Wonderer67
Optimistic nihilist
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Here is my dirty secret. I used to be in HR and in learning and development. People would ask for team building all the time. I used to say yes, till I started saying no.Having spent 25 years of my life working for the govt I had to endure more than my fair share of "team building" events. 99% of them left employees even more pissed off than before at the inept management. We did have one supervisor that would occasionally take us all to breakfast for a unit meeting or maybe all go bowling. Much more successful than some HR designed exercise in futility.
Because the issue is that managers don’t want to have tough conversations with single individuals and instead they think that “feel good team building” will help a working environment. What they need to understand that they need to effectively manage, set expectations and make a culture of candor for their teams.
No feels goody horseshit will change that.
So I changed my tune. They could have feel goody horseshit that won’t change anything, or they could change the way they managed. It’s really as simple as that.
You get the results you tolerate.
This is what I am no longer in HR.
End of sermon.
Have fun brewing, K!







