Pop-quiz: What does HR do? (Hint: “Get in the way” isn’t the right answer)

I’ve heard a lot of answers to that question, but the one I like best is short and simple: HR aligns employee behaviors with business strategies. If you read my last article, then you already know how to conduct an analysis of your company’s competitive strategies. Today we’re going to be talking about defining and assessing behaviors that support those strategies.

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Why should a potential customer buy from you? If you want to be an HR Renegade, you need to be able to answer that question. Today, we’re going to talk about how to analyze your company’s strategy and use it to build a better team.

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Human resources can’t get no respect. If your only exposure to HR was through Fast Company and The Office, you’d think all HR managers are business-school dropouts, timid and spineless, getting in the way of doing real work.

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