In today’s intensely competitive and globalize marketplace, maintaining a competitive advantage by becoming a low cost leader or a differentiator puts a heavy premium on having a highly committed or competent workforce.
Competitive advantage lies in management’s ability to consolidate corporate-wide technologies and production skills into competencies that empower individual businesses to adapt quickly to changing opportunities.
Leadership Style for HR Professionals
As an HR Professional, it's your responsibility to get the most out of your employees. Your leadership style will have a significant impact on their motivation to produce. Leading by example is one way to accomplish this, and it means more than simply walking the talk. It also includes such ideas as integrity, taking action, and following through. If, for example, you introduce a new set of workplace rules, not only do you need to follow them yourself, but also ensure that they are enforced. If not, you send a very clear message that you're not worth listening to.
Leadership involves much more than laying down the law and expecting people to follow. While this approach may have worked in the past, it is not the way of today's workforce, and should you choose this route, you will likely lose good people. How then, do you lead effectively and by example?
As a HR Profession prospective I recommend following is a list of guidelines from which to pick and choose Leadership style -
 Like, Enjoy and Appreciate Employees
 Use Written Job Descriptions
 Provide Training
 Develop Pride
 Celebrate Successes
 Communicate Clearly and Often
 Compensate Fairly
 Be Proud of Advancing Employees
How HR Can Add Value?
Today, no market is more competitive than the market for employees. The challenge for organizations is not only to make potential employees aware of their company as a good place to