Now more than ever, companies and their employees need HR professionals who are strategic, proactive, principled, savvy, flexible, and authentic. If those qualities describe you, you can create a career to be proud of -- one that reflects your highest values, that respects the vast potential that HR can offer, and that demands—and rewards—your very best.

HR from the Heart reveals how you can drive a world-class HR function in your company—using both your head and your heart—while building a dynamic and successful career for yourself. Author Libby Sartain has more than 25 years of HR experience at companies known almost as much for being great places to work as for their products and services, and is recognized worldwide for representing the best that HR can offer. Her book is filled with inspiring and instructive stories from her experiences at legendary companies like Southwest Airlines, Yahoo!, and others where human resources is both a corporate profitability driver and a rewarding professional experience. Her invaluable insights demonstrate how to:

• Develop the six essential ingredients of every great HR career
  
• Get “a seat at the table” and use the opportunity to achieve corporate goals by promoting HR values
  
• Release your company from the tyranny of too many policies
  
• Cultivate powerful relationships
  
• Trust your own judgment and stand up to the so-called experts
  
• Evaluate tantalizing, but potentially misleading, job offers
  
• Brand and sell your department and its value to the organization
  
• Be a best employer for the right reasons, not for the PR
  
• Be a leader in your organization in good times and bad