HR Practices and the Kind of Manager I Want to Be

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In the 2025 Fortune best companies to work for highlight organizations like Hilton, Cisco synchrony and American Express. These companies all demonstrate a strong form of human resources that practice employee, well-being and engagement. Based on the employees feedback, many of these companies are trustworthy, inclusive, and prioritize flexibilities for their teams. In the Cisco employee report, it states that leadership supports mental health and physical health and is encouraged at work, which helps improve productivity and satisfaction. Synchrony employees also state that their company provides supportive benefits, and flexible work hours, which represents how HR policies are impacting their employees morale. These practices represent HR course lectures by showing the importance of employee engagement and the roles that managers have in shaping experience in the workplace. In this list, these companies are seen as having strong leadership which leads to having high performances and higher productivity. These companies build a culture of care and trust with their employees. This idea represents the importance of employee relationships with their managers. It is a very important factor in job satisfaction, and success. Functions in HR like training, benefits, and managing performances all support how managers create these positive environments. As a future manager, I would like to prioritize communication with my employees as well as fairness and employee development. Based on the lecture it states, “HR practices are often a reflection of an organization’s culture.” (Lecture 1) Similar to the cultures within these companies, I want to create a workplace where my employees feel valued and supported. In order to achieve this goal, having HR practices that consist of feedback and providing professional development opportunities with work life balance policies will lead us towards our goal. I think one of the most challenging things of being a manager would be balancing employee needs with an organizational goal. Providing support to employees during difficult times can be very stressful and hard to maintain productivity. Having a strong and effective HR practice will be very crucial in helping managers be able to navigate through difficult and challenging times and build motivated teams.