Human Resource Strategy in Transforming Organisations

Participant Interview

“I returned to my company with a new perspective on the role of HR and some practical tools and ideas for integrating the HR function into business strategy” Alphonsus Keogh, Director, Siemens Executive & Leadership

"As the director of global senior management education programmes for my organisation, I need to keep up-to-date with the latest HR thinking relating to corporate strategy. I was looking for a course that would help me broaden my perspective on the subject and some colleagues recommended Human Resource
Strategy in Transforming Organisations at London Business School. As I was already familiar with Lynda Gratton’s work and wanted to know more, this seemed the obvious choice.

Lynda and her excellent team presented a relevant, balanced and well-paced programme that gave us the bigger HR picture but also focused on specific tools and techniques for integrating HR processes with business strategy. I was particularly impressed by the programme’s hands-on approach. In my view most courses focus too heavily on the theory but this one stood out by using case studies to show the strengths and weaknesses of HR processes in practice.

Undoubtedly, one of the highlights of the week was being able to network with people from different countries and industries.  Everyone was facing their own challenges and it was quite an eye-opener to see how individuals were handling them. It was reassuring, too, to put my own organisation into perspective and
realise that we were not doing so badly, after all!

By the end of the week I was more convinced than ever that the HR function has a major contribution to make to corporate strategy in general and change management in particular. I also
realised that there are data-based arguments that can be used to support investment in the HR function and I plan to communicate this approach to the senior managers attending
programmes within my own organisation.

I returned to my company with a new perspective on the role of HR and some practical tools and ideas for integrating the HR function into business strategy. I also had a better understanding of the HR world in general and of how this will continue to change both in the short and long-term.

I believe that the learning I brought back to my organisation from London Business School will have an impact in the longer-term; we are a large company so I would expect to see change within the HR function over the next one to two years. Specifically I hope that we will be able to demonstrate more clearly how HR is
linked to all the value drivers of the organisation. Ultimately, this should result in a more integrated, people-centric business strategy that can deliver improved performance."

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