It Is Not One-Size-Fits All – Choose Your Recipe

What defines a good HR professional? Are those characteristics/competencies changing over time?

It is not one-size-fits all. Let's not try to capture all the characteristics of the ideal HR professional in one person. The composition of the team, with a good level of diversity, is important. There are some characteristics though, I would expect in all HR professionals. My top 6:
• A business orientation, and loving the business you are working in.
• Being independent and not too submissive.
• The ability to design and implement high impact HR interventions.
• A real people focus, not too much oriented towards management.
• Able to deal with ambiguity.
• Curious and keen to learn a lot. 

Every year The HR Trend Institute publishes predictions of HR trends. Which did you choose for 2019?

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