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Dr Lauren Park

Transforming people management

Prepare people managers for peak performance and results—today and tomorrow.

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Managers serve the crucial role of the link between the executives and the front line, ensuring organisational goals are achieved while recognising and supporting employees as whole people with unique skills and interests. However, the people manager role is rapidly changing due to automation and heightened employee expectations. How can HR technology enable people managers to meet the evolving demands of their role?

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Everyone believes that people management roles should be more exclusive in the future—especially the members of their teams.

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of individual contributors feel that not everyone is capable of being a people manager

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of individual contributors feel that even with the right training, not everyone can learn how to be a good people manager

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of individual contributors feel that companies should be more selective about whom they hire/promote to be people managers

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of individual contributors think that some line managers should not be line managers

When a manager moves on—gets promoted or leaves—we take the highest-performing individual contributor and say, 'Right. You’re the best at that job, so manage that team. And they were the best at their job, but that does not make them the best manager, or even competent.

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A brief overview of insights into how the people manager role and the required skills and competencies are changing, the impact on the manager experience, and the implications for defining best fit going forward.

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Six ways to prepare people managers for the future

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