In 1989, we asked the question, “How does HR add value to the businesses they support?” After twenty years of research, developing a global database of over 40,000 professionals, and practical implementation with companies from around the globe, we’ve identified, tried, and tested principles HR Leaders should follow to adapt their organizations to deliver value in volatile economies. Our approach to transforming HR produces the following benefits:
1. Increase HR effectiveness AND decrease costs
2. Improve HR competence AND contribution
3. Deliver strategic organizational capabilities AND leverage talent
We’ve talked to senior executives all over the world in a variety of industries about the current environment and heard four themes about how to survive and even thrive:
1. Focus on your core business strategy
2. Ensure execution at every level
3. Strengthen your performance culture
4. Invest in and engage your workforce
These messages align with our work about what effective leaders must do in any market – focus attention, deliver results, build capabilities for the future, and connect employees to customers to deliver the right experience. When leaders get these things done well, organizations will emerge from this tough market stronger than competitors. The RBL Group has taken an outside-in, value-oriented business approach for over ten years about how leaders can deliver the right results the right way.
For over twenty years, The RBL Group principals have collaborated with leading, global organizations to ensure strategic alignment between the business model and the design of the organization. The outcome is sustainable high performance and an engaged workforce with clear roles and responsibilities. At the foundation of our work is the ability to collaborate effectively in order to transfer knowledge and tools to your people so that they are equipped to implement and deal with similar issues in the future.
Organization does not equal structure. Organization is the unique set of capabilities that allow an organization to deliver its strategic intent. Our approach begins with the identification of differentiating capabilities that drive the business and then translates this choice into processes and systems that deliver results. We can help your executives clarify your strategy, redesign your business or function, and better align processes. Our approach is guaranteed to help you think differently about how to align your organization and will create focus around the work that has the most impact for your business.