HR Blunders of the World
I recently went to Antigua and saw a sign titled "Eight Blunders of the World". The list was as follows:
| Wealth without work | Pleasure without conscience |
| Knowledge without character | Commerce without morality |
| Science without humanity | Worship without sacrifice |
| Politics without principle | Rights without responsibilities |
It made me think of the "HR Blunders" that are so easy to make but experience shows that they are not good practice and not sustaianable. I discussed this with 3 colleagues from my Asda days and we put our list together - it wasn't difficult as we have all been guilty of some or all of them at some time!!
So with thanks to Cheryl Pate, Dorothy Matthews & Ruth Smith our list is:
1) Doing the line manager's job for them
2) Not keeping People / Commercial / Legal in balance - having a wobbly "three legged stool"
3) Talking in HR jargon
4) Getting too caught up in tea, toilets, tears & tantrums
5) Believing that happy people always do good work
6) Hiding behind the rule book or policies
7) Not having a people plan
8) Having a people plan that is not aligned to the business plan
9) Getting bogged down in admin
10) Failing to convince the business not to cut the training budget as a cost cutting exercise during periods of economic downturn
Have you got any to add - if so please add to the guest book or forum!!