So what does all this mean to the HR professional? It means a lot of
responsibility around risk management. It means we need to be looking for
different skill-sets in HR to understand the new realities of privacy and
security of employee data. And it means developing closer relationships with
IT and Finance to understand the new rules.
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Conclusion
HR professionals need to step up to these challenges. If you don’t, your Clevel
executives will make other functional areas responsible. As a COO, my
advice to you is:
Think like marketers. Establish an employer brand. Communicate the
employer brand. Sell the employer brand.
Don’t just preach the benefits of continuous learning to your employees. Be
continuous learners. Be at the forefront of the latest trends and
requirements and react to them quickly.
Acquire a broader range of business skills, in particular, think like a CFO.
What are the metrics that you can develop that prove to the business the
impact you are making.
Get rid of the stigma around mental health issues. There is no workplace
issue more important to your organization, to society, and to Canada’s
productivity. Anxiety and depression in the workplace must be dealt with or
it’s going to cost your organization in lost productivity and a lot of money.
Do real talent management – know who your Stars are, nurture them,
develop them, figure out what support they need to thrive in your
organization – because if you don’t another company will.
Start working on an HR outsourcing strategy today. Otherwise, you won’t
have time to do the rest.
So…if there is a rallying cry for HR professionals, what is it? We need to be
at the table? We need to be more strategic?
No the rallying cry is – we need to change the world of work. To do so we
need to change HR departments into Talent departments, and HR
professionals must become the C-levels of tomorrow.