Human Resource Leadership

"There is no neutral gear in Employee Relations, the Employees are either going forward with the Company or in reverse"

Many Companies consciously or unconsciously run their businesses with an apathetic approach to Employee morale believing that the Employer/Employee relationship is self sustaining and does not need to be worked on or cared for – this is a grave oversight.

Like any human relationship worth developing there has to be on both sides commitment, accommodation, compromise and a strong desire to satisfy the other’s requirements if the relationship is to have a long fruitful and mutually satisfying lifecycle.

Many managers are uneasy and uncomfortable with this kind of language/sentiment and with good reason – they do not possess the human resource leadership skills to create and maintain a work environment where this kind of relationship is possible. They have probably never been trained or educated to attain the skillset necessary to develop and maintain a work environment which is conducive to openness, honesty, trust and credibility with mutual respect being the predominant "Ingredient". A perceived easier option is to create, maintain an autocratic or bureaucratic type of relationship which is far less complicated and provides the ideal work environment where Employees can be "Managed & Controlled". However, this style of management has evolved from the military command & control model which is required to get people up out of the trenches and face the enemy – it does not work if the objective is to maximize the intellectual endeavor of the Employees in an Organization.

It is understandable that many managers feel that handling ones own personal relationships in life is difficult enough - so why should Companies want or need to get more "Personal" with its Employees?. The answer I believe lies in the accepted fact that for Companies seeking sustained competitive advantage in the 21^st. Century, human resource leadership is the key as in the global village all other resources (material, technological and information) will be easily accessible and available to all Companies.

It is only in an environment where highly motivated Employees at all levels within the Organization working and communicating with each other for mutually beneficial rewards that the resources required will be accessed and maximized to achieve long term competitive advantage. The culture and core values of the organization must support this style of work environment by hiring Employees that fit the paradigm and creating/sustaining the employment conditions to maximize Employee retention and development.

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