Strategic HR Examples: How CHROs Choose the Right People Game
Strategic HR Examples: How CHROs Choose the Right People Game
A lot of HR teams are working hard on the wrong game.
I recently ran a poll asking CHROs where they wished they had more time.
The majority said they wished they had more time for strategic work.
That answer stuck with me because I hear this all the time from CHROs and senior HR leaders.
They are busy.
They are responsive.
They are solving problems.
They are filling roles, improving processes, answering leaders' requests, launching programs, supporting managers, addressing employee issues, and trying to keep up with everything coming at them.
But activity is not the same as strategy.
An HR team can be working incredibly hard and still not be working on the thing that will help the business win.
That is the real strategic HR problem.
What is strategic HR?
Strategic HR means choosing the people work that most directly helps the business win.
It is not simply doing more HR work.
It is not using bigger words.
It ...
