You make a good point about executive compensation, where most of HR has “sold out” to their own self-interest. Personally I’d like to see more of a balance. I can acknowledge the importance of HR sitting at the Sr. Management table, but they shouldn’t forget their original role. If they do, then they’ve actually weakened their value to the organization. When the employees turn away from HR at that point you really have a human factor problem.

Regards,

Chuck

Interesting views.

If we believe that HR is the ethical barometer in organisations, then concur that we may be ‘throwing the baby out with the bathwater’.

I also think organisations get the HR they deserve. Just look at response of the HR community to the debacle surrounding executive compensation – talk about being ‘embedded’.

You will probably find purists on both sides, with the rest in the messy middle.

My take is that when I do my HR scorecard each night, I look to see that I did the least amount of harm.

Regards
Yendor