Business and People Strategy
The HR Doctor: Hair Shirtysm
The HR Doctor series takes a tongue-in-cheek look at some of the common misconceptions, misdiagnoses and diseases that commonly afflict the HR function. They reflect our experience of working in and with HR over the last 25 years. Over the weeks ahead, we’d urge you to honestly diagnose yourself: are you showing any of the symptoms? Should you be applying the cure?
The dictionary defines a hair shirt as ‘a shirt made of rough uncomfortable cloth which some religious people used to wear to punish themselves’. The analogy with HR is the person who complains about what is bad or punishes themselves, rather than doing something about it. If you aren’t influential become influential. If you’re not respected, understand
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