So You Want a Seat at the Table: A Practical Guide to Being a True HR Business Partner

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So You Want a Seat at the Table, a Practical Guide to Being a True Strategic HR Business Partner is a refreshing approach to a long-debated challenge. It is targeted to new and experienced human resources business partners and human resources leaders who want to expand their ability to think and act strategically. Whether an HR practitioner is in a large or small corporation, no-for-profit, or the government, the book provides clarity to the critical elements to strategic human resources. The book follows Mary Alice, a new vice president of human resources for a rapidly growing company. It guides the reader through critical human resources strategy and execution around building a healthy culture, talent acquistion, competency development, compensation, succession planning, metrics, talent management and employee development that align with the business strategy.The book is structured around a fictitious company and successfully delivers hands on, practical application. It provides readers with multiple useful templates and tools as well as example on how to build and communicate human resources value to the organization. Readers will be delighted with the limited theory and extensive useful guidelines, tips, tools and resources presented in every chapter. Easy to read and apply, readers will be able to quickly grasp key concepts and approaches to make an immediate and lasting impact on their organizations. FInally, a book that helps HR practitioners understand how to think and act more strategically!

Review

Jeanne Kerr provides critical insights, tools, and templates for HR business partners to add value to their organizations. This book is a roadmap on how to leverage your talent into a strategic competitive advantage. The story of Big Guys Apparel is entertaining and inspirational. A must read for HR professionals at all levels. – Mark Hacker, Managing Director, Alta Leadership Group Through her fictional organization, Jeanne Kerr provides clarity to the critical elements of strategic HR. As a leader, this book has helped me understand how to implement modern practices to drive high performance in the organization. – Ken Pfarr, President, The Corsi Group Jeanne Kerr uses the case study/story format to being together the concepts of leadership and change management. She blends story with the tools and templates needed to enable organizations to get real return on investment with their HR initiatives and reach their strategic objectives. She not only addresses the why, she sets up the what and the how very effectively. A great primer for the uninformed and a super guidebook for the experts all in one book! -Bob Dodge, Trusted Business Advisor, The Alternative Board Jeanne Kerr has identified the challenges faced by organizations as they struggle to create competitive advantage in developing human capital. She provides practical tools to assess and develop implementable action plans that are measurable for their impact. This enables management to determine their effectiveness and achieve a real return on investment. These tools are applied to a fictional business, Big Guys Apparel, but they are easily adapted to the unique complexion of any organization. Jeanie Kerr has created a recipe for successful talent management! – Richard J. Sims, COO and General Counsel, National Center for Safety Initiatives LLC Jeanne hits the nail on the head, illustrating what it takes to gain credibility and to take that “seat at the table.” Practical and wise, this book provides tools and advice for anyone who wants to go to the highest level of talent management in any organization. – Mary Stoik Dymond, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Graebel Worldwide. Relocation & Commercial Services If you are on the path or want to be on the path to become a leader in human resources, Jeanne Kerr’s book is a must read. In the midst of a compelling and eerily credible story, she uniquely provides a host of pragmatic tools tha