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UnitedHealth Group Hr

To build exceptional talent and organizational capabilities by creating a modern, high-performing health system that is sustainable and equitable

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To build exceptional talent and organizational capabilities by creating a modern, high-performing health system that is sustainable and equitable

Strengths

  • SCALE: Massive workforce scale (400k+ employees) enabling reach
  • BRAND: Strong employer brand attracting top healthcare talent
  • DIVERSITY: Comprehensive DEI initiatives increasing inclusivity
  • DEVELOPMENT: Robust learning platforms with healthcare specificity
  • TECHNOLOGY: Advanced HR systems supporting workforce management

Weaknesses

  • RETENTION: Industry-high turnover rates in frontline roles
  • INTEGRATION: Siloed HR practices across acquired business units
  • AGILITY: Slow adaptation of workforce to emerging healthcare models
  • ANALYTICS: Underdeveloped people analytics capabilities
  • SKILLS: Growing skills gaps in digital health competencies

Opportunities

  • REMOTE: Expanded remote work model for clinical support roles
  • AUTOMATION: AI adoption reducing administrative burden for staff
  • PARTNERSHIPS: Educational partnerships addressing talent pipeline
  • VETERANS: Untapped veteran healthcare worker conversion programs
  • RESKILLING: Healthcare career transition pathways for employees

Threats

  • COMPETITION: Aggressive talent poaching from tech health startups
  • BURNOUT: Healthcare worker burnout increasing post-pandemic
  • REGULATIONS: Shifting healthcare regulations impacting staffing
  • DEMOGRAPHICS: Aging workforce with inadequate succession planning
  • EXPECTATIONS: Rising employee expectations for flexibility & growth

Key Priorities

  • TALENT: Develop comprehensive talent retention strategy
  • DIGITAL: Close critical digital health skills gaps
  • ANALYTICS: Implement advanced workforce analytics platform
  • INTEGRATION: Harmonize HR practices across all business units
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To build exceptional talent and organizational capabilities by creating a modern, high-performing health system that is sustainable and equitable

RETAIN TALENT

Build industry-leading talent retention capability

  • EXPERIENCE: Redesign employee experience for key clinical roles increasing eNPS by 20 points
  • COMPENSATION: Implement data-driven compensation model reducing pay equity gaps by 50%
  • WELLBEING: Launch comprehensive wellbeing program with 80% staff participation
  • CAREER: Create healthcare career pathways platform with 5,000 internal moves facilitated
DIGITAL SKILLS

Close critical digital health capability gaps

  • ACADEMY: Launch Digital Health Academy training 10,000 employees in key digital competencies
  • ASSESSMENT: Implement skills assessment platform mapping digital capability across 100% of roles
  • PARTNERSHIPS: Establish 5 university partnerships creating digital health talent pipelines
  • CERTIFICATION: Deploy digital health certification program with 2,500 completions
PEOPLE ANALYTICS

Transform decision-making with workforce intelligence

  • PLATFORM: Deploy integrated people analytics platform with 90% HR business partner adoption
  • PREDICTIVE: Implement predictive retention model identifying at-risk talent with 85% accuracy
  • DASHBOARDS: Develop executive talent dashboards used in 100% of quarterly business reviews
  • INSIGHTS: Generate 50 actionable workforce insights driving $25M in cost avoidance
ONE HR

Create seamless, integrated HR experience enterprise-wide

  • PRACTICES: Harmonize 15 core HR processes across all business units reducing variation by 80%
  • TECHNOLOGY: Consolidate HR technology stack from 32 to 12 core platforms by Q4
  • SERVICE: Implement unified HR service delivery model with 95% first-contact resolution
  • GOVERNANCE: Establish enterprise-wide HR governance model with 100% business unit alignment
METRICS
  • TALENT RETENTION RATE: 85% across all roles (90% for critical roles)
  • DIGITAL CAPABILITY INDEX: 75 (vs. industry benchmark of 68)
  • EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: eNPS score of +35 (up from current +22)
VALUES
  • Integrity - Do the right thing with unwavering commitment
  • Compassion - Walk in the shoes of those we serve
  • Relationships - Build trust through collaboration
  • Innovation - Invent the future, learn from the past
  • Performance - Demonstrate excellence in everything we do
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Align the learnings

UnitedHealth Group Hr Retrospective

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To build exceptional talent and organizational capabilities by creating a modern, high-performing health system that is sustainable and equitable

What Went Well

  • GROWTH: Revenue increased by 14% YoY to $99.8B in latest quarter
  • OPTUM: Optum Health segment added 750,000+ patients under value-based
  • SCALE: Membership grew to 52.7 million consumers, up 2% year-over-year
  • DIGITAL: Digital health platform usage increased 35% across membership

Not So Well

  • COSTS: Medical cost ratio increased to 84.3%, up 140 basis points YoY
  • STAFFING: Clinical staffing challenges affecting Optum care delivery
  • TURNOVER: Employee turnover in key roles exceeded industry benchmarks
  • INTEGRATION: Post-acquisition talent integration showing mixed results

Learnings

  • FLEXIBILITY: Workforce flexibility directly impacts clinical outcomes
  • SKILLS: Digital health skills gap limiting full technology adoption
  • CULTURE: Cultural alignment critical in merger & acquisition success
  • WELLBEING: Employee wellbeing investments yield retention dividends

Action Items

  • ANALYTICS: Implement predictive talent analytics across organization
  • PATHWAYS: Create clear career pathways for clinical to digital roles
  • AUTOMATION: Accelerate administrative task automation to reduce burden
  • INTEGRATION: Standardize post-acquisition talent integration playbook
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To build exceptional talent and organizational capabilities by creating a modern, high-performing health system that is sustainable and equitable

Strengths

  • FOUNDATION: Strong data foundation across employee lifecycle
  • INVESTMENT: Significant AI R&D budget allocation for HR tech
  • PILOTS: Successful AI recruiting assistant pilot programs
  • LEADERSHIP: Executive commitment to AI-enabled workforce
  • SCALE: Size provides extensive data for AI model training

Weaknesses

  • FRAGMENTATION: Disjointed AI initiatives across HR functions
  • SKILLS: Limited AI expertise within HR organization
  • ADOPTION: Low adoption rates of existing AI HR tools
  • ETHICS: Underdeveloped AI ethics framework for HR applications
  • INTEGRATION: Poor integration between AI systems and workflows

Opportunities

  • PERSONALIZATION: AI-driven personalized learning pathways
  • PREDICTION: Predictive analytics for retention risk identification
  • EFFICIENCY: Automation of routine HR administrative processes
  • INSIGHTS: Real-time workforce sentiment analysis capabilities
  • MATCHING: AI-powered skills-to-role matching optimization

Threats

  • PRIVACY: Employee concerns about AI surveillance and privacy
  • BIAS: Risk of perpetuating bias in AI-driven people decisions
  • DISRUPTION: AI disrupting traditional HR roles and careers
  • REGULATION: Potential strict regulations on AI in employment
  • COMPETITION: Tech giants attracting AI talent away from healthcare

Key Priorities

  • STRATEGY: Develop comprehensive HR AI strategy and roadmap
  • UPSKILLING: Launch HR team AI literacy and capability program
  • GOVERNANCE: Establish ethical AI governance framework for HR
  • INTEGRATION: Create seamless AI integration across HR tech stack