Do Amazing Things – lead by making bold decisions

What one thing can you do to be a better human resources professional in 2010?

Here is my contribution to Do Amazing Things, which contains ideas from a dozen thought leaders seeking to answer that same question.   The book was created by Chris Fer­di­nandi of Rene­gade HR.   You can get the entire book here.

Make Better Choices

Make better choices. This sounds too simple and obvious. It is neither. In fact, it is incredibly difficult and challenging.  Let’s take a look at why.

While it isn’t likely to make me popular for saying so, I believe that too many human resources practitioners working in the field today make business decisions or establish workplace policies with a degree of conservatism that is stifling. It stifles HR’s usefulness to the organization, stifles innovation in HR process and practice, and stifles their very careers.

Managers and employees go to HR looking for solutions, and all too often are met with legal disclaimers, and rote decisions based on inflexible policy interpretation.

In these cases, nobody receives a workable solution, and very little is resolved. but the company may be “safer” from lawsuit. No one is measuring the cost of conflict, the intangible loss of productivity, or the morale issues. The weak economy is probably masking your latent yet looming turnover issues.

Right now is the time for bold decision making!

What I am advocating is that HR practitioners need to stop making decisions based primarily on legal concerns, or enforcement of agencies regulations. We need to choose to stop letting these be the primary driver of human resources practice, and move to making business decisions that will drive results and facilitate organizational success

I am not suggesting that HR people should abrogate the consideration of legal requirements. Rather, I am saying you fail in your role as an HR professional if you allow your good decision making choices to be overruled by over emphasizing these other areas.

The choice is simple.   The choice is yours.

Choose to do the right thing by making good decisions for the right reasons!

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