Have you ever:
If you answered "yes" to any of the questions above, you engaged in HR self-deception. You made your boss happy. Your boss made the Board happy. The Board made the investors happy. The original problems, however, never changed. In fact, the issues may have gotten worse. In "Leadership and Self Deception" (Arbinger Institute, 20150), you read the story of a 19th-century obstetrician intent on decreasing his ward's mortality rate. The OB discovered a problem: The hospital doctors also worked on cadavers and brought infection to their own patients. The moral of the story: Sometimes, we think we are solving problems, but we aren't. Instead, we could cause harm. My questions to you today: What examples of HR self-deception could you share? Dr. Cris Wildermuth Linked:HR Community Chair Master of Science in Leadership Development, Drake University PS: Drake University is opening another SHRM certification class for the spring of 2021. Interested? Click on the button below.
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Dr. Cris WildermuthDr. Cris Wildermuth is Linked:HR's Community Leader and an Associate Professor at Barry University. You may find out more about Dr. Wildermuth's leadership development, ethics, and intercultural development consulting practice at THIS PAGE. Archives
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