Too often I hear even HR people saying, “HR is too important to be left to HR.” I’m sick about it. To me it sounds like “HR is too weak to take care of HR by itself.” Have you ever met a sales executive or a CIO who said: “Sales is too important to be left to Sales” or “IT is too important to be left to IT”? I doubt it. While leaders in most corporate functions naturally try to absorb and demonstrate power, HR diffuses responsibility toward its internal customers because of some major misunderstandings.
Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR?
Too often I hear even HR people saying, “HR is too important to be left to HR.” I’m sick about it. To me it sounds like “HR is too weak to take care of HR by itself.” Have you ever met a sales executive or a CIO who said: “Sales is too important to be […]
November 23, 2010