❓What do these 40+ HR teams have in common? They've all hired a Workforce Systems Leader #WFS. Join us in learning more about this emerging role ↘ In our latest white paper we've identified an emerging center of excellence (CoE) within cutting-edge #HR teams which we are calling the "Workforce Systems team". This sub-function of HR brings together areas previously disconnected such as HR Strategy / PMO, HR Operations, HR Tech, People Data, and #PeopleAnalytics. Through analysis of the One Model people analytics job board, the framework of the People Data Supply Chain, and a ton of 1:1 interviews with sitting leaders, a picture emerged that these sub-functions that were once separated are looking stronger together in the Workforce Systems CoE. This emerging role and team refers to 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬-𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 and 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, a mind-set and approach that we know is needed to survive this next phase of work, but something that few teams have prepared for structurally, until now. This new team creates alignment to remove organizational friction, allowing HR teams to reach their goals when it comes to #GenAI, data literacy in HR, and advanced people analytics. 📲 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ➡ https://lnkd.in/eQXMgaRH If you are a #CHRO, this paper is insight into how your peers are preparing for the future of work. The Workforce Systems leader is becoming a goto right-hand of the CHRO. If you are on a #HROperations, #HRTech, or #PeopleAnalytics team, this paper outlines a potential career path and builds connections between teams. We can't recruit without sourcing and we can't do analytics without tech. The success of our teams are linked to our peers in our CoE and learning about how we can best thrive together in a system together is our path forward. ----- Looking forward to lots of discussion in the comments as always! I know I've been hinting about this paper for some time, but now that the white paper is out we'll be gearing up for more conversations and continuing the research, so please reach out if something catches your eye!
Thanks for this thoughtful hypothesis. It makes total sense to me. It would take a strategic and confident CHRO to vest such critical areas into a role that would become a natural contender for their role if you take the systems approach to its logical conclusion. I’ve always maintained that the next cohort of CHROs will arise from PA. But PA leaders tend to shy away from the politics. Perhaps this will be a confidence building role?
Richard Rosenow - Masterful inclusion of this quote: "We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." - T.S. Eliot HR is a product for the most complex of customers, modern organizations. This necessitates the practice of data driven operational excellence and product management. The Workforce Systems Leader is positioned to catalyze these practices and supercharge the ability of the HR function to meet the needs of their customers. #HRisaProduct
“Workforce Systems team". Interesting. We have a similar org structure now but (way more important to me than org charts) when it comes to delivery networks (when I led PMO) we did this by moving from projects to products and introducing agile practices (writing a related post on this tomorrow). We also added our legal, risk, compliance, etc partners to design and co-plan together. And increasingly other enterprise support functions. I am eager to learn more on this!
I think consolidation of the HR horizontals that make up the people data supply chain makes sense for small to mid-size organizations, but also in larger organizations that have lower maturities for organizational planning - to me, a big value of having a leader over all of these horizontals is coordinated planning to address many of the issues up stream needed for P.A functions to succeed and a visionary leader that understands the entire impact of the people data supply chain to prevent down-stream issues. Once again, great insights from Richard Rosenow!!! Thanks for including me as part of the conversation!
Absolutely fascinating insights Richard Rosenow The emergence of the Workforce Systems Leader and the consolidation of various HR sub-functions into a cohesive Workforce Systems CoE is indeed a game-changer. This approach not only aligns with the evolving needs of modern HR but also addresses the increasing complexity of managing people data and analytics in a holistic manner.
I’m very excited to dig into this paper. Thanks Richard Rosenow and team for the research.
This is our model here, at Reltio! 👏
interesting, looking forward to deepdive into the paper shortly
President at Lazarus Human Capital Services
2moThis is a positive step. It isn’t really new, since the best workforce planning managers already operate this way, but that’s usually because they figured it out themselves. This is the type of position/information that accelerates the learning curve. Well done there.👍 The interesting part will be how they recruit and hire for the positions. It’s not an HR ‘just tell the magic box what to do’ position. And it’s not an IT ‘I’m the only one who can interpret the prophesies of the magic box’ position. It’s an operations position requiring broad experience within an organization, a moral compass to embrace a concept of what HR is supposed to be, and a technical curiosity to do/allow deep dives into the true labor requirements and the supporting technical solutions. Further —this is what piques my skepticism— it requires courage to embrace complexities from a group with a surprisingly linear thought process given their high achievement; namely the C-suite.