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 wait for things to 

happen.






4-You make fact-based decisions 

“Instead of just guessing or doing what we did last year … 

you make decisions based on (the current and relevant) 

facts,” 




5-You convert your HR results to Dollars 

“If you’ve retained five people,” Dr. John says, “you can 

say your turnover rate went down, but what if you said you 

saved the company millions of Dollars?






6-You innovate and take risks 

You are always ready to try new things.


7-You prioritize and don’t treat everyone the same way 

The focus is on what Business unit or what jobs are the most 

important. It’s a narrower approach where only about 20 

percent of the work gets a high priority.



8-You’re metric-oriented 

You rely heavily on measures because that’s how you improve.
“What is a great leader?” Dr. John asks. “It’s not a 

Business partner; it’s not someone who is trying to be equal 

… it’s someone who leads — who leads the Business, not just 

HR … and they produce superior results as a result of that.”



Regards,


Radha Yadav   [MBA ] 
HR Manager 
www.AeroSoftCorp.com
www.A1SoftSoHo.com
www.a1-cabs.co.in 
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