and training development plus other HR practices, processes, and systems to current and future businesses and strategic plans. 3. Reinventing HR. 4. Outsourcing HR services. 5. Facilitating culture change.
THE SEVEN MOST ESSENTIA L SKILLS FOR HR EXECUTIVES IN THE FUTURE:

1. Master global operating skills. 2. Business and financial savvy. 3. Strategic, visioning, and critical thinking and problem-solving skills. 4. Using information technology. 5. Deep HR technology savvy. 6. C hange management skills. 7. Organization effectiveness.

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