How can I influence the business and drive meaningful change as an HR professional? How can I improve organizational performance and showcase my value? How can I prove that HR professionals are key to company success?
The Power of HR
is a practical guide that answers all these questions and equips HR professionals with everything they need to make an impact on the organization. It outlines the key aspects of the HR role, examines how they add value to the business and explains how practitioners can demonstrate this value to the organization. It includes coverage of the importance of attracting and hiring the people with the skills the business needs to meet its objectives, effective onboarding of these staff as well as guidance on how to communicate the value of this to the business.
This practical book also covers HR's essential role in company culture and why people professionals are integral to fostering diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at work and the corresponding effect this has on company performance. This book also has a dedicated chapter on using insights from data and analytics in HR activity to provide people professionals with the evidence they need to make an impact and influence business priorities.
Full of real-world examples from companies such as Adobe, Google, LexisNexis, Jumpstart HR and NPR as well as interviews from HR professionals and industry experts including Dave Ulrich, Lars Schmidt and Adonica Black, this is ideal reading for all HR professionals wanting to demonstrate their value to the organization, drive change and influence business decision making.