Being an HR Director, I am of the school that the employee is what makes a company successful. And happy, healthy, growing employees are what a company needs. The trick to this is hire well, train well, motivate well, and review well...feedback...we need to know how we're doing.
My boss is of the same school (yay!) and he is in the process of giving performance reviews to the whole senior management staff. I was first up. I was nervous because he had mentioned to us that he was gonna be brutally honest and very tough simply because he wants us to get better...even better. I like to think of myself as very self-aware...and when it comes to work, I'm really pretty good at what I do. I couldn't think of very much he would point out that I was failing at. And, that's what made me nervous. I'm not good with the unknown.
In any case, it was a big thumbs up. He was so encouraging and really supportive of what I do. And the line that I will forever take away with me for the rest of my working days: "If I were to put together a management dream team, you'd be the HR person." SWEET.
Managers out there...please don't ever underestimate the power of the performance review. Your employees will thank you for it.
Back to work!...
3 comments:
that's awesome! way to go!
congrats to you! i work in branding and design and we just created a little promotion booklet on the importance of HR branding and how it attracts the right kind of employees to make a company successful. i would love to send you a copy and maybe a copy for your boss. you guys would probably love it.
send me and email if you are interested!
paigepop@yahoo.com
YAY Susan!! That's really great :)
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