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How to be a top UK HR Director
1st October 2009
This week has seen the publication of Personnel Today’s Top 40 Power Players list which aims to recognise HR’s most prominent and influential professionals, those who have “played a part in bringing people issues to the top of the business agenda and been a shining light for the HR profession”
The nominations list includes a brief snapshot of which activities have been keeping each of them busy over the last 12 months. A swift (and entirely non-scientific!) analysis of the data reveals where aspiring HRDs should be concentrating their efforts in order to become next year’s top HRD.
In pole position is Developing People Capability, including Leadership Development, which has caused 11 out of the 40 to burn the midnight oil.
Next on the grid is Reshaping the HR Function, which has kept nine of the top HRDs busy over recent months.
And taking the third spot on the podium is Managing Redundancies. It’s hardly surprising that at this time of recession, eight of the 40 have been involved in headcount reductions of some shape or form.
For more details on the individuals who have been nominated, see Personnel Today’s Top 40 HR Power Players 2009
The information in the Top 40 list offers a wealth of opportunity to explore where senior HR Managers and Directors are focussing their efforts, and could be used as the basis of a discussion about Hard and Soft HR strategies, or whether there appears to be a difference in the HR agenda within the public and private sector.