Successful HRBP

In our research on successful HRBP’s one of the key elements of their success was that they had a point of view and a willingness to stand up for their point of view. They tended to have a view on both business and HR issues and were willing to debate and fight for their ideas. In addition they has great skills in getting buy in to their ideas. They could persuade line managers to theirpoint of view. Their line clients told us this equated to showing leadership. As we have worked with more companies we have seen that this is a key element of success. Maybe THE key element. By leadership we are not just talking about leading the function or HR department. That is important but not sufficient. Here we are talking about being a leader in the business. Besides having a point of view and being ready to defend we wondered what the other skills and attributes are. We are therefore looking further are other element that make for Leading HR. We have just launched a survey on the web site to look at both the skills of Leading HR and to also look at what HR are rewarded for. We want your opinion on the quality of leadership in HR too. So please go to the site and have your say!