Holistic HR
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We believe that HR does two things: enable individual capability and enhance organizational performance. We approach organizational challenges holistically so that you can structure your business for results. It’s radically simple.
Why Radical Simplicity?
Being a leader in any function requires discipline. Just like a painter, plumber, or poet must apply knowledge and principles to work their craft and achieve their goals, successful business leaders are disciplined and apply principles to achieve outstanding results.
Based on the principles of structural dynamics, we believe that the underlying structure of anything will determine its performance. As the quality guru and teacher Dr. Deming was known to have said, an organization is perfectly designed to get the results it is getting. And it was Winston Churchill who wisely advised that first we shape the structure and then the structure shapes us.
Human Relations (HR) professionals are not often sought for their advice on business strategy. The main focus of the function is generally concerned with developing the capability and performance of individual people versus the design of the overall structure that people are working in. Dr. Deming was the first to empirically claim that:
94% of the difficulties businesses face are structural and systemic, and only 6% are caused by individual people.
At Radical Simplicity Inc., we work alongside leaders to design structures that:
- Creatively craft the future vision, goals and aspirations for the business and its people
- Honestly assess where the business and its people are in relation to the vision
- Commit to actions to be taken by accountable, capable people with clear timelines, including aligned, integrated, differentiated and self-managed learning and people systems…
It is radically simple.
Businesses are nothing more or nothing less than a community of free men and free women. Today, more than ever before in history, we are all truly volunteers, choosing where we will work based on our own aspirations and values and how they align with the business.
What if business was consciously structured for people to achieve their highest aspirations, live their values, and discover their best self?
Let Radical Simplicity Inc. help you structure your business for results.
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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
We have an established track record of strategic and team development consulting and bring extensive experience working at the executive level in large, complex organizations. Let Radical Simplicity bring an outside and informed perspective to foster creative leadership and critical thinking.
“When we undertook the transformation of our call centres to improve effectiveness and deliver world class customer service, Janice designed and integrated a skills based compensation and performance management system that is still the foundation of our award winning contact centres many years later. Janice is a truly special consultant and leader. She starts with your business challenge, works with you to uncover root causes and helps you find long lasting and innovative solutions. Janice was the right leader for us when cookie cutter HR solutions weren’t delivering the results we needed to drive our business forward.”
“As an executive recruiter, I have known Janice for over 25 years, most recently in her role as the Interim CHRO at The Salvation Army, where she led the HR component of a major enterprise transformation. Janice combines extraordinary business and organizational acumen with a deep concern for people, giving her a unique ability to design HR strategy that is both human-centric and business-focused. She is a truly exceptional HR leader and I would recommend her to anyone looking for wise counsel and guidance in this age of exponential change.”
“Before any action is taken, Janice asks this simple question: Does it cause friction in the business or does it create flow? Friction is anything that makes it more difficult for people to add value and win with the customer. Flow, on the other hand, is doing everything possible to remove barriers and promote better performance. This is where Janice differentiates herself from others. She asks that question, listens deeply, and makes decisions accordingly. It is possible to teach organizations the power that they can unleash by operating this way. Janice demonstrates this in art form.”