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What would this mean for the function?
A clear articulation of HR’s purpose and positioning
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If HR doesn’t seize the opportunity to define and shape its unique role in the Asian story, it
will be limited by its own current positioning and miss the opportunity to act as a key catalyst
for growth in the region.
Obviously this is dependent on attaining excellence in HR’s core role. But given the pace of
change in the region, the pull for HR must be to focus both on building core capability and,
at the same time, to step beyond this and to actively take on the mantle of insight leadership
within their respective businesses.
And success in this is dependent on defining HR’s role as being about finding new and
creative solutions to the growth challenges facing organisations. To do this, we need to focus
on a few big ideas rather than becoming bogged down by process ownership or through
many small HR transactions.
The growth option is about using insights thinking to identify a few breakthrough things
to do well – and to do this the function will need to be positioned as a core component of
business and strategic leadership.
Invest in the four corners
And to take the ‘growth option’, HR will need a clear strategy for each of the four corners:
Growth-based HR – focusing on the four corners of growth
• Drive value through business insight.
• Build the open family – embrace the future while respecting traditional cultural values.
• Leverage the three Cs to ensure performance improvement keeps pace with market
growth.
• Inspire current and future employees with a vision that goes ‘under the iceberg’ and
taps into authenticity and bigger purpose.
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