HR Department And Its Value to The CEO
It is a well-known fact among organizations that every department and every individual has to earn their respect in terms of their importance to the organization in the eyes of senior corporates, people like CEOs and CFOs aren’t usually involved in daily activities of every single department and it is up to the different departments to make their presence known and value be seen, and it is no different for HR departments as well, HR department is more than just administration and especially in bigger organizations where every single department needs to plan and execute in accordance with the company’s broader vision and for HR that is only possible when the personnel are trained to have more than just administrative skillset.
HR can help create diversity and help the company create an international workforce, if the company is growing and the corporates want to take that route then HR is the department that is there to help, it can be simply started with hiring immigrants, this might be the first and simple step towards creating an international workforce, the role of HR is crucial here and if they perform it correctly this might be the game changer for them as the senior executives would value this a lot because it might be aligned with the company’s long term objective of creating an international workforce, that might be out of necessity or just have a diverse workforce for future expansions.
If you are an HR leader and you want to earn the trust of your company’s CEO and want to have a seat right at the table with other executives then there are a couple of ways you can do it, get a hold of company’s long term hiring objectives and hire people accordingly.