Top Qualities and Characteristics of Great HR Leaders
The Top Qualities and Characteristics of Great HR Leaders 1-HR must be a leader, not simply a Business partner. You have to be out in front and going first, but when you do go first “there’s no manual to read, there’s no book to read, there’s no one to benchmark against … so if you are the first organization doing something, it’s difficult … there’s some risk involved,” 2-They’ve worked in Business. What causes success in HR, and the No. 1 thing was knowledge of the Business. “If you’ve worked in Business, you are automatically more credible … your ideas are listened to because you have worked in the trenches with employees.” 3-Your top goal should be to increase productivity You should be able to give advice on how to improve productivity (and) take advantage of productivity opportunities.” You need to be proactive. Seek out problems and opportunities, he says; don’t just wai...