While everyone needs to build relationships within their organization, it is especially essential that human resource professionals do so! Building relationships is key to success for human resource professionals – especially in engaging employees in any number of initiatives that are ongoing within the organization.
The benefits of doing so are plentiful and will enable Human Resource professionals to accomplish many of their goals and initiative.
When time is taken to build relationships throughout the organization, Human Resource professionals can:
- More easily get things done through others
- Gain support and commitment for their initiatives
- More easily “sell” their ideas
- Increase involvement within the organization
- Be seen as a partner
- Improve their understanding of their stakeholders and those stakeholders reactions to initiatives
Taking the time to build relationships does not have to be an onerous effort. Just a few hours a week will suffice!
