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HR at Home
By Ron | August 27, 2008
“You treat the people at work better than you treat me,” said my wife a number of years ago. These words sunk in; she was right. “You Always Hurt the One You Love,” is the title of and old song and another reminder that I’m not always the best Human Resources Manager at home.
I know why too. The stakes are higher at home and the emotions run high. This is no excuse, of course.
Today, I try to practice the human relations and communications skills at home, as I do at the office. I use the 2 Communications Rules I talked about yesterday, plus I use one of the most important tools of all - it is called: Using the PAUSE button.
She talks, I listen. I hear something that I don’t like. I don’t react. I pause. I don’t react. Life is good because I’m being a good HR Manager at home.
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