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How do you usually convince executives to heed your HR advice?

10/11/2011

Three-quarters of those responding to an HR Weekly poll say they rely on either financial or legal arguments when making the case for HR initiatives. Almost no one, it seems, counts on execs’ sense of decency being a factor.
  • 39% Make a dollars-and-cents case
  • 36% Warn them they could get sued otherwise
  • 21% Point out strategic business benefits
  • 4% Appeal to their sense of decency