Human Capital Management has come of age:

HR have grasped analytical data-backed approaches and hardened up (in more ways than one)

Wellbeing has graduated beyond canteen snack bars into casino style productivity perks

After a Gladwell/Groysberg reality check, the war for talent management has usurped all board priorities, even over risk; although behavioural risk has stepped up in the light of spectacularly risky board decisions

Distributed leadership has flattened hierarchies into networks beyond walls (if walls are needed)

Diversity is no longer confined to gender or ethnicity: background, age, personality, education and experience richness is now flavour of the month from the shopfloor to the boardroom

The strategic need to hothouse engagement and ideation has put the strategic value of culture centre stage

Work/life has given over to one life, and doing the best work of your life means being part of a much more meaningful picture

Employees have become customers; customers, employees

Those HCM-savvy brands - Google, Tesco, IBM, Starbucks etc – winning here are not just creating best places to think in, they are creating best places to invest in too. And post GFC, the appetite for human capital reporting is growing, with AXA WF Framilington investing in companies based on the quality of their HCM, and even Moody’s factoring talent management into their valuations.

The pressing question is: How HC-ready are you?

Focusing on culture, engagement, talent and data management, people risks, leadership and wellbeing, we identify the risks, costs and impact of good and bad employee and manager behaviours and practices. We show what’s working and what’s not. When, where and how to focus; even which best practices to adopt to optimise people and performance potential.

Whether your business is a start up looking to future proof your businesses HCM practices from the offset; an established business looking to assess its HCM sophistication against competitors, or are looking to understand and assess the HCM strength and fit of a target business in the context of a merger, we can help.

For more information, call Frankie Close on 01908 524115 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.