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Distinguish Yourself From the Crowd: Designing Innovative HR Policies and Practices
HRPYR Topic by Table
Thursday, April 17, 2008
What Does Innovative Mean?
Proactive, ability to anticipate
Best in class
Creative, new
Different
Getting at the diversity of the workforce (now and future)
What Are Obstacles or Challenges to Creating Innovative Policies? Convincing leadership
Show the $ Signing bonuses reduce recruiting time
Sustainability of policies Discussed frequency of review and roll-out. Discussed trials
Resistance to change Dealing with legislation (which isn’t “change
friendly”
What Are Obstacles or Challenges to Creating Innovative Policies? Union
Several approaches discussed. Buzz Hargrove presentation about building trust
and win-win bargaining. Finding the agenda. Sticking to the collective agreement
What are the Differences Between Policies and Procedures? Some viewed policy as a broad statement, a
rule, with practice as the standard. Practices are more of the “how do we get
there”. Clear trend to size down on the volume of
policies in order to improve the comprehension of them as employees.
Clear trend for multi-stakeholder involvement in the drafting of policy.
Where Do You Find Precedents?
Benchmarking ESA SHRM and also HRPAO’s research facilities Carswell Ultimate HR Manual Policy Pro The Employers’ Choice website
Policies Discussed By The Groups
Car allowance TBOT has an excellent source of information
on car allowance trends Some participants talked about a regular
allowance and mileage Policy on policies
A lot of concern raised about the volume of policies and simplifying
Creating a main and “Coles Notes” versions
Policies Discussed By The Groups
Leave policies Comment that if you look at the “50 best” you’ll find that
flexibility around leaves is what makes them an employer of choice.
One group talked about the challenges of “selling the benefits” of the Canadian environment surrounding leaves.
Flexible work schedules Some were encouraging staggered hours Some talked about how to make a “work-from-home” policy
work: Monitoring outcomes vs. hours. Creating an agreement. Defining expectations
Policies Discussed by Groups
Dealing with inflexible jobs Compressed work weeks Laptops for all
Recruitment Referral policy Create a hot list (treat differently) Encourage remote working
Policies Discussed by Groups
Showing Innovation Example of TEC’s Green Policy
Relationship with the environment means Structure of work is holistic, greater than the client by
looking for the opportunity to be innovative Flexibility of the team Culture of continuous improvement
Policies Discussed By The Groups
Retirement Innovation means NOT stopping the dialogue
about succession. Looking for alternatives for senior workers
Part-time Transition to community-based initiatives Mentorship roles
What Are Innovative Ways to Roll-Out Policies? Using focus groups 2-stage roll-outs
Tentative with feedback Final version
Getting Managers more involved in orientation (e.g. Manager review with 1st paystub)
Multi-staged, through orientation. (e.g. a little more every week)
Using fewer words, webinars Instituting “quizzes” More use of intranet Prize-based
References
First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by D. Michael Abrashoff
Canada’s Top 100 Employers http://www.canadastop100.com/national/
TEC’s Green Policy
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