The Business of People

The Business of People



Aligning the People Strategy to the Business Strategy

By Trade Stevens, M.S., SHRM-SCP, PHR

You've been told to be strategic. You've been told to earn a seat at the table. No one explained how the business actually works.

Sound familiar?

I wrote The Business of People to help HR professionals learn the business they support and turn that understanding into a people strategy leaders listen to.

This practical guide covers how the business makes money or funds its mission, markets, customers and competition, strategy and the language of leaders, from business strategy to people strategy, workforce planning, organization design, talent and culture that fit the strategy, pay and incentives, metrics, making the business case, influencing executives, finance and the board, and growth, change, and downturns.

What's included?

·      77-page digital PDF ebook you can read on your computer, tablet, or other PDF-compatible device.

·      14 chapters organized in four parts.

·      Practical toolkit with 14 appendices, including: business acumen self-assessment, business model one-pager, financial statements cheat sheet for HR, leadership interview guide, strategy-to-people alignment map, workforce planning worksheet, critical roles and capability gap worksheet, metrics menu and dashboard template, business case template, stakeholder map, annual strategic HR calendar, and a 30-60-90 day business immersion plan.

This book is written for HR professionals who want a seat at the table, HR business partners, HR leaders, and executives who work with HR, and it gives you a practical starting point.

Earn the seat by understanding the table.

I'm Trade Stevens, a senior HR executive with more than 18 years of CHRO-level experience across multiple sectors. I created this guide to share practical approaches to the challenges HR professionals and the people who work with them face every day.

Start building an HR strategy the business needs.

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