Top leaders | HR's most influential women

One of the biggest pitfalls in modern-day businesses is failing to recognise the importance of the “people” functions like HR. The department is often shunned with many unwarranted perceptions, according to thebalancecareers.com.

The site explains that HR is commonly perceived to only have a vested interest in the company’s commercials, it has a biased and unfair manner and doesn't sit on the fence when it comes to unravelling office politics.

This perception, coupled with a poor representation of women holding senior positions and boardroom seats in most business, has arguably made it a challenge for female HR practitioners to climb the ranks internally.

But, employee experience platform Perkbox has combined both of these categories together ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8 2019 to collate a list of who they consider to be the '15 Most Influential Women in HR' this year.