HR myths

I've been musing on this thread a fair bit, and I wonder if some of the reasons why people assume we are 'experts' and have influence and power that some of us don't have in our roles despite being seen as Senior in the company is partly due to the......and I don't know a more polite way to say this....smoke that gets blown up our posteriors by the CIPD itself?

I've received many People Management magazines with headlines like "HR are the real leaders" "HR are the key drivers of organisations" "HR are the true backbone" "HR are the secret to organisation success" etc etc, if this overall message is somehow generally out there with our managers and fellow employees, is it any wonder people think we are some sort of Oracle?

Although managers and fellow employees don't tend to receive HR specific publications so they'd be unaware of any smoke blowing.

I think it's because managers hide behind 'HR says' as an excuse

maybe my mistake is leaving the magazines out in my office for people to flick through.....hmmm......may need to rethink that!

maybe my mistake is leaving the magazines out in my office for people to flick through.....hmmm......may need to rethink that!