Ten questions that make a difference for HR leadership: The distilled wisdom of two award facilitators

Abstract

Purpose

Presents the distilled wisdom of two human-resource (HR) award facilitators.

Design/methodology/approach

Takes in the form of ten questions that make a difference for HR leadership.

Findings

Asks: Are you trusted by the members of your organization? Do you possess a real and comprehensive understanding of how your business makes money? Do you keep yourself up to speed on the legal and compliance issues that are most important to your organization? Do you think strategically and execute operationally? Are you measuring and monitoring the most meaningful metrics that measure mission-driven performance? Are you working hard to create business partnerships with your stakeholders that increase the likelihood of success? Are you taking steps to help all managers in your organization to operate like great HR leaders? Are you using your talents and influence to build teams and solve organizational problems? Do you seek out and apply innovative HR practices that can truly affect your organization’s bottom-line performance? Do you ensure that people have the information they need to perform in an optimal fashion?

Practical implications

Urges HR specialists to review, reflect on and assess their response to each of the questions.

Social implications

Suggests that each question identifies key behaviors and activities that can become a target for improvement.

Originality/value

Provides valuable insight rarely available to HR specialists.

Citation

Longenecker, C. and Fink, L.S. (2015), "Ten questions that make a difference for HR leadership: The distilled wisdom of two award facilitators", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 23 No. 3, pp. 20-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-03-2015-0044