As a business owner or a manager, you are constantly looking for a proper talent who can support for business growth. The core goal is to increase levels of efficiency and productivity of the entire organization. The HR department plays a very crucial role here. Their hiring selection criteria must be aligned with company’s vision and mission. They must not hire employees of short sight or lousy track record. He/she can be fresher or experienced, the HR personnel must do set analysis and then come to a final conclusion.

So, without further ado, here are the top four effective ways to both streamline and strengthen your HR department.

1. Work on conflict management

To resolve the conflict between an organization and an employee, you must improve the listening skills. You just can’t be partial to one side. Leave aside the matter of how old or new an employee is. You must have ground details of the the topic. Based on it, you must act as per the set policies and procedures to come out with a justified solution. When looking to manage workplace conflict more effectively, you should try and focus on events and behaviors. It must not be geared to the individual personalities of your staff and have them hold a meeting as soon as possible to identify the points of disagreement and agreement quickly so as not to waste time.

Naturally, looking to improve how your HR department manages conflicts is certainly not a piece of cake. You might need to take hard decisions sometime. The goal must be to create and implement a more positive working environment and company culture as a whole.

2. Provide an ample opportunity for progression

Too often, especially in areas such as human resources, business managers and senior department heads automatically assume that to improve the proficiency and productivity of a particular department, they need to hire externally. Rather than hiring someone from outside, it always seems better to promote an existing employee to a higher position. With new roles and responsibilities, he/she also becomes eligible for financial growth. But, such condition is win-win situation for a business as this guy already knows all about the company and can swiftly switch to the new position.

However, one of the closely guarded secrets of business, and one which will greatly enhance not only your own potential levels of growth but will serve to expand the professional horizons of your employees as well, is to develop employee talent from within. It will help to develop new skills from within. Just a few of the advantages of providing ample opportunity for progression internally include a greater level of employee retention and much higher levels of employee satisfaction.

3. Ensure total compliance & legality

A huge part of the daily duties of any HR department is involved with maintaining total compliance and legality adhering to the multiple rules and regulations. Thee are bound to all levels of employees in the organization. These days, knowing and truly understanding exactly what is expected of you and which parts are more advisory than mandatory is no longer an option and now a necessity. All must have clear cut KRAs (Key Result Areas) and growth map.

Contrary to what you may think, this legal compliance has a huge influence on recruitment and keeping your employee retention rates on an even keel. Such compliance starts as soon as the potential new recruit enters your office for their very first interview. It is a never ending process, which must be done rigorously to achieve higher level of productivity and growth of the business.

4. Improve benefits & perks wherever possible

Obviously, it can be incredibly difficult to find extra money to compensate your hardworking employees when they both want and deserve a raise, better perks, or else a more comprehensive health insurance package. If they are super seeding their expectations, it is their right to demand these. You must not take these things lightly. If they are not given proper justice, you might feel fallout.

However, as hard as it certainly is to benchmark with your industry competitors when it comes to compensation, perks, and benefits for your employees, making just small positive changes will make a huge difference. Even the very act of taking a long, hard look at your current benefits packages will show your team members how valued and appreciated they truly are.