The "Agile Model of HR" states that human resources' job is not just to implement controls and standards, and drive execution—but rather to facilitate and improve organizational agility.

1. Agile HR
Human Resource Management

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Manu Melwin Joy
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Ilahia School of Management Studies
Kerala, India.
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3. Agile HR
• The "Agile Model of HR"
states that human
resources' job is not just to
implement controls and
standards, and drive
execution—but rather to
facilitate and improve
organizational agility.

4. Agile HR
• This changes HR's mission
and focus. Driving agility
means driving programs
that create adaptability,
innovation, collaboration,
and speed.

5. Agile HR
• The four values of agile
development can be easily
applied to the practice of
HR. Incorporating
adaptability, transparency,
simplicity and unity can
help improve HR service
delivery

6. Agile HR
• Examples of agile HR
strategies include:
– Training leaders at all levels
of the company to act as
hands-on coaches, not
"managers“.
– Designing the organization
into small, high-performance
teams that set their own
targets.

7. Agile HR
• Examples of agile HR
strategies include:
– Creating customer
interactions within all groups
and functions in the
company.
– Delivering a strong, focused
mission and values to keep
everyone aligned.

8. Agile HR
• Examples of agile HR
strategies include:
– Creating systems with lots of
transparent information, i.e.,
what are our goals, who is
working on what project, who
are our experts.
– Implementing "systems of
engagement" not just "systems
of record," i.e., collaboration,
information-sharing, project
management.

9. Agile HR
• Examples of agile HR
strategies include:
– Building a focus on
continuous learning and
learning culture at all levels.
– Implementing a strong
external employment brand
that attracts "the right type"
of people.

10. Agile HR
• Examples of agile HR
strategies include:
– Hiring and promoting
experts, not general
managers.
– Encouraging and teaching
people to give each other
direct feedback.

11. 7 Aspects of Agile HR
• Keep your HR team small
With a small team you can
make more speed, and you
will be able to react more
agile.

12. 7 Aspects of Agile HR
• Stop with all your regular meetings
Add up the time you have to spend on
regular meetings. The Monday morning
meeting with your team. The Monday
afternoon and often part of the evening
with the management team. The
regular 1:1 with the members of your
team and your boss. The bi-weekly
meeting with the “Global Blue Print”
team. Your monthly meeting with the
regional HR-leads. Your Rotary meetings
etc. etc. Stop with the meetings, and
spend the time on getting some things
done!

13. 7 Aspects of Agile HR
• Make sure there is fresh
input in your team regularly
You will need fresh input in
your team. Not too much, as
strong teams have learned to
work together. More than
seven years in one team is a
very long time. A young
professional can add a lot of
value, and a fresh
perspective.

14. 7 Aspects of Agile HR
• Find innovative and flexible
partners
As your team is small, you
will need partners. Partners
who can be innovative and
flexible. Try to avoid tender
processes and stay away
from corporate purchasing.
Long-term relationships with
reliable partners are crucial
for an agile HR team.

15. 7 Aspects of Agile HR
• Do not strive to be perfect
Keep moving, and do not
strive for perfect solutions.
While you are working on
your perfect solution, the
world has moved on, and
your solution is no longer
perfect.

16. 7 Aspects of Agile HR
• Practice SCRUM
• An important element of the
SCRUM approach is to work in a
team in short sprints of two to
four weeks. The goal is to have
clear deliverables at the end of
the period. The end of the
period is the moment to
regroup, discuss the lessons
learned and determine the
deliverables of the next period.

17. 7 Aspects of Agile HR
• Learn how to practice
“Guerrilla HR”
• Maybe it is not wise to call
it “guerrilla HR”, it might be
better to label it “Agile HR”.