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Juli Oliver-Smith. Juli Oliver-Smith , Head of HR at the innovative East Kent Partnership will provide insights into how she has established a shared HR service across several local authorities – and what she’s learned along the way. Effective Collaboration in a Competitive World. . Aims:
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Juli Oliver-Smith Juli Oliver-Smith, Head of HR at the innovative East Kent Partnership will provide insights into how she has established a shared HR service across several local authorities – and what she’s learned along the way
Effective Collaboration in a Competitive World. • Aims: • share good practice • explore practical solutions • encourage open exchange of experience • bring together speakers, case studies and opinion from the HE/FE and other sectors
Sharing Experience • David Ulrich – his legacy • 59 hardcover books, 64 paperbacks, 2 audio books, 16 kindle books and his own page on Amazon! • Lucky enough to have seen him speak 3 times and been fed and self learnt his theories, but I can’t through his repertoire today! • Juli Oliver-Smith – my experience • 16 years experience, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Asia, US and UK, including 4 set up and implementations. • No academic studies but have the scars and grey hair to prove it! • TCK (Third Culture Kid) through and through
Sharing Experience Culture Mutual Intent Managing the Change Terrorists Create a team that understands and commits to the vision Will, Drive and Stubbornness
Sharing Experience - Culture How similar are the two/three/four......cultures? Do you really understand each other? Juli Oliver – Smith
Sharing Experience - Culture Have you done a cultural audit? Where will you clash as partners or a shared supplier?
Sharing Experience - Culture Where are the “smelly fish”?
Sharing Experience - Mutual Intent Are we committed? Are we dating or serious? Are we in an open relationship? Are we faithful? Is this marriage “till death us do part”? or Is this a short term liaison?
Sharing Experience - Managing the Terrorists • There will be resistance • Internally • Externally • Employees & Line Managers do not ask for HR Shared Services • It was cosy before, just down the corridor • Now the Tribe has split • Immediate change – the trust has gone!
Sharing Experience - Create a team The internal resistance can be as strong as the external You knew/liked your customers, can you just carry on as if nothing has happened? Shared Services is a culture your team (the one you inherited) may not want. WIIFM (what’s in it for me)?
Sharing Experience – Will, Drive and Stubbornness You have to believe it can work Complaint Management Continuous Improvement Partner Support Language and its meaning Excellence You cannot exhibit a chink in the armour! It is a war!
Explore - Shared Services Shared Services – what is it? HR Shared Service – what is it? Why would you create an HR Shared Service? A shared system, will not create a shared service. What works and what doesn't?
Explore - Objectives • EKHRP Objectives • Efficiency Savings • Increased service resilience • Aligned business processes • HR / Payroll (self service functionality & timely management information) • Larger pool of HR expertise & specialists • Greater buying / procuring power
Explore - language? It is often said that Britain and America are "two nations divided by a common language".
Practical Solutions – 1 Cultural Audit Capability and Accountability Assessment Are Leaders really Leading Are Managers managing
Practical Solutions – 2 • Clear plan of implementation with impact and if required training. • Change Management Plan • Respond to every criticism – no matter how small or quietly raised! • Implement and embed continuous improvement within your culture (SS) • CIR – Ford 8D
Practical Solutions – 3 Measurement and Data, but not for data’s sake! Tracking! Prove what you do, if you can’t you’re not doing it!
Practical Solutions – 4 Vision – long term plan, short term actions Flexibility Consistency You mustn’t let it lie! Strength of Leadership!
“Out there in some garage is an entrepreneur who’s forging a bullet with your company’s name on it. You’ve got one option now – to shoot first. Fortune magazine labeled Gary Hamel “the world’s leading expert on business strategy.”
Effective Collaboration in a Competitive World. • Aims: • share good practice • explore practical solutions • encourage open exchange of experience • bring together speakers, case studies and opinion from the HE/FE and other sectors