HR on Purpose by Steve Browne

Author:Steve Browne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Society for Human Resource Management
Published: 2017-03-19T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

HEY, YOU’RE DIFFERENT!!

I MENTIONED EARLIER that negativity is a predominant force in HR. It really is a force that clamps down on the workplace in general, and that is why practicing human resources can be overwhelming. You’ve probably worked in a variety of environments or industries. Have you ever stood in a hallway, conference room, or break room and just listened? You should really try it, but be prepared to feel slimy.

Most conversations you overhear involve people talking unfavorably about others who are disappointing them. This talk isn’t just work related either. People tend to want to gossip and share dirt about situations. It doesn’t help that we are constantly surrounded by an endless stream of social media and news feeds that tend to glorify tragedies and fuel our need to feel better than the poor people featured on these forums. One more example of “encouragement”: Ever go to an HR conference? That’s where the darkness grows in exponential levels. You wouldn’t think this would be the case. However, people rarely talk about the people in their organizations that are great. They talk openly and colorfully about those people who seem to consume the majority of their thoughts and actions. In fact, if you stop conversations and ask HR folks to share stories about people who rock, it throws them because it just isn’t the norm.

The key to owning this reality of our companies and their cultures is not to feel that swimming upstream is wrong. We are called to swim upstream and go against the flow. A great quote that I use in my presentations and put on my office wall is “Only dead fish go with the flow.”

Only

dead

fish go

with

the

flow.

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