HR Network (Scotland)
January 2009
This article explores the elusive concept of strategic risk – taking an enterprise-wide perspective on uncertainty and the threats and opportunities it presents in organisations. The role of HR professionals is explored, highlighting the particular challenges people-related risks can create.
Andrew MacLennan & Graham Lee
HR Network (Scotland)
May 2007
HR functions can add enormous value, if they ensure they are ‘doing the right things’, as well as ‘doing thing right’. Most HR professionals recognise there is danger in simply implementing whatever requests they receive from line managers. However, the hard and soft skills required to respond to internal customers’ demands are subtle and tricky to master.
In this article, Andrew MacLennan and Graham Lee outline 10 key tactics all HR professionals – and especially those working closely with business line colleagues – should know.
