HR Leadershift: The Five Distinctions of a Strategic HR Leader

by Sara Christiansen

Overview

Changing realities in the modern workplace have emphasized the need for HR to step up to lead-or become obsolete. But while many HR pros have coveted a seat at the proverbial strategic table for years, few currently consider themselves a significant contributor to the organizational development strategy. In HR Leadershift, Sara Christiansen identifies five distinctions that set Strategic HR Leaders apart from their traditional counterparts: Impact, Influence, Inspiration, Innovation, and Integration. With both strategic thinking and tactical advice, Christiansen offers HR readers a guide for overcoming fears, hurdling obstacles, and pulling up a chair so they can make a difference-differently.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781945209147
Publisher:	Clear Sight Books
Publication date:	04/14/2021
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

During her twenty-plus year career as a social scientist, Sara Christiansen has had the privilege to work with a diverse array of organizations in both the private and public sectors. As CEO and senior consultant at Ideation Consulting, Sara is responsible for designing customized organizational development solutions that drive true business results. She has a firm grasp of evidence-based talent development methodologies and facilitates strategic programs to help her clients maximize the return on their human capital investments.
Sara has vast experience working with professionals at all levels in an organization. Whether delivering a formal presentation to a room full of executives or providing one-on-one coaching for an emerging leader, Sara's passionate style allows her to connect with all audiences in a way that energizes individuals to perform at a higher level.
As preferred provider with the Society for Human Resource Management and the Human Resource Certification Institute, Sara travels throughout the United States to deliver strategic HR and business leadership programs.
Sara attributes her success to many factors, but she is especially proud of her ability to identify and embrace opportunities. She finds that grand possibilities stem from strong relationships. She says, "I often find myself in passionate exchanges with like-minded professionals. When I reach out to forge new connections, amazing opportunities often follow."
Sara has a degree in social science from Northwest Missouri State University and is a proud alum of the Delta Zeta Sorority. Today she lives in New Ulm, Minnesota, with her husband and two teenage sons. During the summer months, Sara can often be found at her lake cabin "up north."

Laura Lee is the CHRO of MGM Resorts International.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Introduction 1

A Seat at the Table 7

Distinction 1 Impact 21

Distinction 2 Influence 37

Distinction 3 Inspiration 57

Distinction 4 Innovation 107

Distinction 5 Integration 127

Pull Up a Chair 145

Afterword 153

Editorial Reviews

"HR has been shoved into a different game that demands radical transformation, and conventional wisdom must be sent for an autopsy. In this book Sara Christiansen delivers a forward-thinking and courageous framework that must be embraced."

CURT COFFMAN, co-author of First, Break All the Rules and Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch

"The five distinctions of a Strategic HR Leader are spot on. Sara Christiansen has mapped the road to the future."

CY WAKEMAN, Founder, Reality-Based Leadership, New York Times Bestselling Author of No Ego

"One of the many lessons learned from the pandemic is that leadership has to be adaptable and visionary. HR Leadershift: The Five Distinctions of a Strategic HR Leader touches on a variety of HR professionals and their organizations. Regardless of their role, they had to take swift actions to help pivot the workforce to meet an unprecedented demand while demonstrating extraordinary leadership."

DR. AMY DUFRANE, SPHR, CAE, CEO of HRCI

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