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The perception of HR’s strategic potential has significantly evolved in recent years—to the point, says Paige Ross, global head of human resources of Blackstone, that HR and business strategy shouldn’t be distinct from one another.
“I don’t think of HR as having a strategy,” says Ross. “I think of the business as having a strategy—and HR is there to deliver on the strategy.”
HR is not a driver or a supporter—but rather one of the most critical forces that can enable business growth. It’s a role HR leaders need to more transparently own, says Ross. HR Executive named her the 2025 HR Leader of Distinction, which highlights excellence in HR leadership at an organization with fewer than 10,000 employees.
“The second we don’t embrace the fact that we’re key parts of building the future, we lose,” she says.
Ross says her own understanding of the interplay between talent and business outcomes helps her bring that strategic, confident HR leadership to Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, which she joined nearly a decade ago.
An HR role model
“I see the world through a talent lens,” she says. “It’s the way I’m wired.”
That vantage point has proven critical as
