Please answer these 3 questions:

1. Regarding your relationship with your CEO:

YOU:
a. participate in the development of corporate strategies.
b. are held to business results when you request program or project funding.
c. are given carte blanche authority for HR expenditures.
d. do not carry the same weight in corporate decision-making discussions as do other senior managers.

2. Regarding your managers:

THEY:
a. understand how to link HR initiatives to business results.
b. have solid line business experiences to draw on when supporting line management.
c. don't see a clear link between HR initiatives and overall business results.
d. understand the links between HR initiatives and business results but do not have the confidence to link the two together.

3. Within the last two years:

YOU HAVE:
a. defined HR's Value Proposition as related to its contribution to company value.
b. coached HR employees on how to create shareholder value.
c. coached non-HR employees on how to create shareholder value.
d. not thought much about HR's contribution to the creation of shareholder value.