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Summary: Human resources, despite the function’s complex activities, should have a fundamentally simple mission, yet it is a mission that is being neglected by many HR professionals. I call that mission the Leadership Imperative — helping the organization recruit, retain, and develop good leaders. Here is a three-step action plan to get the HR function off the sidelines and into the thick of the game.
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A Whack Up ‘long Side The Head Of Human Resources: The Leadership Imperative
by Brent Filson
When we perceive the simple center in the seemingly complex, we can change our world in powerful new ways.
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Albert Einstein perceived the simple E=MC2 in the complexities of physical reality and changed the history of the 20th century.
Big Daddy Lipscomb, the Baltimore Colts 300 pound all-pro tackle in the 1960s perceived the simple center of what was perceived to be the complex game of football. “I just wade into players,” he said, “until I come to the one with the ball. Him I keep!” — and changed the way the game was played.
Likewise, human resources, despite its complex activities, should have a fundamentally simple mission, yet it is a mission that is being neglected by many HR professionals. I call that mission the Leadership Imperative — helping the organization recruit, retain, and develop good leaders.