Ask a seasoned executive and they will tell you, HR experience is not typically a requirement for executives being groomed for the C-suite. And the reverse is also true, HR executives often do not get the opportunity to participate in cross-functional assignments to learn and apply their HR experience to other areas of business operations.
In many ways, it is remarkable that this trend persists in an era where there is growing awareness that human capital management is critical to business success. In other words, now that we all know that most companies live or die on the performance of their employees, why isn’t HR being seen as an essential part of business operations? And moreover, why aren’t more top executives being asked to lead HR as part of their upward career path?
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