Imagine a world where every great HR initiative gets properly funded: Retention programs are fully backed by the C-suite, recruitment snafus are nipped in the bud before they become big problems, and even the CFO meets employee engagement initiatives with near-giddy enthusiasm.
Sound like some kind of far-fetched utopian vision? Maybe, but there are practices your HR team can put in place today that will bring you closer to making this fantasy a reality.
It all boils down to getting busy leaders to understand the important implications of people issues and what needs to be done. When this is missing, all the necessary hard work you may already be doing — like gathering the hard facts to report on turnover or recruitment trends — will be for nought.
The key is to combine a razor-sharp focus on the business with strong visual storytelling elements. Follow these 12 suggestions to get the C-suite to hear you out.