A6 / Strategy & planning
Turn models into practical help for people and organisation decisions. Explore the complete toolkit, working templates, diagnostic routes, reading and development resources in one connected collection.
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A6 / Models and Frameworks Toolkit for HR
A framework can help you see a problem clearly, test an explanation or compare possible responses. Its value depends on how well it fits the decision, the evidence and the organisation. This collection helps HR and OD practitioners select models thoughtfully, apply them in real work and review what changes. The toolkit connects 100 core tools, 29 HR Delivery frameworks and 18 external perspectives with practitioner guidance and worked fictional examples.
For HR and OD practitioners, business partners, internal and external consultants, service owners and leaders sponsoring improvement.
Your working library
Explore the complete toolkit, then use the supporting document alongside the guides and examples.
Complete practitioner toolkit
Follow 100 core tools through Discover, Diagnose, Design, Deliver and Review. Each combines practitioner instructions, a working page and a completed fictional example. The wider library includes the framework atlas, external perspectives, two diagnostic routes, assessment profiles, integrated cases, practice laboratories and worked calculation guides.
Open the complete toolkit176 pages / PDF
Bring the working records together in a separate companion. Match each template to its guide and example in the main toolkit, then use it to structure a conversation, capture evidence and record decisions. The templates include visual canvases and worksheets for practical application.
View supporting document79 pages / PDF
Choose between two distinct routes: HRSF examines an HR strategy and investment portfolio; A6MUR examines shared practice in selecting and using models. Each provides interviews, focus groups, a 24-item survey, evidence guidance and large-group activities.
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The thinking behind the tools
The A6 Model-to-Decision Practice Framework uses six quality lenses throughout the five-stage HR Delivery journey. Start with the decision, preserve each model’s source meaning and choose a proportionate way to test it in practice.
Frame the question, define the scope and agree the evidence needed.
20 core toolsGather different perspectives, test claims and interpret what the evidence supports.
24 core toolsCompare models and build a coherent, workable response to the actual problem.
28 core toolsPrepare a bounded test, support practical use and transfer ownership.
16 core toolsReview results and decide what to continue, adapt, scale or retire.
12 core toolsUse these questions throughout the assignment. They guide the quality of the decision; the source frameworks retain their own processes and terminology.
What decision matters, who owns it and what should this activity help you decide?
What does the model describe or measure, and which source meanings must you preserve?
What supports the claim, what challenges it and what remains uncertain?
Does the method fit the work, people, language, access and consequences?
What useful output, support and practical test will turn the insight into work?
What changed, for whom, and should the model be continued, adapted or retired?
The A6 practice framework helps you choose and apply models; it is not a validated assessment or a replacement for the 29 source frameworks. Keep organisational diagnostics, individual assessments and practical work evidence distinct. HRSF and A6MUR have separate purposes and interpretation rules; A6MUR remains a practitioner draft requiring piloting.
Explore the six quality lensesA connected framework
Explore the 29 connected source frameworks across seven areas. Select the relevant model according to the decision and preserve its own constructs.
Read & diagnose
Explore how models shape professional judgement, use the diagnostic manual to examine shared practice and read a longer perspective on why a familiar framework can sometimes obscure the real issue.
Ebook
Explore how to select, compare and combine models for real decisions. Foundational chapters, guides to all twenty-nine HR Delivery frameworks, integrated cases and practical records help connect evidence with action across HR and OD.
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Diagnostic manual
Choose the retained HRSF route for an HR strategy review, or the A6MUR route for shared model-selection and application practice. A6MUR is a practitioner draft for piloting; keep survey signals and evidence-based judgements separate.
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Long-read article
Consider when HR frameworks clarify a problem and when they become decoration. Use this reflection to challenge assumptions before selecting a familiar model.
View PDFShort insights
Start with the organisational question and evidence before choosing a restructure, recruitment intervention or learning response.
Read insight
Choose measures that support a decision, then interpret the evidence in context rather than reporting convenient counts.
Read insight
Use specialist workshops to compare interpretations, test assumptions and produce practical decisions with accountable owners.
Read insightRelated assessments
Use relevant assessments to explore the reasoning, judgement and professional skills that support good model use. Begin with a defined development question, review the instrument guidance and discuss results alongside work evidence. The toolkit also contains twenty assessment profiles and original report previews.
Explore how a practitioner frames boundaries, interdependencies, evidence and consequences. A developmental input to model use, not proof of competence with every framework.
Browse this assessment groupPractise distinguishing assumptions, comparing arguments and drawing justified conclusions from the information provided.
Browse this assessment groupReview level-matched behavioural judgement relevant to advisory conversations and implementation. Combine results with observation and work evidence.
Browse this assessment groupIdentify role- and career-family-specific technical development priorities. Check that the selected competencies relate to the assignment; a result is not a licence or a complete work-sample assessment.
Browse this assessment groupLearn & apply
Explore a focused one-day introduction or build wider professional capability through a related development programme.
One-day workshop · In-house
A one-day in-house introduction to selecting, comparing and applying models to a real HR challenge. Explore practical activities and a client-agreed agenda.
Related development programme
Three days. Practise consultancy contracting, systems diagnosis, intervention selection and evaluation, with evidence and stakeholder ownership throughout.
Explore the programmeRelated development programme
Three days. Connect a diagnosed problem with a defensible response, change readiness, project controls and sustained adoption.
Explore the programmeA practical starting point
Describe the question, the people affected and the outcome that would be useful.
Use the six quality lenses to compare models, examine their meaning and plan proportionate evidence.
Read the guide, use the matching template and compare your reasoning with the fictional example.
Agree an owner and review point. Examine what changed and adapt the approach as you learn.
Work with HR Delivery to turn the evidence and tools into a response suited to your organisation.
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