The Future of HR

Once and for all, “HR Professional” is not an oxymoron.

I’m passionate about HR and the contribution we make to the bottom line of the organizations of which we’re a part. The future of HR is limitless. So long as there are jobs, there will be people needed to do them. Our future is to understand and define the intersection of people, the work that needs to be done and how people are placed and managed in the jobs they do.  People, not things, technology, or buildings (which are more and more becoming monuments to how work used to get done) are the key to a successful future. And HR is the key to the people. We just need to keep our eye on how work is evolving to remain relevant in the workplace of the future.

I’m a trainer, speaker, author (Someone’s Gonna Get Hired…it Might As Well Be You!, PHRC publisher) and consultant. My specific areas of expertise are performance motivation and management, staffing, and creating a respectful workplace through minimizing workplace harassment.

My plan is to write about work, and the people who do it, from all aspects. The manager responsible for seeing that the work gets done; the employees who are on the line everyday, whether it is the assembly line, the customer service line, or the checkout line at the store; and the applicant looking to get a job and show what she can do. Human resources departments face all three and must understand the challenges, eccentricities, and wonderment of each. I’m an optimist. I think life can be wonderful. I think work can be wonderful. And I see no reason that the two can’t and won’t intersect.