1. What is Agile HR?
Agile HR is a term used to describe a modern HR and People approach for organizations and institutions who strive to become more responsive and innovative in the face of constant change.
“It is high time for HR to live up to its role and potential. Thankfully, Lean-Agile gives us an effective blueprint to turn HR into a key driver and accelerator of Business Agility and organizational success.” Fabiola Eyholzer
Agile 4 HR & HR 4 Agile – What does it mean?
Agile4HR represents a fundamental reorganization around value, mirroring the Agile principles applied elsewhere in an organization. It involves breaking traditional HR silos and fostering interdisciplinary teams. Leveraging proven Agile practices such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe, it aligns HR with the same agility seen in IT or marketing, fostering adaptability, speed, and fast feedback cycles.
On the other hand, HR4Agile focuses on aligning existing HR practices and processes to support Agile teams effectively. It entails a shift from traditional HR concepts to suit the new Agile way of working. Here, HR leaders play a pivotal role in driving change management, ensuring that HR practices complement and accelerate the existing Agile methods employed within the organization.
While both approaches share the goal of embracing agility in HR, Agile4HR concentrates on a holistic reorganization, while HR4Agile centers on adapting and aligning existing HR practices to fit the Agile context.
Understanding these nuanced differences is pivotal in crafting an HR strategy that seamlessly integrates with the evolving landscape of Agile methodologies.
What are the different approaches to Agile related to HR?
Agile for HR
- Reorganize around value,
- Organize interdisciplinary departments teams
- Leverage agile practices– scrum, Kanban , SAFe, same way we bring agility to the IT department or marketing or other fields .
- Common benefits of Agile apply to the HR department (speed, adaptability time to deliver, fast feedback etc.)
HR for Agile
- Aligning HR practices and processes
- Re-aligning practices to support agile teams
- Shifting traditional HR concepts to the new way of working
- Engaging HR leaders to lead the change management function
- Benefits align and accelerate existing agile way of working
