From Informed Decisions: Conversations and Q&A with Randall Craig and Ronja Francoeur

From Informed Decisions: Conversations and Q&A
with Randall Craig and
Ronja Francoeur

Transformational HR: Strategic human resources for a growing organization

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About this episode: 

Growing successfully means relying on people – i.e. your staff – to deliver. And behind these people there is always a capable Chief People Officer and CEO with vision.

So this month, let’s talk people:

• From “Personnel” to “HR” to “People”: What’s next?

• People strategy, strategic planning, and succession planning.

• Employee experience and company culture.

• Team alignment and professional development that fuels the organization.

• And much more! (The hour moves fast so take notes!)

Part 1

Part 2

Topics Discussed (with timestamps)

• HR: What’s different now that we should be sensitive to? (00:55)

• Being an AI-first organization (08:50)

• What is the highest and best use to every single employee, and applying this to AI? (18:54)

• Work from home vs in-office jobs and corporate culture (23:04)

• Does HR carry more weight in shaping corporate culture, or is HR an agent of the leadership? (25:15)

• Decentralized HR practices… where is the common message and culture? (29:53)

• How have your organizations maintained high-performance and high-engagement from employees when employee disengagement and underperformance is pervasive? (00:10)

• Management responsibilities vs HR responsibilities: Are there cut and dry rules? (06:24)

• Managing multiple geographies: When variations in local HR practices create resentment in other jurisdictions… (11:06)

• How to create relationship and culture with remote team members (18:49)

• Visit your remote employees vs bring remote employees to you: What message does it send? (24:41)

• Building out your HR capabilities: Where to prioritize? (26:00)

• Our company has grown: Do I need HR support or coaching… we don’t know what we don’t know. (30:18)

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 Transformational HR: Strategic human resources for a growing organization

About this episode: 

Growing successfully means relying on people – i.e. your staff – to deliver. And behind these people there is always a capable Chief People Officer and CEO with vision.

So this month, let’s talk people:

• From “Personnel” to “HR” to “People”: What’s next?

• People strategy, strategic planning, and succession planning.

• Employee experience and company culture.

• Team alignment and professional development that fuels the organization.

• And much more! (The hour moves fast so take notes!)

Part 1

Topics Discussed (with timestamps)

• What’s different now that we should be sensitive to? (00:55)

• Being an AI-first organization (08:50)

•  What is the highest and best use to every single employee, and applying this to AI? (18:54)

•  Work from home vs in-office jobs and corporate culture (23:04)

•  Does HR carry more weight in shaping corporate culture, or is HR an agent of the leadership? (25:15)

•  Decentralized HR practices… where is the common message and culture? (29:53)

Part 2

Topics Discussed (with timestamps)

• How have your organizations maintained high-performance and high-engagement from employees when employee disengagement and underperformance is pervasive? (00:10)

• Management responsibilities vs HR responsibilities: Are there cut and dry rules? (06:24)

• Managing multiple geographies: When variations in local HR practices create resentment in other jurisdictions… (11:06)

• Visit your remote employees vs bring remote employees to you: What message does it send? (24:41)

• Building out your HR capabilities: Where to prioritize? (26:00)

• Our company has grown: Do I need HR support or coaching… we don’t know what we don’t know. (30:18)

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