As sure as the seasons shift, change is constant in the business world. The human resources (HR) organization is no exception, as Beth Thiebault, Deloitte Consulting’s National HR Transformation Service Line leader, can assure you. As today’s companies wrestle with increasingly complex challenges, attracting and retaining talent is capturing the spotlight as a top strategic issue. Beth’s 20-plus years of human capital consulting experience provides a constant flow of ideas, alternatives and approaches from which to draw as she helps her clients in their efforts to build and sustain their competitive advantage through the efficient and effective deployment of human capital. She helps them as they align their human resources strategy, organization, structure, processes, programs and technology to improve the organization’s ability to meet its strategic talent and business objectives. 

Beth has a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and business administration. She is a member of the Society of Human Resources Management and the Twin Cities Human Resources Association.

My Latest Thinking:

Article: Optimization: Benchmarking to Improve Performance
Beth offers insights into how benchmarking can help improve performance as a contributing author in Chapter 13 of the IHRIM Press 2006 book, Common Sense: Shared Services for Human Resources, edited by Karen V. Beaman, and is available on Amazon.com. Reprinted with permission from the publisher, IHRIM Journal.

Article: HR That Means Business – Focusing on Value Creation
Beth discusses the concept of two generations of HR Transformation. The first generation focuses on the improvements through changes to the HR infrastructure such as technology improvements, self-service options and outsourcing. The second generation is built on an understanding of how the HR function supports the organization and what competencies are required to meet the needs of the organization’s stakeholders.

Article: Talent as a Top Strategic Priority: How the C-Suite and Board are Driving Change
Attracting and retaining talent is increasingly viewed as a top strategic issue by C-suite executives and members of boards of directors, as well as by senior HR executives. In this summary of a Dbriefs Webcast, Beth discusses the impact this new level of influence is having on the HR organization and how HR executives are responding.