HR management has become more crucial to have good comradery within the workplace. After looking at the Fortunes 100 best companies to work for list, it has given me a lot of insight about how companies should prioritize HR strategies for there employees. The companies that stood out to me the most are Adobe Systems Incorporated (35), Capital One (24), American Express (9). What caught my eye about these companies is that over 90% of employees say that there company is a great place to work and are proud to say that they work there.
Some of the keywords that employees chose for these companies were support, benefits, balance, and care. These words directly are associated with the main HR Functional Areas from the lecture which include workforce planning, employee benefits, health & safety, and managing ethics. If I were a manager I would want to be implementing an HR management like these companies. After reading through First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently this stood out to me, “…every great manager and every great company realizes how important it is, they still haven’t devised an accurate way to measure a manager’s or a company’s ability to find, focus, and keep talented people (pg. 11).” I think as a manager it is your responsibility to develop relationships and systems in order to keep employees happy. Apart of being a good manager is leading with practices and principles and having characteristics like transparency and understanding. Everyone on the team should feel supported and valued even when people don’t have the same viewpoints.
It is not always easy to be a manager. The way that managers handle challenges really goes to show what kind of leader they are. Keeping the comradery within the team I think would be one of the hardest things about being a manager. I know that being a manager is all about learning and you aren’t going to be perfect at everything but you should be able to move on and do better the next time.
Buckingham, M. & Coffman, C. 2016. Buckingham, M. & Coffman, C. 2016. First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently. 2016 edition
https://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-workplaces/100-best/2020
