Options Before Recommendation
Present HR advice as options, tradeoffs, and a recommendation.
Options Before Recommendation. HR advisory begins before the answer. A manager may ask for a form, a policy interpretation, a performance action, or a headcount approval, but the advisor has to uncover the decision underneath. What business outcome is at stake? What evidence is known? Whose voice is missing? What employee impact and precedent could follow? A strong advisor is not slower for the sake of process. The advisor uses enough structure to prevent avoidable harm and enough business language to keep the leader engaged. The common trap is sounding helpful by giving the first answer available. The stronger move…
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