Leadership and the Impact of HR

Leadership and the Impact of HR

HR : Human Resources 

HR: Human Relationships 

HR: Hire Right (Thanks to Jim Collin’s book ‘Good to Great’)

HR: The most important department in any organization (Sorry Sales. Sorry Finance.)

More than any other department and any individual apart from the CEO, the HR department has the ability to positively influence a culture of the organization, and therefore the culture of leadership.

Because of the importance of the HR department, some organizations have the HR director on the board of the organization.

Years ago, HR typically recorded the days due to staff for annual leave or the individual’s sick leave. 

Or at least that was all the staff thought they did. And the office doors were usually closed.

The HR department is where new employees are first exposed to the culture of their new employer. It’s where the values of the organization are clearly, or should be, lived by the HR staff. 

It is the crucible of the organization credibility.

HR directors should build relationships …as leaders do… as should the HR staff also do. 

Leadership is everyone’s business – and at an organizational level, it starts with HR.