The interesting thing about being in HR is that no two days are the same… lots of different things, people, and situations happening every day. Some might see that as stressful and full of pressure, but I saw it as an opportunity to engage with and help others. Some of the things HR professionals deal with are beautiful, others terrible… but I wasn’t afraid of any of them. HR professionals get to meet and hire the best people for their organizations, coach them to become their best selves, and see them at their best and worst, all the while providing a safe environment to be whatever they are. They get to be with them (as Jim McKay used to say on ABC’s Wild World of Sports) through the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, helping appreciatee the best in each. We all want employees to be engaged, but you can’t expect them to be engaged if you aren’t. They’ll follow your lead, either way. The world is full of people doing their jobs – help them appreciate the value of taking the good with the bad, having the courage to accept both, and seeing “the glass as half full”. Don’t be afraid to show them all of that today.
Carl Frederick Buechner (born 1926): American writer, novelist, poet, autobiographer, essayist, preacher, and theologian
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