The Human Factor

Identify what the human factor is and how to leverage it to drive performance.

Develop and leverage the human factor in your workforce and organization to boost individual and business performance. This book explores what the human factor is and how it influences the attraction, performance, retention, growth, productivity and wellbeing of employees. It also explains how focusing on it at all levels of the organization can boost both individual and business performance. This book is a roadmap to success for all senior HR professionals, organizational development practitioners, managers and leaders. Written by an expert author team with more than 50 years' collective experience, this book explains why the human factor is so important and how the changing context in which we live and work is needing HR professionals to evolve to stay relevant. There is detailed discussion of organizational change as well as a framework for building a case for change. There is guidance on how to define organizational purpose, develop an effective organizational culture and how to design and execute a people strategy. There is also discussion around human motivation, the role it plays as individuals and leaders and the need for continuous improvement of staff at all levels. Sustainability, technology and analytics are also explored.

Covers key topics such as HR strategy, employee engagement and experience, organizational change, business purpose, culture, technology and sustainability

Auteur

Michael Esau, Simon Humphreys

Texte du rabat

Identify what the human factors are and how to leverage them to improve the attraction, retention, performance, productivity, growth and wellbeing of your workforce and drive business performance.

Contenu

• • Chapter - 01: Strategy and Purpose;
  • Chapter - 02: The case for change;
  • Chapter - 03: The Fluidity of Culture;
  • Chapter - 04: The importance of having a philosophy;
  • Chapter - 05: The Predisposition of a Human Being;
  • Chapter - 06: Building Commitment to Change;
  • Chapter - 07: The Employee Value Proposition;
  • Chapter - 08: The relativity of success;
  • Chapter - 09: Human experience, engagement and advocacy;
  • Chapter - 10: The Role of the Leader;
  • Chapter - 11: Executing the basics brilliantly;
  • Chapter - 12: Listening, Insights and Feedback;
  • Chapter - 13: Nurturing and Developing;
  • Chapter - 14: The Role of Technology in Execution;
  • Chapter - 15: The dynamics of teams;
  • Chapter - 16: Our Reflections