| | JUNE - 2023MANAGEHRMAGAZINE.COM19By Hans Faber, Global Senior HR Director, Netherlands, Scotch & SodaTOO MUCH HR WORKS COUNTERPRODUCTIVEJohan Cruyff's quote "Football is simple, but the hardest thing there is, is simple football" and that is exactly the challenge for HR. For many years HR reaches a level of over-delivery. And in fact, HR itself is responsible for that. HR often reaches an unreasonable area of HR support with too little impact. Nevertheless, it is quite well understood. HR is people business and people business is the most complicated factor of any business and without a doubt not always easy to manage. There are so many interactions HR can spend time on; recruitment, rewards, talent, succession, leadership, vitality, digital HR, diversity, Hans FaberCXO Insightstraining, coaching, retention, surveys, onboarding, and employer branding. The list is endless. There is only so much you can do, and above all, it is not all needed.Too much HR?Yes, in general, HR teams and agendas have grown too big in many organizations. The result is that HR is over-delivering in many `complicated' HR activations, often without an effective strategy. Also, in conjunction, my strong opinion is when the HR department is oversized with HR managers it will automatically create an oversized and endless HR agenda. Europe Executive Search (Headhunting) Market size was valued at USD 4,862.85 Million and is projected to reach USD 11,551.80 Million by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 10.46 per cent from 2023 to 2030QuickBytes
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