Retooling HR

Introduction

• Accessable: Allows HR to speak the same "language" as other disciplines such as finance and marketing
• Actionable: Provides HR leaders with an entirely new toolkit for measuring and making decisions
• Tested: Contains examples of major companies that have successfully applied these tools to HR issues as well as detailing the companies that could most benefit from this approach

About the book

HR professionals have made major strides toward becoming strategic partners. But they need to do more - by generating value through savvy decisions about talent. HR leaders typically assume that, to make such decisions, they must develop sophisticated analytical tools from scratch. Even then, the resulting tools often fail to engage their peers.

In Retooling HR, John Boudreau shows how HR leaders can break this cycle - by adapting powerful analytical tools already used by other functions to the unique challenges of talent management.

Drawing on his research and examples from companies including Google, Disney, IBM, and Microsoft, Boudreau explains six proven business tools leaders already use. And he shows how HR can apply these tools to talent management. Examples include:

Using engineering tolerances to find pivot points that job descriptions miss
Using inventory and supply-chain analytics to ensure a ready supply of the right talent
Applying logistics tools to optimize succession planning and leadership development
Adapting consumer research tools to find untapped value in total rewards