The hidden weight of HR - Part 1: HR Happy Hour’s Trish Steed & Steve Boese on the cost of underusing your HR team

Most executives think of HR as an order window. Fire this person. Hire that one. Fix the culture. Improve the managers. But underneath that fictional menu is a function absorbing things no one ever puts on a report: the weight of every employee's hardest moments, handled quietly, while still being expected to move the business forward.In part one of this two-part conversation, we pull back the curtain on what HR actually carries.Topic Highlights:– Why treating HR like an order menu is the most expensive mistake executives make– What HR partnership actually looks like– The value of involving HR in strategy upfront– Why shifts in employee output might not be about performance– The most underused resource in your benefits packageGuest Bio:Trish Steed is CEO and principal analyst at H3 HR Advisors, and a former HR executive across Big Four, healthcare, and IT. Steve Boese is an H3 HR co-founder and a program chair of the HR Technology Conference.Episode Links:H3 HR AdvisorsHR Happy Hour Media NetworkFrom Worst to First by Gordon BethuneConnect with Us:theliftpod.comLet’s stay in touchSubscribe to The LiftFind Ben online: LinkedIn | InstagramSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.