Human resources is responsible for staffing, performance management, compensation, and employee benefits. This is a varied and complex set of responsibilities, which is often given less than optimal attention by senior leadership. Good, bad, or indifferent…this is reality. But, as our Barry Fitzpatrick, Vice President of Client Service, says, he believes it’s critical organizational leaders understand each of these HR functions and their role to effectively lead.

Check out his thoughts in a Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal article titled, “Leaders, how can you lead when you do not understand your company’s benefits plan.”