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By (author) Price, Joey Short description/annotation:Understand how to drive organizational performance, influence business decision-making and make an impact as an HR professional with this practical guide.Description:How can I influence the business and drive meaningful change as an HR professional? How can I improve organizational performance and showcase my value? How can I prove that HR professionals are key to company success?The Power of HR is a practical guide that answers all these questions and equips HR professionals with everything they need to make an impact on the organization. It outlines the key aspects of the HR role, examines how they add value to the business and explains how practitioners can demonstrate this value to the organization. It includes coverage of the importance of attracting and hiring the people with the skills the business needs to meet its objectives, effective onboarding of these staff as well as guidance on how to communicate the value of this to the business.This practical book also covers HR”s essential role in company culture and why people professionals are integral to fostering diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at work and the corresponding effect this has on company performance. This book also has a dedicated chapter on using insights from data and analytics in HR activity to provide people professionals with the evidence they need to make an impact and influence business priorities.Full of real-world examples from companies such as Adobe, Google, LexisNexis, Jumpstart HR and NPR as well as interviews from HR professionals and industry experts including Dave Ulrich, Lars Schmidt and Adonica Black, this is ideal reading for all HR professionals wanting to demonstrate their value to the organization, drive change and influence business decision making.Table of contents:
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- Chapter – 00: Introduction: The Power of HR in the New World of Work;
- Chapter – 01: Why HR is key to business success;
- Chapter – 02: Demonstrating value to the organization;
- Chapter – 03: Influencing the business and driving change;
- Chapter – 04: The importance of data, analytics and evidence for HR
- Chapter – 05: Aligning strategy and Effective communication
- Chapter – 06: Talent Management;
- Chapter – 07: Recruitment and Onboarding;
- Chapter – 08: Employee Engagement and Retention;
- Chapter – 09: Company culture;
- Chapter – 10: Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB);
- Chapter – 11: Conclusion
Review quote:”Joey Price understands what it takes to create workplaces where all people thrive. The Power of HR is packed with practical advice and real-world insights that can help any HR professional build a great place to work for all.It”s a must-read for those ready to make a real impact.”Review quote:”The future of HR and indeed of management depends almost entirely on our ability to persuade top executives that management matters. The Power of HR shows us exactly how to make that case. An important and necessary book.”Review quote:”I wish had had this book in my back pocket as I was growing my HR career. It contains the roadmap that an HR professional should follow to build business focused people, organization and culture strategies and practices, that will ensure relevant and impactful outcomes for both organizations and their workforce. The book is both inspirational and practical – full of useful strategies, tools and advice.”Review quote:”Every person who works in HR serves between 200 and 600 employees. In The Power of HR, Joey Price guides us in the journey with insightful narratives and actionable checklists. Joey illustrates HR”s potential to drive change
