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First Published by the HRDirector magazine, Issue 42, December 07. Reproduced with permission. www.thehrdirector.com. Click here to open article.
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All areas of the public sector are under mounting pressure to meet targets for greater efficiency and improved levels of service. Transformation of administrative business process via the creation of shared service vehicles is recognised as being essential in achieving these objectives.
Jane Saunders, Managing Partner at Orion will be discussing "Restructuring your Retained Functions" including:
- Designing the organisation-new roles mean new capabilities
- Maintaining the linkages – how do you prevent fragmentation?
- Managing the transition
The Thought Leadership Breakfast on 29th March in London was hosted by Orion Partners and HR With Guts and debated what makes the business listen to HR, to read the resulting feature in Strategic HR Review please contact elaineabel@orionpartners.co.uk
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All areas of the public sector are under mounting pressure to meet targets for greater efficiency and improved levels of service. Transformation of administrative business process via the creation of shared service vehicles is recognised as being essential in achieving these objectives.
Jane Saunders, Managing Partner at Orion will be speaking about Restructuring your Retained Functions, specifically:
- Designing the organisation-new roles mean new capabilities
- Maintaining the linkages - how do you prevent fragmentation?
- Managing the transition
For further information and a booking form please contact elaineabel@orionpartners.co.uk
To receive a copy of this article, please contact elaineabel@orionpartners.co.uk
Allan Boroughs and Jane Saunders of Orion Partners use their experience of implementing shared service models to identify the critical factors for success and to highlight the potential pitfalls. To receive a copy of this article please contact elaineabel@orionpartners.co.uk
Jane Saunders, Managing Partner at Orion Partners discusses why she believes that local authorities need to adopt shared service HR functions, to create a "relevant and future-proofed" system in time for devolution and unitary status challenges
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Work life is changing. More and more businesses are launching operations overseas. Employees have more complex requirements than ever before. And no business can afford to waste its pool of talent or let weak links pass unnoticed. Who is it that has to meet all these demands? The HR director, of course.
Listen to Melanie Wright and her panel of industry experts discussing the changing face of Human Resources. They looked at cutting edge HR strategies and discussed what the future has in store, both for those who set the pace for change, and for those who fall behind...
To download and listen please click here
Read Jane Saunders, Managing Partner at Orion, views in Karen Dempsey's discussion on the dilemma that obsesses so many HR departments and keeps them in fired-up discussions for hours... click here to read this article
YOUR HR BUSINESS PARTNERS: AVERAGE OR EXCEPTIONAL?
The HR Business Partner (HR BP) is here to stay. Love or loathe the title, it is hard to dispute the logic of having strategic people professionals at the management table. The HR Business Partner role is becoming a firm fixture on the organisational chart.
Orion Partners have teamed up with Jan Hills to better understand what makes an exceptional HR BP. By using "The Success Profile" methodology, the partners have been able to create a framework and a series of development programmes that help HR leaders deliver a step change in HR BP performance in their organisations. For Orion and Jan Hills, it was essential the study reflected the real world. Indepth interviews were carried out with HR BPs who were considered to be exceptional performers by their organisations, both private and public sector.
A central theme emerged: high performers in HR BP roles tend to excel not because of their technical skills or knowledge but because of their attitude. This attitude is made up of how they define their purpose and role, the beliefs they hold about the job and the mindset they have when doing the job.
If you would like a full copy of the article please contact simonconstance@orionpartners.co.uk
Offshoring has been big news over the last five years with its potential to save businesses costs of up to 70 percent. Many British and US companies have realised that with its rising number of graduates, proficiency in English and huge cost advantage, India is a country that ticks all the offshoring boxes.This is a useful guide for any company considering offshoring to India, an absolute must-read if the HR department is to be relocated. It also provides an interesting insight for anyone who is simply wondering what the hype's all about.
If you would like to order a copy of the book, or read the full book review please contact elaineabel@orionpartners.co.uk
Orion Partners are pleased to announce the launch of a strategic HR practitioner networking forum in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
We expect attendees to be senior HR professionals who are currently in, or about to commence, HRBP roles, within the public and private sectors. The forumÕs primary aim will be to support its members in being more effective in their roles and extend the realms of what can be achieved in dealing with the challenges and opportunities they face in their own organisations
Each event will focus driving out practical approaches by using debate and dissemination of innovation and best practice that can be used to make a difference to the organisations the attendees support.
The forum will be facilitated by a member of the Orion Partners team, and they will be supported on occasion by a guest speaker.
The events will be run quarterly. If you wish to join the forum, please contact Simon Constance simonconstance@orionpartners.co.uk
"So you've hived off HR administration into a service centre and created business partners who are free to 'be strategic'. But do they know where to start". To read more about Orion's view on how being a successful HR business partner will vary from one organisation to another please click here
"Directors contemplating HR outsourcing are in good company - although the market is still quite immature it is blooming fast". Orion Partners share their top 10 tips for preparing for outsourcing. To read more about Orion's views on outsourcing please click here.
The event will provide participants with the opportunity to:
- Identify how a strategic partnering model could work for your HR function, as well as elsewhere in finance and procurement
- Review how business partnering can further facilitate the success of your shared services initiative
- Map out strategies for getting the business on-board, and shaping a service that really makes a difference to the performance of your business
- Get beyond competency models, to discover what makes business partners successful in the public and private sectors
- Develop strategies to identify, recruit, assess and develop your business partner team
Orion was joined at the workshop by Althea Loderick, Head of People Strategy and Programmes, HM Prison Service. Althea has worked with Orion to lead a major change project implementing a new HR Business Partner model across 130+ prisons in England and Wales.
All areas of the public sector are under mounting pressure to meet targets for greater efficiency and improved levels of service. Transformation of administrative business processes via the creation of shared service vehicles is recognised as being essential in achieving these objectives. The Capita conference was designed specifically for professionals and organisations who are already sharing services or who are currently finalizing their business plans and are just about to embark on their shared services journey.
Jane Saunders, Managing Partner, discussed "Restructing your Retained Functions" including
- Designing the organisation - new roles mean new capabilities
- Maintaining the linkages - how do you prevent fragmentation?
- Managing the transition
