Evolution

Enjoyed hearing so many pros share their knowledge at LASHRM12. My favorite quote came from Rose Hudson, CEO/President Louisiana Lottery Corporation, who said “can’t just hire employees and tell them ‘go find your happiness elsewhere’ anymore”. What a succinct statement of evolved management thinking!

The conference produced a stream of evidence like this that the management and HR professions are always learning and improving. And we grow because of all the creative info processors and problem solvers who:

  • know the foundation
  • understand the history
  • live the body of knowledge
  • scan for best practices &
  • constantly think about the future.

Shoot me an e-mail to get the resource list from my Total Rewards presentation. If we’re not connected, find me on linkedin, twitter, fb or let’s schedule time to do coffee.

And thanks exhibitors for the cool stuff, especially to Romulus and Business Health Services for the yoga mat I won in your drawing!

Namaste.

 

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Better Language

My husband has an English degree and my sister is a journalist so I am constantly reminded to use more precise language.

Keeping that in mind and with great respect to all the talented HR researchers and practitioners out there, I must confess that I don’t like the word competencies. It has bothered me from the earliest days I heard it used, starting in the 90s.

To me, competencies suggests competent, adequate or possessing just enough to get by.

The term I prefer is qualities. To me this suggests quality. No explanation needed.

Just sayin…

 

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