The CIPD is calling this a pivotal moment for the HR profession and challenging HR leaders to focus on productivity and performance.
Can HR demonstrate the commercial value necessary to spark the conversation and engage the business in a different way.
My own extensive experience as an HR Director gave me insight into the frustration that HR teams often feel when they want to contribute in this way but get bogged down in policies, performance reviews, engagement surveys and meetings.
The short answer here is that you HAVE to make time.
If everything you are doing isn’t a ‘slam dunk’ for executing the business strategy, then HR won’t be proactively engaged for their opinion.
If your CEO asked you today to demonstrate how HR is improving business performance, what would you show them?
Our team at Grosvenor Talent can provide tools and templates to begin measuring your HR team’s impact.