Digitization in HR...HR is no longer joining formalities, final settlements and payroll processes

Pick a resume of any HR professional with an experience base of 1-5 years and invariably you will observe that the experience is inundated with trivial operational matters like joining formalities, master trackers, final settlements, induction, payroll and recruitment coordination.

While some of these tasks are essential and needed to be performed , the real problem is in this being the end in itself. Most of these HR professionals do not know much beyond this elementary work and hence are unable to provide solid value adds to the companies they advise.

Fortunately at Bluesky all these mundane tasks are handled by our in-house HRIS software called Bluebuddy which is introduced free of cost to our clients. Bluebuddy is more of a decision making support system for HR and CEO's informing you of the strategic decisions needed to be taken and also simultaneously relieving the HR professional of the operational chores.

Digitization in HR is finding great favour and initially while it focuses more on the operational chores like payroll and compliance's, going forward it would focus on aspects like talent pool, competency development and performance system.

SMB's do not have heavy budgets for HR and the budgets that they can expend get consumed in hiring HR professionals that relegate themselves doing such base level work leaving them with no time to handle the crux of HR challenges. In fact SMB's need support systems and advisory services on talent acquisition, accountability of people, measuring systems, compensation aligned with performance and talent depth.

I wonder if the present HR set of professionals are able to fill in these shoes...

Everyone wants to go to Heaven but no one wants to Die....

Some time back I heard the above phrase from a Priest at a Sunday mass during his sermon. . The statement left a deep impact when I relate this to SMB’s. Every entrepreneur want to scale but no one wants to change!!

Most CEO’s of mid growing enterprises are excited and ambitious of the next level Growth but unfortunately are not ready to retire their present set of practices and methods of doing things to achieve results. Many imply, though not explicit-that let’s continue with these practices and still make it to the next level. Often the situation is more of bad habits dying hard. They believe that should change but just don’t find the resolve and urgency to adapt to the environment and systems that are aligned with next level growth. Those that demonstrate the rigor to change generally see results but that too after significant patience because such changes do not bring instant results. Often entrepreneurs  have limited tenacity and patience and the first sign of results not forthcoming is a good enough reason to revert to the previous system. Such approaches are regressive and slow down a Company’s growth momentum and at times even dwarf them to a size that they are unable to breach. In such cases a competent and experienced HR function or a change agent in the form of a Coach can help such corporations move forward from such a inflexion point.