Hi all,
As a HR team of one for a relatively small charity (up to 50 perm staff with workers) and in a leadership role, I am wondering how other lone snr HR managers balance operational duties with strategic goals.
What tools do you use for productivity and Wellbeing while ensuring that you still maintain complete oversight of everything from policies to maintaining relationships with employees and being visible?
That's not an easy ask for anyone, but it is doable.
Try to think about the main tasks that keep you busiest - for example what are the 20% of your duties that take up 80% of your time? Then look at how you might automate them, or devolve responsibility to employees/managers for them.
Map out your stakeholders (which could easily be each employee) and look at strength of relationship versus how it needs to be, how you keep them informed and involved versus how it needs to be, and who influences who (eg who you can rely on to spread the word about things if you can't be everywhere).
There's more you could do too.
You might also want to explore connecting with a more experienced HR professional to have a sounding board for your ideas and a safe space to explore the complexities of your working environment.
That's not an easy ask for anyone, but it is doable.
Try to think about the main tasks that keep you busiest - for example what are the 20% of your duties that take up 80% of your time? Then look at how you might automate them, or devolve responsibility to employees/managers for them.
Map out your stakeholders (which could easily be each employee) and look at strength of relationship versus how it needs to be, how you keep them informed and involved versus how it needs to be, and who influences who (eg who you can rely on to spread the word about things if you can't be everywhere).
There's more you could do too.
You might also want to explore connecting with a more experienced HR professional to have a sounding board for your ideas and a safe space to explore the complexities of your working environment.
