People & HR

People Leads Hiring Well and Keeping People

Customer
The people lead at a 30–300 person company
Context
Accountable for the quality of people while every real decision belongs to line managers

The Jobs of someone owning an outcome produced entirely by other people's actions.

5 Jobs

  1. 01When choosing between four candidates, I want to know who will actually do the job well, so I do not hire a good interviewee and re-hire in six months.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions
  2. 02When internal surveys always come back positive, I want to know what people actually think, so problems surface before they become a run of resignations.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions
  3. 03When management quality decides whether people stay, I want line managers to get better, so I am not compensating with policy for a problem that lives in people.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions
  4. 04When new hires take three months to contribute, I want to shorten that, so the cost of hiring is not doubled by the waiting.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions
  5. 05When market pay moves faster than my budget, I want to keep internal fairness, so I am not choosing between losing new hires and upsetting existing staff.5 Pains · 5 Desired Outcomes · 5 Existing Solutions