ISBN: 9780314199218    Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc Year of publishing: 2008     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 136        Language: English

The First Year as an HR Executive of a Company is an authoritative, insiders perspective on strategies for succeeding as a human resources executive in the first year at a new company. Featuring heads of HR representing some of the top companies in the nation, The First Year as an HR Executive of a Company provides best practices for gaining credibility, prioritizing goals, and encouraging a culture of open communication to learn how HR can directly serve business needsall in the initial twelve months on the job. Aware that the departing HR executive can serve as an invaluable resource to theincoming executive, the authors describe how to leverage this relationship for optimum results, along with the other crucial introductions that must be made proactively. Driven by the demand for HR leaders to align HR strategy with business objectives, the authors explain how to gauge the effectiveness of current HR initiatives, obtain input from the management team, and present a strong vision that new colleagues will embrace. From cultivating key relationships to evaluating the existing team, these authors walk through how to best become familiar with the new companys people, products, and practices. Underlining the unique opportunity to bring a fresh perspective to a possibly stagnant HR department, the authors explain how to examine and potentially discard the old way of doing things in favor of a more efficient, effective method of achieving goals. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the leading human resources minds of today, as these insiders offer up their thoughts
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