Expanding from a regional to a national operation was the top priority of a successful public service not for profit agency. Leadership recognized that old ways of attracting and rewarding employees were hindering their growth strategy.
The Axiom team took quick but comprehensive action to help the agency align its talent and organization with its growth strategy.
- Analyzed current talent acquisition and retention practices to uncover the friction that was hampering growth.
- Established nine guiding principles as a blueprint for change.
- Applied a whole-job evaluation process to understand where value that could drive expansion plans was (or could be) created.
- Redesigned the overall salary structure to balance internal perceptions of value with external marketplace data.
- Tailored talent acquisition and retention plans for a unique client-facing function so that the agency could compete effectively for the talent they needed.
- Armed with practical tools for precisely evaluating positions and needs in their departments, front-line managers made better hiring decisions and accepted financial accountability for managing compensation resources.
- Streamlined performance evaluation and compensation processes so that discussions between HR and front-line managers were reduced from weeks to days and even hours.
- Ensured that compensation budget was allocated in line the market so that new talent and organization structure could deliver on national expansion plans.