Comments on: One Foot Out the Door: Required Reading for HR Strategists http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/ Know More HR. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:06:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Linda Kossoff http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/comment-page-1/#comment-2997 Linda Kossoff Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:18:06 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/#comment-2997 As soon as I read the first chapter of One Foot Out the Door, I knew I had hit upon something directly relevant to my workplace. I work for a smallish (60-employee) trade publishing company in Southern California. It was founded around 30 years ago and is still owned by one woman whose only apparent goal for her company is to help her buy more and more expensive toys. But putting personalities aside, it is also a company with no human resources personnel or plans to have any. The staff is entirely at the mercies of the owner, her longtime second-in-command and their immediate supervisors, who in turn are at the mercies of just those two previously mentioned individuals. How do you get the message of a book like this across in such an environment? Talks have proved fruitless, since any perceived threat to the bottom line results in a (metaphorical) slammed door. Years ago, a quality consultant came in, and their report (which I obtained unbeknownst to my employer)--full of useful suggestions--was apparently disregarded. I've worked at this company for 9 years. It is full of good, talented employees, most of whom seem to just plod along, waiting for the weekend and speaking frequently of leaving. Do I simply put copies of this book in management's mail slots and wait for the pink notice? Or is it time to bail? I'm grateful for this book, but it has also saddened me; now that there are words for what we're experiencing, it's pretty hard to ignore. Thanks for listening, Invisible Editor As soon as I read the first chapter of One Foot Out the Door, I knew I had hit upon something directly relevant to my workplace. I work for a smallish (60-employee) trade publishing company in Southern California. It was founded around 30 years ago and is still owned by one woman whose only apparent goal for her company is to help her buy more and more expensive toys. But putting personalities aside, it is also a company with no human resources personnel or plans to have any. The staff is entirely at the mercies of the owner, her longtime second-in-command and their immediate supervisors, who in turn are at the mercies of just those two previously mentioned individuals.

How do you get the message of a book like this across in such an environment? Talks have proved fruitless, since any perceived threat to the bottom line results in a (metaphorical) slammed door. Years ago, a quality consultant came in, and their report (which I obtained unbeknownst to my employer)–full of useful suggestions–was apparently disregarded.

I’ve worked at this company for 9 years. It is full of good, talented employees, most of whom seem to just plod along, waiting for the weekend and speaking frequently of leaving.

Do I simply put copies of this book in management’s mail slots and wait for the pink notice? Or is it time to bail?

I’m grateful for this book, but it has also saddened me; now that there are words for what we’re experiencing, it’s pretty hard to ignore.

Thanks for listening,
Invisible Editor

]]> By: Frank Roche http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/comment-page-1/#comment-2645 Frank Roche Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:07:52 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/#comment-2645 Suze, AMA that I'm referring to here is the American Management Association. Hope that helps. Suze, AMA that I’m referring to here is the American Management Association. Hope that helps.

]]> By: suze http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/comment-page-1/#comment-2643 suze Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:52:54 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/#comment-2643 Is AMA American Marketing Association? If so, why? If not, who? (interested in Webinar but don't know where to go) Is AMA American Marketing Association? If so, why? If not, who? (interested in Webinar but don’t know where to go)

]]> By: Judy Bardwick http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/comment-page-1/#comment-2613 Judy Bardwick Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:00:54 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/#comment-2613 Thank you! Judy Thank you!

Judy

]]> By: Frank Roche http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/comment-page-1/#comment-2612 Frank Roche Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:32:32 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/#comment-2612 Hi Judy, That's a really well done book. I enjoyed the flow and the lessons, both. And all the supporting documentation is just fantastic. I meant what I said: This is a must read for HR pros. Continued success with <i>One Foot Out the Door</i>. Hi Judy,

That’s a really well done book. I enjoyed the flow and the lessons, both. And all the supporting documentation is just fantastic. I meant what I said: This is a must read for HR pros. Continued success with One Foot Out the Door.

]]> By: Judy Bardwick http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/comment-page-1/#comment-2611 Judy Bardwick Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:00:02 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/#comment-2611 Hello Frank Roche: Thank you very much for your weblog comments; indeed I am passionate on the topics of commitment and engagement and employee/boss relationships as the keys to good management and business success. I sincerely appreciate your enthusiasm for the messages in my book for HR professionals! Cordially, Judy Bardwick Hello Frank Roche:

Thank you very much for your weblog comments; indeed I am passionate on the topics of commitment and engagement and employee/boss relationships as the keys to good management and business success.

I sincerely appreciate your enthusiasm for the messages in my book for HR professionals!

Cordially, Judy Bardwick

]]> By: Frank Roche http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/comment-page-1/#comment-2607 Frank Roche Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:44:30 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/#comment-2607 Hi Terry, I'm sorry that I did miss the webcast, so I'll have to look for it in the archives. Thanks for the pointer. Hi Terry, I’m sorry that I did miss the webcast, so I’ll have to look for it in the archives. Thanks for the pointer.

]]> By: Terrence Seamon http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/comment-page-1/#comment-2606 Terrence Seamon Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:10:15 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/10/18/one-foot-out-the-door-required-reading-for-hr-strategists/#comment-2606 Judy Bardwick is very passionate about this topic, and I'm glad she is. If you missed the webcast today, it will be available in the AMA archive by next week. Terry Judy Bardwick is very passionate about this topic, and I’m glad she is.

If you missed the webcast today, it will be available in the AMA archive by next week.

Terry

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