Technology - HR's best friend?

Taleo's Judy Sweeney explains how technology is helping to boost HR's status at board level by demonstrating the value investment in people strategies have on the bottom line. 

There's been an evolution in the role of HR leaders and the technology that supports them. For years HR wanted to gain recognition at board level but they lacked the systems to show how comprehensive people strategies improved the performance of the business. Today's HR technologies provide those at the very top of the business with crucial insight into their organisation's strengths, weaknesses, and risks. Armed with Talent Intelligence, HR is playing a crucial role and could secure a seat in the boardroom.

In many organisations, HR business partnership is a real challenge. HR directors looking to gain traction at the higher levels of their business consistently come up against the same two barriers: the view that HR lacks a genuine understanding of the business and an inability to make their case using hard data.