Watch the video summary of the roundtable organized in talenco early 2020 in Paris on the new role of HR in the transformation of the company:
- The new challenges of human resources
- The transformation axes of the HR function
- HR at the service of the employee experience
- The levers of engagement in HR policy
Event hosted by Jean Baptiste Gouin, CEO of talenco, with the exceptional participation of:
Laetitia Dumortier, AUCHAN RETAIL
DRH responsible for Transformation and Organization
Arnaud Lesaunier, FRANCE TELEVISIONS
Former General Manager and Delegate of Human Resources & Organization

What new role for HR?
For Laëtitia Dumortier, « HR must be a true leader, »You cannot transform a company or a corporate strategy without involving all the employees.« In particular, “ We are working on management postures because managers play a key role, so we support them and help them succeed with the company.
Arnaud Lesaunier identifies among the major axes of HR policies « the evolution of professions and skills, to ensure that all employees have the ability to evolve in their professions and in their skills, and facilitation with a HR function gradually abandoning its technical expertise in favor of support and assistance during the hiring process.
What involvement of HR in the change?
Laëtitia Dumortier specifies that « the HR function must become increasingly concerned with The employee experience while contributing to the performance of the company«That is, to engage in «the quality of the employee’s work life, ensuring that they have clear roles and responsibilities, that they are prepared for their future skills, so that they can provide the best of themselves in their profession.».
What transformation for the HR function?
Arnaud Lesaunier explains that «at France Télévisions, HR transformation is being carried out" with and by the teams themselves It is they who, based on the set objective, define the modalities for achieving it, by simplifying their daily lives, re-examining processes, and embracing certain areas of the function that have not been sufficiently explored. They are put in a position to define their expectations regarding their career path, where in the past we might have been a little more prescriptive.»
What are the implications for the evolution of HR?
Jean Baptiste Gouin talks about Three major challenges in the evolution of the HR function :
- working hard on the evolution of professions and skills in the face of economic and technological upheavals,
- contribute to to evolve working methods (agility, collaboration, appropriation of new work spaces…)
- boost the level of employee commitment, Often insufficient in light of the company’s tremendous transformation
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