HR Professionals Report Influence at Top Levels of Company

Human resources professionals might not always be satisfied with their level of influence over business decisions, but new research reveals that HR often has the ear of top company executives.

Half of top HR officials (such as a vice president or director of human resources) report directly to the company’s chief executive, and at 20 percent of organizations, the head of HR answers to the chief operating officer or a senior vice president, according to Bloomberg BNA’s “HR Department Benchmarks and Analysis 2016-2017" report. Furthermore, seven in 10 surveyed HR professionals characterized their departments as fully (30 percent) or substantially ...