Over the last two decades HR has worked hard to evolve from being administrators or reactors to being business partners. Now its time to raise the bar again. Find out where the bar is headed, and how far you are from reaching it. For a full list of findings from the Global Leadership Forecast 2014|2015, visit www.ddiworld.com/glf2014.

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