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Define Value-Added

Florida is a hotbed of news in the HR community lately. Last week, we got to be visited by the AFL-CIO and Vp Joe Biden and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis all hanging out at the Fontainbleu Hotel in Miami, soaking up the sun and having an EFCA passage party.

This week, we've got a crowd of bean counters in Orlando talking about HR. Honestly, there are fewer things I can think of that are more scary.

What could be more scary? A college professor talking to the bean counters about HR.

If you want HR to add value, you really shouldn't listen to either bean counters or HR professors! Well, maybe a little, but they aren't the only ones to measure this shit.

Memo to CFOs: Don't Trust HR

A professor says most human resources professionals are ill-equipped to carry out value-added workforce planning and transformation

From CFO.com comes an exciting pronouncement on HR from a "those who can't do - teach" kind of guy: