Leadership
As explored in our earlier article, part of the aim of good leadership within HR has to be to move the function forward giving it a proactive and high profile role within the businesses it serves. Being a great HR leader is therefore not just about rising to the top of the HR ladder, but securing a place at c-suite level, where the scope and influence of HR can be fully appreciated and experienced across the business.
HR’s role is changing within organisations. Conceived as an administrative function – the ways and means for employing and paying people – the function is becoming more strategic, more important and indeed a crucial part of every organisation.
Being a leader has changed over the past years. Today’s organisations look vastly different from what they did even ten years ago. This is not just the impact of hybrid working and fallout from the pandemic.
A career of almost continuous change has given Harvey Francis – Executive Vice President – People, Communications, Customer Experience, Strategy & Planning, Skanska a business focus throughout his HR work.
Following on from the recent webinar from The HR World: Is HR ready for the C-Suite, is the C-Suite ready for HR, sponsored by DEKA Outsourcing, we picked up on two more questions from webinar attendees to put in front of our highly experienced panel.
We discuss how the profile of HR has risen in recent years but is it enough to justify a certain place at the top table?
The profile of HR has risen in recent years but is it enough to justify a certain place at the top table?
With an extensive career in HR within the professional services, Matt Wiggs, Vice President HR EMEA feels he was always in the right place.
Organisational Development Consultant, professor, and author Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown discusses how LGBTQ+ culture can expand transformational leadership.
