You Might Not Be a Strategic HR Leader If ..

You might not be a strategic HR leader if …

… managers in your firm have been conditioned to use the phrase “that sounds like an HR issue” whenever they have a situation they don’t want to deal with.

… your only role at Corporate Leadership Team meetings is to serve donuts and write on the flipchart.

… you think all the important information you need can be found on the HRMS system.

… you believe that being “politically correct” is more important than using common sense.

… you can’t accept the fact that some things just can’t be measured.

… you describe your organization’s goal as “Uh … well … duh … to make money … right?”

… your personal battle cry each morning is “paper, paper, bring on more paper!”

… the top management committee asks to leave the room because they want to discuss “people issues”

… your only copy of the business plan is the one you found in a conference room in 1995.

SOURCE: Excerpted from a list compiled by Dr. Paul M. Swiercz, Director, HR Strategic Partnership Project, Department of Management Science, The George Washington University (Washington, DC) from responses on HRNet.