The Cranky Middle Manager Show #007 (MP3 26.6MB 29:01Min)

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The Problem With HR- Bill Hutter

Greetings once again from the Cranky Middle Manager Show. Through the wonders of technology I greet you from the wilds of Canada where I’m on vacation. Tracking vacation time of course, is one of the more glorious and universally praised uses for HR professionals.

0:00 Not everyone feels such a groundswell of love for those who toil in HR, Human Resources, Human Capitol, Cubeland….whatever you call your particular HR gremlins. That’s what this show is about.

2:20 Classic quote of the week- Sure Francis Bacon died in a silly way but he had something to say to us none the less.

3:10 We talk to Bill Hutter of Sequent, an HR consulting and outsourcing firm about why HR and Middle Managers don’t always see eye to eye. Apparently things were so much simpler when they were just “Personnel”

7:00 Sometims HR does what they do because the managers don’t know what they’re supposed to do. Let’s keep that just between us, kay?

12:30 Another guest grumbling about performance reviews and the whole process… is there a theme developing here?

15:30 HRs do have professional organizations. Check out The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and see what they’re up to. How successful they are is yours to decide.

17:00 In defense of HR folks…here’s the American Family Medical Leave Act… YOU explain it to your employees and see how it goes for you.

23:00 HR and Middle Managers can’t just assume good intent. It’s that “Communication” thing again.

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