Don't change for the sake of changing
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2024 8:52 am
Onboard Amsterdam , organized by Appical, was a great success due to the increasing importance of onboarding. An event where HR-Nederland and surroundings came together, to listen to experts in the field of onboarding of new employees. I will tell you about my key takeaways from brands such as Booking.com and Rituals, and show you how you as HR can offer a good onboarding experience in which your company culture is central.
Passion and love are essential values in onboarding
According to Saskia Nijs , researcher at the VU and Head of Marketing Organization and Talent Development at Philips, passion is one of the most important things to keep up with our busy lives. That said, according to her, 80 percent of employees are not engaged and as a result we use less than 60 percent of our potential. Good to pay more attention to the involvement of your employees.
In an effort to let employees use their full potential and encourage passion, it can help to give them more responsibility. Saskia emphasizes that encouraging employees to take more example of whatsapp number in philippines responsibility, to be entrepreneurs, does not match with strict management.
In most companies, it’s simply a matter of how much and how fast you can get your work done. If this is your business structure, asking for creativity from your employees is more likely to result in burnout. So it’s good to think about your ultimate goal:
If you don't know why you want to have a self-steering company; don't.
Another example is agile working. This works best when products need to be created; so don't use it for the marketing team. If you want to implement self-steering groups in your organization, they need to be able to make their own choices. If everyone 'just has to do their job', you better not make them self-steering groups.
This immediately gives us the first important takeaway: have a goal in mind when you want to change. It may be obvious, but many companies want to change just 'for the sake of change'. If you don't know why you are pursuing change, first consider what is really needed in your situation.
HR manager as anthropologist and talent coach
HR now has access to so many tools and automation that there is finally room to pay attention to what HR should really do. HR managers increasingly take on the role of anthropologist and talent coach.
Passion and love are essential values in onboarding
According to Saskia Nijs , researcher at the VU and Head of Marketing Organization and Talent Development at Philips, passion is one of the most important things to keep up with our busy lives. That said, according to her, 80 percent of employees are not engaged and as a result we use less than 60 percent of our potential. Good to pay more attention to the involvement of your employees.
In an effort to let employees use their full potential and encourage passion, it can help to give them more responsibility. Saskia emphasizes that encouraging employees to take more example of whatsapp number in philippines responsibility, to be entrepreneurs, does not match with strict management.
In most companies, it’s simply a matter of how much and how fast you can get your work done. If this is your business structure, asking for creativity from your employees is more likely to result in burnout. So it’s good to think about your ultimate goal:
If you don't know why you want to have a self-steering company; don't.
Another example is agile working. This works best when products need to be created; so don't use it for the marketing team. If you want to implement self-steering groups in your organization, they need to be able to make their own choices. If everyone 'just has to do their job', you better not make them self-steering groups.
This immediately gives us the first important takeaway: have a goal in mind when you want to change. It may be obvious, but many companies want to change just 'for the sake of change'. If you don't know why you are pursuing change, first consider what is really needed in your situation.
HR manager as anthropologist and talent coach
HR now has access to so many tools and automation that there is finally room to pay attention to what HR should really do. HR managers increasingly take on the role of anthropologist and talent coach.