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HR: The Strategic MVP in Business Playbooks

HR Digest

In today’s fast-paced business world, companies must stay agile and have a competitive advantage to succeed. One way to ensure success is by aligning business strategy with human resources strategy. In this article, we look at why HR strategy is important for businesses and how they can go about strategic planning.

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Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) Business

Coaching Tip

In the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business landscape expected to continue for 2015, leaders face many challenges , requiring aggressive, sustained talent management strategies to prepare them for success. Forty-eight countries and 32 major industries are represented, as well as multinationals and local corporations.

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Don't miss this great podcast where Wally and Wayne talk about ways to keep your team focused on key business objectives. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License. . 

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The Unsexy Fundamentals of Great HR

Harvard Business Review

Given consistent research indicating CEOs’ disappointment with Human Resources, the call for change on the cover of last month’s issue of HBR ( It’s Time to Blow Up HR and Build Something New. At conferences we often ask HR leaders to state whether certain statements are proven to be true (see sidebar).

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Establish Expertise Inside Your Company

Harvard Business Review

You can coach others on writing better business memos even if you’re not Shakespeare, or lead an office running group even if you’re not Usain Bolt. Michael Leckie was a vice president of human resources for a prominent research company when he developed an interest in coaching.