"I don't know what 'being strategic' even means"
You can't learn to think strategically in a vacuum. The environment has to give you something to work with, and for most HR professionals, it simply hasn't.
Why other people's perception of HR is your problem to solve
There is a lot of dislike for HR as a profession out in the world
The HR strategy that almost missed the point entirely
We focus on activity, best practice, or what feels like the right thing to do, instead of starting with the problem the business actually needs solving.
You don't need to have written an HR strategy to be strategic
I was asked more than once to create an HR strategy document without having access to the business strategy.
When "We want to grow" passes for a business strategy
Most ‘business strategies’ aren't actually strategies at all.
I was told I wasn’t strategic enough. Here’s what that taught me.
The sad reality is that when HR are not strategic or just not perceived to be strategic, we can't make the impact we would like.