Why HR is essential to strategy

A recent report from NGA Human Resources found that UK business leaders are increasingly seeing HR as crucial for the development and delivery of overall business strategy.

In fact 83% of business leaders feel that HR departments clearly understand and contribute to the strategic direction of their business. Following this, we spoke to Warren Parry, Managing Director at Accenture Strategy, who explained how HR can benefit from forward planning initiatives.

He commented: “When it comes to improving business performance, the most critical drivers are strong business leadership, good systems and processes, clear vision and direction, and high passion and drive.

“The highest-performing organisations actually thrive on change – with more change taking place, and at a faster pace, than lower performing companies. High-performing groups are more open and able to adapt to change due to high trust in leadership.