《《Where HR and Innovation Meet 》.pdfVIP

Sequel to Creating the Workforce—and Results—You Seek from The Workforce Institute at Kronos Elements of Successful Organizations A C H I E V I N G S T R O N G L E A D E R S H I P, S M A R T M A N A G E M E N T, A N D A N E N G A G E D W O R K F O R C E Foreword by Dave Ulrich, PhD and Wendy Ulrich, PhD Co-authors, The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations That Win Kronos_2011_Interior_11_09.indd 3 11/8/11 10:38:40 PM 1 Where HR and Innovation Meet Embracing Invention, Continuous Improvement, and Business Objective Susan Meisinger, SPHR, JD, former President CEO, Sociey of Human Resource Management (SHRM) If you Google the words “leadership, innovation, growth” you’ll get about 50 million hits, give or take a few million. There are links to scholarly journals, business magazines, management books, leadership books, confer - ences, and seminars—all of which try to explain how to do it: how to be a great leader who creates a culture of innovation which drives an organiza- tion’s growth. Many of the links are to consultants who have their own proprietary approach that they assert will help leaders and organizations put into place processes that will build an innovative culture in a disciplined way, leading to growth and profitability. Still more links are to company websites, which proclaim that this is what they do best: they have the secret sauce and