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HR today has evolved into a strategic function, responsible for three key things: shaping culture, strengthening retention and ensuring the business is ready for whatever comes next.

As explored in our earlier article, part of the aim of good leadership within HR has to be to move the function forward giving it a proactive and high profile role within the businesses it serves. Being a great HR leader is therefore not just about rising to the top of the HR ladder, but securing a place at c-suite level, where the scope and influence of HR can be fully appreciated and experienced across the business. 

HR’s role is changing within organisations. Conceived as an administrative function – the ways and means for employing and paying people – the function is becoming more strategic, more important and indeed a crucial part of every organisation.

Discover how to build a successful career in HR, whether you're starting from scratch or climbing the ranks. Learn about essential experience, qualifications, mentoring, and strategies to reach leadership positions in HR.

Simon Kent charts the career paths for HR professionals aiming for the top.

Following on from the recent webinar from The HR World: Is HR ready for the C-Suite, is the C-Suite ready for HR, sponsored by DEKA Outsourcing, we picked up on two more questions from webinar attendees to put in front of our highly experienced panel.

We discuss how the profile of HR has risen in recent years but is it enough to justify a certain place at the top table?

HR data is plentiful and potentially game-changing so how best to use it? Lindsay Gallard, Chief People Officer at Six Degrees give his insight.

Professor Sir Cary Cooper, ALLIANCE Manchester Business School, University of Manchester outlines what good looks like for organisations.

Over the past two years the conversation around understanding the impact of employee mental health in the workplace has moved light years ahead - but what about business leaders?