J-emine's reflexionando

This week in Bangkok has been a little respite from actual work but not totally far off from it.

I attended a 3 days training for a Strategic HR Business Partner certification. It’s been on my ‘want- to- do’ for a long time and god knows what was I thinking when I decided to do it in midst of Project C. The content of the training was formulated to equip practitioners with tools and skills required in carrying out transitional human resources initiatives with focus on organizational architecture and design. For many,  HR may only denote – policies, practices, paper-pushers and whatnot; not the most liked word or department at times.  HR has transform tremendously in the last decade and the importance of cultivating business acumen, aligning workforce implications to business challenges is a huge leap and requisite for evolving organizations. In some companies, HR Business Partner may not even have a functional reporting but rolls right into the business with a KPI weight- age on business revenue and growth.

New trends were shared, case studies were dissected and enriching sharings from the audience. The former is always refreshing knowing that we’re all facing similar issues in one way or another, and gathering a different perspective may spike the shift needed to come up with the initiatives you need to drive a certain result or behavior. There were some key take-away, but the one that was brought up (non-theoretical) as an advice by the trainer – is  one that has resonated with me over the years and in how I handle the many employee relations issues that I’ve encounter  – common sense and be fair. You can’t really go wrong if you keep these two close, shift yourself away from the situation – and think of the issue and not the person, or in few of my cases, think of the role (and it’s structural fit) and not the person.

Always fun to re calibrate your own perspectives as you learn from others.