Gaining Organizational Credibility ...

The situation: You are the recently named Director of Human Resources for a major business, previously you have been a member of the HR Team as a Senior Manager for the past 7 years so you have a good understanding of the company and the HR organization.

The previous HR Director was recently let go by the company, he had on-going issues in dealing with senior leadership and had been unable to meet the needs of business unit managers and employees. His approach has greatly damaged the credibility of the HR function with the majority of the workforce.

You have assessed your team and although there are two individuals who need some development, overall you believe yo have a strong HR team that you can build on.

You have strong evidence and realize that your greatest immediate challenge is to develop and gain the credibility of not only senior leadership but of all leaders and employees within the business. And you cannot forget about building credibility and trust with your HR team.

Your Assignment: Given what you know, what will be your plan going forward to gain credibility by not only Senior Leadership but also with the business units and employees across the company? Provide a meaningful and realistic summary of what you will do moving forward to gain strong credibility and trust.