What is that one book that you recommend
every HR professional to read once in his/her Career? Well its hard to tell, isn't it? I have given two. Do you agree with me? What are your favorite picks?
HR Disrupted: It's time for something different, Lucy Adams
The central question this book sets
out to answer is: if we are to survive and thrive in this new, volatile business
world, how do we lead, manage, engage and support our employees in a radically
different way? HR departments, and companies, need to transform their approach.
This entails not simply tinkering with the process or the mechanics, but taking
a completely fresh look at the entire scenario. It's the difference between
spending hours deciding how many grades there should be in an employee grading
system, and asking if grading people actually increases their ability to
perform better in the first place. To achieve this change, Disruptive HR has
three pillars: 1. Treating employees as adults not children 2. Treating
employees as consumers or customers (not a one-size-fits-all approach) 3.
Treating employees as human beings EACH: Employees as Adults, Consumers and
Human beings. (Each of us is different, each of us deserves better.) So what
happens when you read this book? First, there's the lightbulb moment: 'I do
that and I hadn't even realised it'. Then you'll see what this means for you
and your organisation, with practical tools, ideas and techniques so you can
start making changes immediately. And finally, the hard bit: this book will
help you introduce this new thinking to others in your business.
Aligning Human
Resources and Business
Strategy, Linda Holbeche
What difference can the aspiring HR
strategist really make to business value? In her book, Linda
answers this question and provides the tools and insights to help HR managers
and directors add value to the organization by implementing effective HR
initiatives that are aligned to core business strategies. Featuring profiles
and case studies from top HR strategists who have used their skills to deliver
a variety of key business objectives, Aligning Human Resources and
Business Strategy, provides inspiration and guidance on how to apply the theory
to challenges in your organization. Learn how you can strengthen and
prove the relationship between people strategy and business success through
your approach to performance and development and impress at the highest levels
with this HR classic. Linda rightly says, the alignment of HR strategy
with business strategy as "the holy grail of HR teams”. Don’t you
think so?
