HR Failing to Measure—or Measure Up

Ho-Hum in HR: Data is out that suggests HR isn’t living up to the expectations of senior management.  The Human Resource Planning Society and the Institute for Corporate Productivity says senior HR executives aren’t capturing the attention of other executives, in part because of failure to act quickly to address strategic questions that aid organizational growth. Researchers say 33 percent of HR leaders are relegated to spot contributions such as talent acquisition or integration, with only one-fifth believing they are vital contributors to executive teams. Meanwhile, a widely reported story in Great Britain is that HR directors are victims of their own apathy. Even though 60 percent of HR directors say it is possible to track returns on investment of employee training, less than 20 percent of companies do so, according to research by Lane4, a British performance-consulting company.