Great discussion on exercise habits in the previous post.
It sounds like most people exercise in the morning and that a lot of people are early risers. Which leads to another question that would be great to hear people’s thoughts on: How much sleep do you tend to get each night? In your opinion, what is the best time to get up in the morning and the best time to go to bed at night?
Great perspective from Tom Peters on HR, once again from Re-Imagine!: Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age (pp 256-257; as before, all the punctuation like the “…” is his, with the exception of any brackets):
I have long believed that human resources people should sit at the Head Table. I’m a fan of “HR.” It is … after all … an age of talent.
Problem [big problem, IMO]: All too often “HR folks” are viewed (all too) correctly as “mechanics.” Not as … Master Architects … who aim to … Quarterback the Great War for Talent.
I’ve devoted my career to the “people thing.” I desperately want “HR” to “WIN.”
Why doesn’t it happen?
Simple: A FAILURE OF IMAGINATION.
I wasn’t born yesterday. I understand there are thousands upon thousands of pages of petty laws and regulations that HR “must administer.” But that still does not excuse HR from … Re-imagining itself.
As leaders!
As … THE … leaders. [I don’t know if I would go that far.]
So work to “deserve it.” [There’s a stunning indictment.]
Please.
His next point is “Forge a Bold HR Strategy!,” where he goes on to say:
If you work for a big company, it no doubt has a “strategic plan,” a voluminous document that is the offspring of ceaseless deliberation.
Question: HOW BIG A “CHAPTER” (AND WHICH CHAPTER?) OF THAT “STRATEGIC PLAN” IS DEVOTED … EXPLICITLY … TO THE “HR STRATEGY”?
Maybe I’m out of touch. But most “strategic plans” I’ve seen don’t even have an “HR Strategy.”
That’s criminal.
There needs to be one.
With teeth.
And bravura.
Our “strategic approach” to tackling the “talent thing” is more important than our market analysis. (Or surely as important, eh?) (Forget that: MORE IMPORTANT!)
HR … I … WANT YOU … at … the … Head Table.
Tom Peters is well-known as a proponent of doing WOW projects. Here’s how he describes them in Re-Imagine!: Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age:
The road to success is paved with … WOW Projects. Project: a task that has a beginning and an end, as well as deliverables along the way. WOW Project: one that has “goals and objectives” that inspire.
WOW Projects are:
- Projects that Matter.
- Projects that Make a Difference.
- Projects that you can Brag About … forever. [I really, really, really dislike bragging, but you see the point. Very interesting spin if you interpret this in a God-centered way and take “forever” literally…]
- Projects that Transform the Enterprise.
- Projects that Take Your Breath Away.
- Projects that make you/me/us/”them” Smile.
- Projects that Highlight the Value that You Add … and Why … You Are Here on Earth. (Yes. That Big.)
- WOW Projects are … not hype.
- WOW Projects are … a necessity. (New necessity.)