Archive for May, 2010

Employees often view HR departments as where to go to get a form or a question answered about  benefits.
By HR can actually help you develop your career by:

• Providing suggestions of how to make contacts with those in the organization who may help you  advance your career
• Supply ideas of alternate career paths when one road is blocked
• Offer opportunities for coaching and mentoring
• Be an avenue to showcase your accomplishments and how you have contributed to the organization
• Mediate issues between you and your manager

I often encourage my clients to go to HR for help, even when the company has hired me to work with an individual in either a performance improvement, leadership development or outplacement role. But HR’s first allegiance is to the organization, not the employee.

HR can advocate for the employee by providing management training on  conducting performance reviews and  developing employees. But it is the responsibility of HR to help protect the organization from potential lawsuits, and to enforce directives from the management team.

A properly ...