In the HR profession, we cannot let ourselves become immune
to hard times. We are dealing with
peoples’ and organizations’ livelihoods.
It should bother us when we
see things happen in organizations that mean less for employees, or mean less
health for the organization. When we
become immune to being bothered, we become subjective; easily swayed by what’s
“easy” or “popular,” and forget that we are dealing with real people with real
problems, families, situations and security, or lack thereof.
People outside of our profession wonder why we are so conscientious
when it comes to tough decisions. We
need all I’s dotted and T’s crossed. We
need to know that managers have done EVERYTHING in their power to rehabilitate
a failing employee or to change their responsibilities to better suit their
skills. We do this because SOMEONE needs
to. We need to have the sensitivity to
be able to step outside of the logic box and compassionately work through situations. The moment we lose this ability to carefully
consider ramifications is when we become irrelevant and may as well step into a
role in Finance or Operations where we may function more according to the black
and white.
So if you have stayed up nights worrying about tough HR issues,
then congratulations. You are the HUMAN
in Human Resources and we need to you to continue to worry. We need you to continue to dwell. Employees need you, organizations need
you. Our careful consideration before
acting and considering the consequences of our actions makes others throughout
our organizations dependent on our thoughtfulness. So don’t stop losing sleep over tough HR
problems, it might be best for everyone involved.
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