As i do every morning I opened my email inbox to read the latest post from Trish MacLane (http://www.hrringleader.com) in which Trish talks about how the contestants on Dancing with the Stars represent the different types of charcter roles can be found in our organizations. Her thoughts got be relooking at the content of a presentation I am making to a local MBA leadership class on this topic.
As the nature of the global workforce has changed over time, the role of the human capital resources has also changed. Far too many organizations ( and CEO's I might add) still believe that their organizations employees are nothing more than a number on the balance sheet. We dont rely anymore strictly on what we produce as we did in the industrial age. Instead your employees are the critical knowledge asset of your organization. Without their sharing what is in their head, you would lose a great majority of the innovative and competitive status cherihed by the marketplace. So I would suggest a couple of steps to strategically move your organization forward in this new paradigm:
1. Go read Trish's posting from this morning. Read it and consider what she suggests
2. Rethink how you view your employees. They are the lifeline of your organization
3. Move the employees from a liability to an asset on your balance sheet. I realize it is hard to put a true value on their benefit to you. But think of what the cost would be if they all left.
Enjoy your weekend what is left of it, and go into work on Monday embracing the new status of human capital in the global workplace. If you have some basis for looking at the human cpaital asset of your organization in another perspective , drop me yoiur comments.
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