To quote David Smith, Asda's former people director, last week: there are more 'bad guys than good guys in HR'.
'Bad' in the talent sense of the word as opposed to the criminal one, of course. So what are we to make of this? Fair comment? Harsh but true? What I find disheartening is that so many in HR would readily agree and, worse, seem to just accept it.
So let's ask ourselves why, and what can be done about it. Is better training the answer? McDonald's HR chief David Fairhurst argues that we should be putting more science back into HR.
It seems Google at least is doing just that, with news of its algorithm for predicting who is going to leave before its talent walks out the door.
'Bad' in the talent sense of the word as opposed to the criminal one, of course. So what are we to make of this? Fair comment? Harsh but true? What I find disheartening is that so many in HR would readily agree and, worse, seem to just accept it.
So let's ask ourselves why, and what can be done about it. Is better training the answer? McDonald's HR chief David Fairhurst argues that we should be putting more science back into HR.
It seems Google at least is doing just that, with news of its algorithm for predicting who is going to leave before its talent walks out the door.
The idea that HR should focus on the three I's going forward -
integrity, innovation and impetus - as Smith suggests, is sound advice. I believe there are plenty more hard-hitting HR professionals with fire in their belly wanting to make their mark.
Personnel Today has long been fighting to bring out the oomph in HR and to hold up those leaders as examples of HR's finest. And with just two weeks to go until the deadline for entries for the Personnel Today Awards 2009 (5 June), there's no better time to prove all those doubters wrong, and put together an award-winning entry that shows how you or your team have raised the bar.
Personnel Today has long been fighting to bring out the oomph in HR and to hold up those leaders as examples of HR's finest. And with just two weeks to go until the deadline for entries for the Personnel Today Awards 2009 (5 June), there's no better time to prove all those doubters wrong, and put together an award-winning entry that shows how you or your team have raised the bar.
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Imagine if a public figure stood up and said "most nurses aren't much good" or "the majority of teachers are pretty average."
All the best from Brighton,
Mark
Posted by Stress Management Mark | May 26, 2009 6:37 PM
Posted on May 26, 2009 18:37