Archive for July, 2008
« Previous EntriesMojo on Motivation
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Why is the topic of motivation so important to anyone in Human Resources?
If we don’t understand employee motivation, we will be designing the wrong HR programs, benefits and reward systems. If don’t get it, we will also be providing the wrong counsel to our managers.
Most of us learned in Mangement 101 that people are motivated [...]
3 More Ways to Get Respect
Monday, July 28th, 2008“I don’t get no respect!” Other than Rodney Dangerfield, how many times in Human Resources did we mutter or think this way? Even when we do get to that “table,” we don’t always feel respected as an equal partner.
Here are three more ways that worked for me (see previous posting for 3 other ways):
1. Transfer or downplay [...]
I Dare You
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
“I dare you to quit Human Resources!”
<–(me as teenage punk in the fifties)
The best Human Resource experience that I had was outside HR. As the Total Quality Manager for a progressive electronics company, I was able to participate in the mainstream of the company and live the life of a operations employee. I could see [...]
3 Ways to Get to the Table
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008In my book coming out shortly entitled, “The Way Book,” I outline ways for Human Resource Professionals to get to that “table” we want to sit at so much. It took me 30 years to get to that table as an equal, if not important influence and now I want to share my recipe with [...]
The Payback for the “New” HR Department
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008With our new Vision, Mission, and re-organization of our Human Resources Department, we are taking our place at that “table” as equals. The big payback is that we are now helping run the business and are recognized for our contribution. We are no longer viewed as lackeys and overhead. As Rodney Dangerfiled used to say, [...]
Human Resources - We Rock
Thursday, July 17th, 2008If we have designed the perfect HR Departmant - we will ROCK!
bill-haley-rock-around-the-clock-live
For review, you might want to go back a few entries and see what we have done. We had a Vision. Next we created a Mission. Then, we understood what we had to do next. We created an organization designed to ROCK. Our Human [...]
The Fantasy HR Department Continued
Monday, July 14th, 2008Now, remember, this is a fantasy.
I would split off the Benefits part and give it to the Controller. I know that this is a controversial move, but we should no longer spend so much of our energy on this no-win area. In fact, one reason for our less than stellar image derives from the fact that we cannot [...]
Ron’s Fantasy HR Dept
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008We have a Vision. Before designing our fantasy HR department, we should create a Mission based on our Vision. How about…
We believe that anyone who has people reporting to them are the real Human Resource Managers. Our leverage is with them because they effect all of the employees and the environment in the organization. Our role is [...]
My Fantasy HR Organization - Step One - The Vision
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008First of all, what would be my vision for the “perfect” HR department?
I would like to see….
Line Managers flocking to HR to get assistance in managing their people so that there are no employee relations issues, employees are performing to their full potential, morale is high, and we are all working as a team to [...]
Human Resources?
Monday, July 7th, 2008When I first came to the field, it was called Industrial Relations. I am sure that someone realized that you couldn’t relate to an “Industrial,” so the name “Personnel” became popular and then “Personnel” wasn’t trendy enough, so the term “Human Resources” evolved. For the most part, HR has stuck.
Within the HR department, the “Employment” unit [...]