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10 Tenets for The New HR

Started by Frank · 7 months ago

Hey, kids, shake it loose together/ the spotlights hitting something/ that’s been known to change the weather.
–Elton John, Benny and the Jets
Kick off your electric boots; shed you mohair suit; throw down your magazine. I’m not talking about fig ... Continue reading »

28 comments

  • Lisa Rosendahl

    7 months ago

    Love it! If I wasn't already (knee-deep) in HR, I'd ask, "where do I sign up!"
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  • Frank

    7 months ago

    Hi Lisa...thank you! I'm thinking there must be a lot more that I didn't write down...but I thought we should put our foot down. If not now, then when? Cheers, Frank.
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  • Nat

    7 months ago

    Hi Lisa...love the list. I'm looking to transition into HR from a legal career and am on board with what you say here. You are the peoples champion. Keep it up!
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  • Kate

    7 months ago

    Can I start the applaus for point #10 now?
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  • Frank

    7 months ago

    Kate, that was my favorite, too. Maybe we could start a wave?!
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  • Chris Young

    7 months ago

    Powerful list Frank! As I was reading through it I couldn't help but think how everything comes back to item #1. This is where the foundation of a "new HR" must be built.

    Thanks for reminding all of us of this!

    I included your post in my weekly Rainmaker 'Fab Five' blog picks of the week - found here: http://www.maximizepossibility.com/employee_ret... - to share your list with as many of my readers as possible.

    Be well Frank!
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  • DanErwin

    7 months ago

    Couldn't agree more. We need to clear out the mild-mannered, no accountability chaplaincy from HR departments.
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  • Frank

    7 months ago

    "Chaplaincy." What a great way to describe it, Dan. Wow. Yep, time to move along and do things.
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  • Ron Ulrici

    7 months ago

    Frank, as usual, you are right on. I've been harping on this for a long time, but you are able to package it so much better. Now, when do we form the new group:
    Society for New HR (SNHR)? - And... I'm not kidding.
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  • Frank

    7 months ago

    Thanks, Ron. I sent you a note. You had an idea. Let's do it.
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  • Meg

    7 months ago

    you knocked this one out of the park Frank. Awesome post.
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  • Frank

    7 months ago

    Thanks, Meg. Ron left a note about starting the Society for New HR. I registered SNHR.org last night. Maybe we could create a HR-related organization that actually worked for business. Could be fun!
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  • DanErwin

    7 months ago

    It strikes me, Frank, that the real key where we in HR have to focus is on business strategy formulation. We need to sell our service to organizational officers just like marketing research or R&D. That's what will put us at the table and keep us at the table. I confess that as an HR consultant to business I rarely attempt to sell my service to HR...hope that doesn't alienate you, but I have to show my business contribution and it's rare for HR to have their finger on that. But HR needs to have its finger on organizational strategy.
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  • Frank

    7 months ago

    Dan, I'm with you on the business front. No alarm from me at all. I know some truly outstanding HR people...tops in their field. And they have one trait in common: they're business people first. What they *do* is HR. Your point about organizational strategy is so true...the great ones do it, and the others worry about a place at the table.
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  • Rebecca

    7 months ago

    Frank- These are excellent. My favorites are 1,2 and 4. I have always believe if you don't support the business and stop being the department that says "no" HR is just a "hall monitor" as you so cleverly put it. As for #2, one of the best things a senior manager ever said to me was, "Don't bring me questions, bring me answers." I use the same tactic with complaints. You can whine a bit, then tell me what you'll do about it. It's amazing that in our mobile, electronic, rapidly moving age so many people still cling to, "but that's the way we do it around here." See my blog post, "Is it time to take that bit of folklore out of circulation?" written on April 30th for The HR Answer Blog on www.allbusiness.com.
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  • Frank

    7 months ago

    Rebecca, I read your article. Excellent...that idea of folklore is so true...it's why we do what we've always done.

    Thanks for your comment. I'm not a big fan of whiners...no problem without a solution is how I handle things. It's worked for a long time when you expect people to be grownups!
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  • Jessica Lee

    7 months ago

    thanks for this, frank.! i think this is an excellent list and it makes me proud to be an HR pro when i read things like this! the new HR is pretty awesome... i particularly love "Rules are for fools." we're not the policy police. rules exist as CYA's is what i believe. but like you said, expect grownups to behave like grownups. you don't need rules to control behavior - good communication and clear expectations are the key, and then it's about influencing behavior.
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  • Frank

    7 months ago

    Hi Jessica,

    You're the kind of HR pro who already knows the list. We have a hopeful business...jst thought getting 10 tenets written down was cathartic. Those who know this already know it and do it.

    Cheers...and thanks for the comment.
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  • Joel Kimball

    7 months ago

    Love it, shared it with my folks. Best comment ever in return: "What if you read this and think this is already becoming the old HR?" What could I say except "you're a freaking rock star"? I love my team...
    Thanks also for the Punk Rock HR link - very thought provoking.
    Great post - thanks!
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  • Frank

    7 months ago

    Give us all a group like that and big things can happen. What a great continuous improvement thought. Very, very cool.
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  • Ron Ulrici

    7 months ago

    Frank, it seems to me that this posting of yours generated a lot of enthusiasm. I am really hoping we can do something with SNHR.org! Ron
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  • Scoop

    6 months ago

    Right on Frank! Your blog hit a button with me, so I pontificated on this topic a little myself at http://www.pivotalsolutions.com/hrblog/. Thanks for not holding back.
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  • Frank

    6 months ago

    Thank you! Good read on your site as well. I think this idea is pretty solid...and cool to see it discussed.
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  • Michael VanDervort

    6 months ago

    Dude, your 10 point plan rocks, even beyond the 70's
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  • Frank

    6 months ago

    Thanks, Michael. That means a lot and I appreciate it. I'm expanding the ideas a little bit...have been writing for a few days now. It's been fun.
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  • Marryam

    5 months ago

    This is the best set of Tenets I have read...I love it!
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  • Frank

    5 months ago

    Thank you, Marryam. We're building them out..it was a fun list!
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  • Syed Salman Jan

    5 months ago

    Very few comments from Pakistan!. Thanks Maryam for joining me in commenting on this excellent piece of HR literature. HR is a budding management science in Pakistan and I think these ten guidleines, not "rules"!, are great for developing good HR managers in my country.
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