While human resources may be the first and last point of contact for staff, a healthy HR function can actively engage teams to maintain and improve valuable and expensive resources. But as companies become more savvy about how to physically organize their people to facilitate better communication — which results in more effective teams and better outcomes — HR remains sequestered. While well-intended, a subdued energy in the HR suite telegraphs a closed personality, rather than an open one. Here are five ways to use settings and nonverbal cues to promote trust and active engagement between staff and HR. Historically, this has been done in ways that create a class divide between HR and the people they support.

Source: Forbes June 06, 2018 12:56 UTC