Did you ever get any human resources training? (I hate the name by the way!). Did anyone even tell you that you work in human resources? Well…you do. No matter your department or job title, if you’re a leader, you work in HR. Not only that, you’re actually the most important person in HR.
As a leader, do your actions match your words, especially when it comes to your employees?
Ronni Zehavi is co-founder and CEO of Hibob, an HR platform designed to transform how people work in the modern world.
No matter your department or job title, if you’re a leader, you work in HR.
Not only that, you’re actually the most important person in HR.
How well do you know your people?
It’s a question all future leaders must be able to answer positively.
Imagine walking into a car dealership and telling one of the sales representatives that you’re looking for a car. When he or she asks what you are looking for, you say that it needs to be able to fit five people, have great horsepower and torque, be painted blue, and have all the new modern features of today’s car. The dealer says they have something for you and then proceeds to wheel out a Frankenstein-like monstrosity that has five seats all on the left side of the car, a massive engine on the right side of the car, a steering wheel that’s attached to the roof, and splotchy blue paint. And they expect you to buy it! When you voice your displeasure, the dealer says the car has everything you wanted. Technically, it does meet the bill, but it is not at all what you wanted or had in mind.
Everyone has sat through boring workplace training sessions that seem like a waste of time and are a drain on employees. On the other side, many people have attended useful and lively trainings where they actually walk away engaged and educated, ready to apply what they’ve learned to their jobs. How can we make every training useful and engaging? That’s a question many companies face. Each week I talk with top executives, authors, and professors on my podcast, The Future of Work Podcast. Many of my guests are experts in training and learning and have shared their thoughts on how we can improve workplace training in the future.
Most organizations have core values like trust, collaboration, integrity, innovation, etc…But just putting those words on your website or the walls of your organization or the pages of your handbook is not enough. Your values have to come to life and show up in everyday life inside of your organization.
The way that we work has changed drastically over the past few decades. If you were to walk into an
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