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Lean Human Resources

“Implementing lean concepts and principles is not a technological issue, it is primarily a management and human resource issue.”

— Kenneth E. Kirby, Dept of Industrial Engineering, University of Tennessee

The core of any lean transformation is built on commitment to “…continuous improvement with respect for people.”

Yet, far too often the human resource functional organization is simply left out of the lean transformation. In other cases, HR leadership and commitment to lean is absent and not demanded. This is a huge oversight. It slows the evolution of the lean enterprise considerably and may contribute to its longterm failure.

The lean transformation provides a perfect palette for human resource professionals to supercharge the impact of their key functional areas of responsibility. HR impact ultimately extends to all parts of the enterprise via:

Organizational Development
Hiring, performance management and career enrichment
Education, job training, cross training
Compensation and incentive programs
Benefit program selection and administration

Jean Cunningham Consulting has real world experience in each of these areas through prior leadership of the human resources function and operational leadership roles. Using workshops, sensei guidance, kaizen leadership, and discussion of insights, JCC can help guide your human resource organization to attain lean leadership and engage its functional roles in the lean enterprise.

HR has a multitude of sub-functions and processes and all would benefit from appling lean principles. The list to the right includes a small sampling.

Human Resources

Staffing

Hiring
Recruiting
Approvals

Benefits

Payroll
Salary Adjustments
Employee Assistance Program

Compliance

OSHA
Workman's Compensation

Employee Development

Performance Mgmt
Communications Programs

Merger & Aquisition

Integration
Employee Retention

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