Abolish HR!
HR isn’t HR anymore. Abolish HR! This might sound like a controversial statement — especially for a human resource leader to make. However, I believe it is time to give this serious consideration. I accept this as a challenge to really reconsider exactly what value the human resources function brings to any enterprise. Many of us senior practitioners recall the shift from personnel back office to human resources. As I…
Read more...The Predictability Factor: Another View of Change
Change happens. It is seasonal. It happens with our families, and we see this as we watch our children grow. It happens as we mentor and promote talent in our organizations. It happens as we move from assignment to assignment, or learn new skills and improve our abilities. So, do we really fear change? I suggest it is a fear of the loss of predictability, and call this The Predictability…
Read more...New Tires and Fear of Change
There is much written about change, change management, implementing change, and on and on. So what? For the longest time when I talked about change, listened to others talk about change, read about change or did research on change, I got more and more confused. And then I figured out predictability. From my perspective, all of life is all about change. Really, at the end of the day, what does…
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