No matter how brilliant a strategy may be, if your staff does not have the tools and resources to execute, it will fail.
Obvious though that may seem, resourcing is consistently ranked as a key issue for staff in implementing change. Without the right people, engaged at the right time, strategic pace can end up being little more than empty activity. Everyone feels busy, and perhaps even burdened or burnt out, but actual progress is not achieved. This is why HR outsourcing has become a key ingredient for timely strategic execution.
Internal change and responsiveness to market trends is a continual challenge. And while change programs, new technology and innovation are all important internal focuses, accessing a talent pool that can already deliver what you need is a shortcut many organizations now need, because they simply don’t have the lead-time they used to. The noisy, swiftly changing business environment we are all operating within creates the need for business partnerships that create instant value.
Think of big pharma – shortening the time to market for a new drug is essential to remaining competitive, especially when time-sensitive patents are the key to long-term profitability. Linking with smaller, more agile and singular-focused R&D firms to assist with drug development decreases the time to market for new treatments considerably.
Today, there is a clear relationship between
speed of execution and being open to the external market; of moving from ‘push’ orientation to ‘pull’ orientation, or attracting and then engaging like-minded talent in organizations.
