The People Value Chain — System Map
Eight phases. Each depends on the one before. Failure upstream doesn't appear until months later — in a bad hire, a disengaged employee, a retention crisis. The infrastructure layer runs beneath all of them.
Infrastructure Layer — runs beneath all 8 phases
HRIS & people data
People analytics & attrition modelling
HR compliance & employment law
HR operations
The Reactive HR Loop — What Breaks When the System Is Skipped
No workforce planning → reactive hiring → wrong roles filled → poor selection → misaligned hires → weak onboarding → slow contribution → no performance clarity → unmanaged underperformance → disengagement → attrition → emergency hiring → repeat. For a 100–200 person organisation across four business units, this loop is expensive and compounding. The HRBP embedded in each BU is the circuit-breaker — but only when the system exists for them to operate within.
BU System Health Snapshot
The Monday morning instrument. Where is each BU in the chain — and what is the highest-leverage fix right now? This is the view an HRBP opens at 8am, not the reference they dig into when they already know what they're looking for.
Critical gap
Needs attention
Operating well
Not assessed
Highest-Leverage Actions This Week — by HRBP
HRBP Playbook — 1 HRBP per BU · Country-Agnostic
Return on Investment Thread
What & Why
How
Who & When
Documents
Pitfalls
Metrics