HR needs to effectively communicate its contributions

Third, what it needs to do is to become strategy oriented and focus on issues which are vital to the business. Sharing responsibility for the goals and plans of the business is vital too. While making plans for the HR department, the business goals should be kept in mind and should be achieved along with the human resources’ goals. The HR is responsible for supplying the best talent who is trained in the business, motivated by their work, rewarded and led by the efficient management. While aquiring adequate knowledge about the business, it should also encourage continuous performance improvement.

HR has to be responsive and develop a strong customer-oriented support. Creating effective relationships is another crucial factor that fosters strong professional HR skills. Executives look for characteristics such as strong personality, impartiality and enthusiasm to take up challenges in the HR. They feel that these are critical for configuring the HR for tomorrow’s challenges which demand the function to be proactive and not distant or caught up with trivial details.

To be successful, today’s HR department has to make a flawless progression from managing elaborate administrative practices to being successful strategic business manager. More than ever, it has become an absolute essential in the present scenario that the HR adds value to the strategy and become an indispensable part of the organisation.

An important strategic choice for the human resources executives is to align through different options and to arrive at the best procedure for maintaining a balance between traditional and contemporary practices. Here, the focus should remain on business goals.

The time has come for HR to seize the challenge and start changing. The expected change has to be focused and aligned with the CEO’s vision and business. This alignment will navigate these custodians of human resources towards an overall growth of the tangible and intangible. Only then the department will be able to make its presence felt at the strategic level and will be respected in the boardroom. Click here to read more...

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