Reinventing HR

I had a discussion with an esteemed colleague the other day at an HR meeting about reinventing HR in light of the current economic environment. I wonder if other HR practioners have given any thought to this since HR has for many companies taken a hugh hit both with personnel reductions and what their real value is to the business.

I think that if you are on top of your game you would be thinkning of this on a daily basis. Asking real questions about your departments' value and how the business preceives it. Think of these few things when you have that in-depth discussion with yourself, CEO, and department members:

• do they truly understand the economics of business?
• do you and they understand the new changes in healthcare and the impact on the business?
• do they really understand the business or just the basics?
• are they fully engaged with the managers they support?
• what profound improvement can they make that benefits the business?
• do you have a direct link to the CEO, I mean report to them?
• is the HR department disconnected from the daily operations?
• do you really understand talent development and process improvement?
• are they Six Sigma ceretified?
• have you off-loaded administration to a self service enviroment?

These are just a few questions you should be asking yourself and your staff. What are your thoughts on this very important subject, drop me a line at wgstevens2@gmail.com