Archive for April, 2009

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Healthy Disagreement in HR

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

I agree with everything you say, but I would attack to the death your right to say it.
–Tom Stoppard
We need healthy disagreement in HR. We are not lambs.

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65 Things I Believe About HR

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

This I believe about working with people and HR.

I believe employees want to do a good job.
I believe they were great when you hired them.
I believe people do what they get rewarded to do.
I believe in pay for performance.
I believe a good manager can make up for a lot of crappy policies.
I believe a great [...]

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Back to Basics in HR

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

When I was a kid we played outside. We played games that we made up. We played baseball using patches of dirt for the bases. We played the games and were our own referees. Our parents were nowhere to be found. And we didn’t need them.
What happened to us in business? Companies don’t start out [...]

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It’s Hard Work Trying to Do Things Easier

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
–Robert Heinlein

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More About Hard Work

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

I wrote yesterday about the value of hard work. Here are a couple more contributed by KnowHR readers:
From Rick at 48Facets:
You know what’s easy? Selling something.
You know what’s hard? Bringing real value to your customer.
And another from CoCreatr:
You know what’s easy? Copying good ideas.
You know what’s hard? Adding real value.
If you have any more, send [...]