Aligning the Path Forward: How to Bring HR and Business Strategy Together

When HR and business priorities are out of sync, even the best strategies can fall short in execution, leading to missed opportunities and diluted impact. This report, created by 3Sixty Insights in collaboration with Criticaleye Partner Eightfold AI, explores cases of misalignment between HR leaders and business strategies, and the short and long-term issues that can result from it.
 
The findings show a high recurrence (82 percent) of misalignment in businesses where HR departments are not in lockstep with the overall business. This was exemplified primarily in three areas:

  • Business strategy development and execution - only 53 percent of HR leaders report involvement from the outset in developing and executing their company’s overall business strategy
  • C-suite collaboration – 47 percent of HR leaders report that their HR department is absent from regular collaboration with the C-suite on long-term strategic initiatives
  • Talent strategy – 56 percent say their talent strategies do not align with the overall business objectives




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