{"id":1647,"date":"2008-07-07T09:31:10","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T14:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/outside-managers-running-hr\/"},"modified":"2008-07-06T17:47:51","modified_gmt":"2008-07-06T22:47:51","slug":"outside-managers-running-hr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/outside-managers-running-hr\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside Managers Running HR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a trend I have not heard of &#8211; managers without human resources backgrounds being moved into HR Manager roles.\u00a0 From the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB121417392782995251.html?mod=\">Wall Street Journal online<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Of the 15 large-company chief HR officer changes that consultant Brian Wilkerson has tracked in the past five years, about one-third have been filled by non-HR executives, he says. That compares with maybe 10% of such appointments before&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The driver behind this increasing approach is fairly simple:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The shift reflects the increased importance that chief executives and boards place on recruiting, retaining and grooming employees. It also reflects a perception that some traditional HR professionals lack the deep understanding of business and financial issues that CEOs increasingly want, say consultants and recruiters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many organizations are looking for their HR leader to be able to understand in great detail the business and the challenges of the business,&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This approach makes great sense as talented managers from other departments bring a different perspective.\u00a0 There seems to be some irony if the HR department is fully focused on experience-based hiring.\u00a0 A manager from outside the HR world brings hope of changing that unwise conventional wisdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a trend I have not heard of &#8211; managers without human resources backgrounds being moved into HR Manager roles.\u00a0 From the Wall Street Journal online: Of the 15 large-company chief HR officer changes that consultant Brian Wilkerson has tracked in the past five years, about one-third have been filled by non-HR executives, he says. That compares with maybe 10% of such appointments before&#8230; The driver behind this increasing approach is fairly simple: The shift reflects the increased importance that chief executives and boards place on recruiting, retaining and grooming employees. It also reflects a perception that some traditional HR professionals lack the deep understanding of business and financial&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/outside-managers-running-hr\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[1748,835,834,50],"class_list":["post-1647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-trends","tag-hiring","tag-hiring-hr","tag-hiring-hr-manager","tag-hiring-trend"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-qz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":263,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/the-gut-is-not-the-answer\/","url_meta":{"origin":1647,"position":0},"title":"The Gut is NOT the Answer","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 29, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"We were at a customer site yesterday afternoon and heard a great line. 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