getty Since I started working in HR, the way HR is viewed by the business community has changed for the better. The growth of our role as business partners means the department is less often seen as the "department of no" (that accolade is now held by security it seems). It has been exciting for me to see this transformation, but I feel businesses could still be getting more value from their HR teams, which in many places are underutilized when it comes to business growth. In a period of growth, especially after a funding round, there is often a large increase in hiring. And while HR is often responsible for those hiring processes, I have seen that many times other aspects of HR take a back seat. Increasing headcount can be made significantly harder if the company has to replace employees at the same time as it adds new ones. This also makes recruitment harder, as well as onboarding, training and team formation. In these instances, HR professionals can be tasked with the multifaceted goal of retention as much as they are charged with hiring. Here are three ways HR can enable business growth by going beyond its […]