It always baffles me somewhat that on the board of directors in manycompanies, the HR director is seen as a sort of second class citizen, responsible for the touchy feely people admin stuff rather than the critical business input.
Given that we all agree (in principle at least) that our people are our greatest asset, then surely the HR function has a key role to play in driving results ? But how……?
By building engagement levels to drive performance, HR directors can actually quantify and qualify a tangible input to the bottom line. Mae West once famously said that ” an ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises”. Performance is what actually drives results and people need to be supported, developed and motivated to change their behaviours to improve performance and get the results the CFO wants to hear about at the board table! If the HR director can show the leadership team where engagement is driving performance, then the strategic contribution of the HR function can no longer be denied….
Maybe good HR Directors are our greatest asset?
