The job of an HR manager is constant and often thankless. It’s easy to feel tired, worried, distressed, frustrated, burnt out, and upset.
The Thankless Job of an HR Manager
- Tired of promoting technical staff to management positions. Then having to spend hours holding their hands as they try to learn how to manage- consuming hours the HR manager really needed to devote to other responsibilities.
- Worried that unprepared new managers will make an inappropriate decision that will cause a grievance or litigation- resulting in the need for the HR manager to step in and be “the bad guy.”
- Distressed by upset employees threatening to quit. This is because their managers micromanage and then hold them accountable for meeting performance expectations that they never specified.
- Frustrated by having to keep refilling the same positions because certain managers don’t know how to keep their employees happy and productive.
- Particularly frustrated from seeing high performers leave because their managers keep piling more and more work on them and they’re burnt out.
- Burnt out themselves from having to work late and on weekends to get other tasks accomplished.
- Upset that they have to disappoint their children because they miss some of their sports events and music recitals.
- Distressed that their poor partner has to handle most of the chauffeuring, grocery shopping and meal preparations.
- Or just exhausted without any time to relax and rejuvenate.
It isn’t fair to them, and it isn’t fair to the HR manager.
If this resonates with you and you would prefer to have:
- Managers who fulfill their responsibilities with competence and confidence
- High employee morale
- Low attrition
- Few management/employee crises
- Legally supportable management decisions
- Time to spend with family, friends, or just by yourself
Then it’s past time to provide management development that teaches managers best practices and how to maintain a positive and productive workplace culture.
Schedule time to talk with me about a tailored management development program.
May your learning be sweet,
Deborah
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