Three months after raising funding, a founder hired an experienced HR Head.
“Finally,” he thought, “someone will fix our people problems.”
On Day One, the HR Head asked,
“Where’s the HR team?”
“There isn’t one.”
“What’s the hiring budget?”
“We’ll discuss later.”
“Can I redesign policies and processes?”
“Let’s get approvals first.”
“Who owns employee engagement?”
“You do… but don’t disturb operations.”
Thirty days later…
Recruitment was delayed. Employees were frustrated. Managers resisted change.
The founder concluded,
“We hired the wrong person.”
But did they?
They hired a leader. They forgot to build the function.
A Function Head without a team…Without authority…Without resources…Without leadership support…
…is like asking a pilot to fly a plane without wings.
Have you done the same?
The real problem isn’t hiring talent.
It’s expecting talent to create systems without giving them the ecosystem to succeed.
Because businesses don’t scale on people alone. They scale on systems that empower people.
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