Effective Human Capital Management is a Transformative Undertaking

Human Capital Management (HCM) is the strategic effort to manage the entire employee life cycle and core HR functions. When successful, HCM efforts result in high return on capital investments or to put it simply, engaged and committed staff who drive productivity and revenue. If only it were that easy.

Roadblocks exist

HR leaders understand an effective HCM effort is a transformative undertaking that starts with the HR department. Management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. interviewed more than 80 chief human resources officers (CHROs) at large organizations in the U.S. and Europe and found “more than 90 percent predict significant changes to the HR operating model during the next two to three years.” The McKinsey article goes on to say that the new expectation of HR is to bridge the workforce and the organization as a strategic, agile partner that can take transactional data and turn it into business insights and recommendations.

Yet roadblocks exist

Management consulting firm Bain & Company surveyed HR leaders who cited unintegrated tools and data sources, lack of functionality, and a poor user experience as the culprits for HR’s top three pain points within three key HCM areas: workforce planning and staffing; career management and planning; and compensation, benefits, and rewards. As part of their HCM transformation efforts, companies are intent on addressing these technology roadblocks through HCM systems. Fortune Business Insights forecasts the global HCM market to grow from nearly $29 billion in 2023 to nearly $54 billion by 2030.

Navigate the roadblocks

Optimized systems and processes are the antidote to roadblocks getting in the way of effectively managing an organization’s human capital strategy and elevating HR leaders to strategic business partners. Through optimization, the HCM strategies, systems, data, and processes are aligned and integrated. The HR and Finance departments are no longer enmeshed in the administrative burdens of managing and piecing together data from disparate sources and reports.

Move forward

An HCM strategy aims to ensure you hire the right people, keep them growing, reward them appropriately, and efficiently manage all aspects of the human resources function. If you can execute on your HCM strategy, you’ll see your revenues and top talent grow. Delivering on that strategy however requires stepping back to see how the experience is now for your employees, whether you have the data to advance your strategy, and how much time is spent on manual work that could be automated. Once you’ve done that deep analysis, you can then get to the work of optimizing the processes and systems necessary to delivering on your strategy.

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