HR and the Art of being Self-conscious

Aug/10

HR and the Art of being Self-Conscious

by ReThinkHR.org | Leadership, Work, HR & Inspiration by @BenjaminMcCall under Business Impact, Human Resources, People

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HR and the Art of being Self Conscious I have seen a lot of articles and heard many conversations lately around the following:

HR is not effective…
HR should put itself out of business…
There is not a business need for HR…
Human Resources doesn’t provide value to the business…
Everyone hates HR
Dump, Dump, Dump…

…and so on and so on

The sad thing is I’m not hearing or reading this from the American Marketing Association, a random Public Relations group, CNN, Fox, Fast Company, Department of Labor, or even Forbes (while they have had some articles, they focus on other things rather than HR).

The people and places I hear these comments the most are from…

HR Folks.

People need to get over these old arguments and make new solutions. You can take the exact same statements from above and substitute Sales… Marketing… R&D… Operations… Administration, etc. etc. because I guarantee that they say and think the same things at times.

Maybe it’s time our departments, functions and people within Human Resources go to a motivational seminar or just gain some self composure and confidence. It’s time to stop ragging on yourself and do your job and increase the apabilities and performance of the people within your organization!

Do you feel we are being harder on ourselves then we need to be or do you think it is justified?

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Human Resources

benjaminmccall

I believe that we also need to have a little more confidence in the work we do whether or not others believe in it. If we are good at what we do and have confidence in it, I don't think there is much that can keep other parts of the business from agreeing with our own views of ourselves!
Trish

I think we can sometimes appear too heard on ourselves, but it's because we have this hope of how great things can be at work. Many HR pros think we're the ones to encourage and inspire people to jump on board and make things better. Sometimes though, we need to sit back and just get the day-to-day stuff done because that is what has the “real” value to the employees.