1) Credible activist - They do what they say they will do.
2) Strategic positioner - HR professionals understand the global business context—the social, political, economic, environmental, technological, and demographic trends that bear on their business—and translate these trends into business implications.
3) Capability builder - effective HR professional creates, audits, and orchestrates an effective and strong organization by helping define and build its capabilities.
4) Change champion - HR professionals develop their organizations’ capacities for change and then translate that into effective change processes and structures.
5) HR innovator and integrator - At the organization level, the major competencies of effective HR professionals are their abilities to integrate HR practices around a few critical business issues.
6) Technology proponent - First, HR professionals are applying social networking technology to help people stay connected with one another. Second, in the high-performing firms, HR professionals are increasing their roles in the management of information.
Global HR Competences: Mastering Competitive Value from Outside In
