National newspapers have called HR a "parasite," "bloated" and a "shadow empire" – and the vitriol keeps coming.
The criticism has been enough to drive the CIPD’s chief executive, Peter Cheese, to defend the profession's work in an open letter. But do the ‘HR haters’ have a point?
Or is the profession simply getting caught in the culture war crossfire?
We invited David Blackburn, who achieved the #2 HR Most Influential Practitioner ranking in 2024, on to the podcast to puzzle it out.
On the podcast, he discusses:
- Why the HR profession is getting a bad rap
- Cheese's defence of the profession
- How HR should respond to its haters
- Top tips for defending the profession, and more
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All episodes are available online at hrmagazine.co.uk/podcasts.
