Perspective.

Years ago, when I was a new employee, they gave me a manager title and one of the perks that went with that was a Christmas matching program. I was excited to have that generous benefit. Then I was told that while my title was manager, I could not have that level of match because I was not really a manager. Confusing huh? I was managing customer relations but not people, other employees, or a department. Basically I was managing a process. So did that make me a manager or not? Then when I asked for their employee handbook, I was told they didn’t have one. As fate would have it, later at that same company I would become their HR Director. I was in a position to make an impact in all areas of communication, education, training, policies, procedures, benefits (you name it) and doing my part to make sure people were treated right when they had an issue or needed help. I started expanding my thinking. What if I could help businesses avoid the pitfalls that are the inevitable outcomes when the employee is given misinformation or worse, no information and communication stops like what happened to me all those years ago. I learned many lessons being the advocate for our employees… my customers. It felt good to be needed, to be viewed as a resource, and more importantly, to be trusted. So… I started Your HR Resource to help people. So are you the owner? I want to help you. Are you a manager? I want to help you. Are you an employee? You will be the recipient of all this helpfulness :) Let’s have a cup of coffee and talk about it. Because humans matter.