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  PETER SIBANDA
1
PETER SIBANDA
HR Consultant, Zimbabwe
 

Favourite HR Phrase

HR's strategic architecture.

  Emmanuel Guobadia
1
Emmanuel Guobadia
Management Consultant, Nigeria
 

Favourite HR Phrase

As an HR practitioner we have so many phrases. However, I think I like ''competency framework''.

  Fichet
3
Fichet
HR Consultant, France
 

Favorite Phrase

Never ask a question if you are not ready for the reply.

  Nicole Beaulieu
2
Nicole Beaulieu, Canada
 

Best HR Phrase

Succession planning.

  Dwayne Melancon
2
Dwayne Melancon
United States
 

Favorite HR Phrase

Mandatory voluntary resignation.

  Schoesetters
1
Schoesetters
Student (Other), Belgium
 

Favorite HR Phrases

Helping leaders to nurture leaders not followers!

  Sizwe Nkosi
2
Sizwe Nkosi
Manager, South Africa
 

Favorite HR Phrase

Don't see it as retrenchment. See it as post matching and right-sizing.

  Sherry Morisch
3
Sherry Morisch
United States
 

HRs Favorite Phrases

We wear our name tags because we are proud to be employed by ABC company.

  Dolf Hertzberger
0
Dolf Hertzberger
Lecturer, Netherlands
 

Favourite HR Phrase of Good HR People

Rules are for fools.

  Mahmood AlQuaiti
0
Mahmood AlQuaiti
Accountant, Saudi Arabia
 

Favorite HR Phrase

HR doesn't have to follow that (or any other) rule...

  CARLOS EDUARDO RODRIGUES
0
CARLOS EDUARDO RODRIGUES
Manager, Brazil
 

Favourite HR Phrases

Developing competences.

  Hareb Suroor
1
Hareb Suroor, United Arab Emirates
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Employee engagement is more than job satisfaction.

  T. G. Roberts
0
T. G. Roberts
Professor
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Yes, it is cumbersome for the user, but we need it to be that way.

  Steven Chasen
2
Steven Chasen
Senior Business Analyst, United States
 

Favorite HR Phrase

We are not cutting your future accumulation of vacation time, you just fail to accrue.

  A.J. Heideman
1
A.J. Heideman
Management Consultant, Netherlands
 

Favorite HR Phrase

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

  Nita
0
Nita
CEO, United States
 

Favorite HR Phrase

It is problematic.
Argh do I hate that phrase.

  DR.VIVEK DIWADKAR.
4
DR.VIVEK DIWADKAR.
Business Consultant, India
 

Favorite HR Phrase

Develop the true value of each employee and enchance it to customise according to company ever changing requirement.

  JOSE VEGA JIMENEZ
0
JOSE VEGA JIMENEZ, Mexico
 

Favorite HR Phrase

Our people (staff, employees and workers) is not a human resource, is one of the our best values in the company.

  C.RAJAPANDIAN
0
C.RAJAPANDIAN
Teacher, India
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Never ask the employee to take up a task that you don't want to do.

  Chu S. Yong
3
Chu S. Yong
Professor, Brazil
 

Favorite HR Phase

Perception of unity from the diversity.

  Carlos Gonzalez
0
Carlos Gonzalez
Manager, Spain
 

Favorite HR Phrase

We see, we act.

  Madan Gopal Agarwal
2
Madan Gopal Agarwal
Business Consultant, India
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Employees first.

  Anthony Belon
0
Anthony Belon
Entrepreneur, Malaysia
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Enhancing organizational productivity.

  soumyasattwa roy
0
soumyasattwa roy
corporate sales online media, India
 

Favourite HR Phrase

HR is internal marketing/sales. And marketing/sales is external HR.

  Biju Kaimal
0
Biju Kaimal, India
 

Favorite HR Phrases

Mark to market.
Normalisation to the appraisal/performance grid.
Employee engagement.

  IRFAN AHMED
2
IRFAN AHMED
Student (MBA), Pakistan
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Performance management is evolutionary, not revolutionary.

  KSHITIZ BATHOM
2
KSHITIZ BATHOM
Analyst, India
 

Famous HR Phrase

Planned disruption is always better than the chaotic makeover during a crisis.

  Haragopal
3
Haragopal, India
 

HR Phrase

HR is a strategic business partner.

  Mike Sanders
4
Mike Sanders, USA
 

Employees are our Most Important Asset

Employees are our biggest liability.

  Peter Gerdes
2
Peter Gerdes, Australia
 

HR Phrases

To err is human, to forgive is against company policy.

  mukesh s
0
mukesh s
Entrepreneur, Singapore
 

HR Phrase

For me its normalizaion and coorporate policy.

  Massimo Parlanti
0
Massimo Parlanti
Student (MBA), Italy
 

Favourite HR Phrases

Create a beautiful working place, give support and appreciation to the persons working in your company and the product will be fantastic!

  Bantwal Prabhu
1
Bantwal Prabhu
Teacher, India
 

Favourite HR Phrace

Empower the employees.

  Noel Deveraturda
0
Noel Deveraturda
Teacher, Philippines
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Don't talk if you are not asked to do so.

  J. D. Popham
2
J. D. Popham, China
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Hi! I'm from HR and I'm here to help you.

  wijngaarden
0
wijngaarden
Management Consultant, Netherlands
 

Favourite HR Phrase

The average leader is an average leader.

  Hossein
0
Hossein
Malaysia
 

HR Phrase

HR is a must have non IT related function in IT companies.

  Somaye Akhshik
1
Somaye Akhshik
Student (University), Iran
 

HR Phrase

HR is a powerful and great resource!

  Joseph I. B. Bakibinga
0
Joseph I. B. Bakibinga
Accountant, Uganda
 

HR Phrase

Lepak and Snell's (1999) 'Human Resource Architecture' that takes a variegated approach to human resource management looking at 'value of human capital' and 'uniqueness of human capital'.

  Udit Chaudhuri
0
Udit Chaudhuri
Business Consultant, India
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Don't you want to take up the challenge?

  Brad Morris
0
Brad Morris
Analyst, United Kingdom
 

Favourite HR Phrase

For us in HR, people are the most important part of the company (like duh!).

  COL SUNDER LALVANI
2
COL SUNDER LALVANI
Coach, India
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Appreciating and implementing a paradigm shift is the need of the hour.

  Frederico Cardita
0
Frederico Cardita
 

Favourite HR Phrase

To the company: employees first, customers second place! To employees: customers will be first!

  Jamshed Iqbal Memon
0
Jamshed Iqbal Memon
Accountant, Pakistan
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Employees are the assets of an organization.

  Arif ur Rehman
0
Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
 

HRP

Crafting creativity through collaborative, cooperative and customized concern for our internal customers.

  Benedict Omuya ODIGO
2
Benedict Omuya ODIGO
Nigeria
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Human Resources Management is not about the humans it is about the profit the humans can generate.

  subramanyam
0
subramanyam
Business Consultant, India
 

HR

HR is a doctor to keep healthy industrial relations.

  Wim Vaessen
0
Wim Vaessen
Management Consultant, Netherlands
 

Favorite HR Phrase

Results do not come from buildings, machinery or products, it's all about people who bring the results and profit.

  Chouaibou Njankouo
0
Chouaibou Njankouo, Cameroon
 

Favourite HR Phrase

HR as a permanent capital needs to be faithful led by an optimal policy of training, remuneration and development assurance.

  GAURAV CHAWLA
1
GAURAV CHAWLA
Student (MBA), United Arab Emirates
 

The Deadliest HR Phrase

Well, it depends!

  Desteredjian Patrick
0
Desteredjian Patrick
Consultant, Canada
 

R. Semler

Performing multiple roles during the crisis gave workers greater knowledge of the operations and more suggestions on how to improve the business.

  A.J. Heideman
3
A.J. Heideman
Management Consultant, Netherlands
 

An Old Fashioned Phrase

OK. Listen up here's how we're gonna do it...

  nabzar
1
nabzar
Manager, Morocco
 

Favorite HR Phrase

Organization are overmanaged and underled.

  Arif ur Rehman
0
Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
 

HR phrase

An expert mariner selects his trajectory so well that he 'meets' only a smooth sea!

  Harpreet Kaur
0
Harpreet Kaur
Student (Other)
 

Favourite HR Phrase

It is a successful planning to empower the employees.

  Dilip Khanal
2
Dilip Khanal
CEO, Nepal
 

HC Phrase

HC meaning human capital is still misunderstood as human cost.

  Uchitha Pathirage
0
Uchitha Pathirage
Student (Other), Sri Lanka
 

Favourite HR Phrases

HR is how you reflect yourself, how you like to be treated and how to feel the impact of what you doing and what you get through someone else's eyes.

  Jagdish B Acharya
0
Jagdish B Acharya
Consultant, India
 

Why is it So

HR discusses cost to company rather than employee benefits with employee.

  Simpson
4
Simpson
Consultant, Fiji
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Policies are guidelines for the wise and rules for fools.

  Jan Prinsloo
0
Jan Prinsloo
Manager, South Africa
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Doing HR with an attitude.

  John Hardwick
1
John Hardwick
Business Consultant, United Kingdom
 

Favourite HR Phrase

People are our most valuable asset, let's sell some!

  Joao Freitas Neto
0
Joao Freitas Neto
Professor, Brazil
 

Favourite HR Phrase

The company concerns about the people are valid, but they must know it and feel it is true.

  Aurangzeb Ahmed Khan
0
Aurangzeb Ahmed Khan
HR Consultant, Pakistan
 

Favourite HR Phrase

A 'performing HR management' is nothing more than justice and merit.

  Grosso
0
Grosso, The Netherlands
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Employees are the key to success if well led.

  Shirley Ho
0
Shirley Ho
Business Consultant, Malaysia
 

HR Phrase

HR to be instrumental as a change agent.

  Erdohegyi Gabor
0
Erdohegyi Gabor , Hungary
 

Positioning HR

HR is the key to profit potential. It is responsible for both brains and hands.

  SERGIO
0
SERGIO
Director, Portugal
 

HR Phrase

RH is the fuel that drives businesses.

  A.J. Heideman
0
A.J. Heideman
Management Consultant, Netherlands
 

HR Counter Phrase

A senior expert and skilled mariner enjoys the smooth seas of his retirement.

  roziyah
0
roziyah
Manager, Malaysia
 

What is your Best HR Phrase

HR is is inspiring and appreciating employees using softskill techniques.

  thelma g aranda
0
thelma g aranda, Mexico
 

Favourite HR Phrase

You are the most important element in the organization, your work contributes to the achievement of the objectives.

  Mario Guzman Robles
0
Mario Guzman Robles
Manager, Mexico
 

Favourite HR Phrase

People are the most important asset in the company.

  Bashir Nuckchady
0
Bashir Nuckchady
Teacher, Mauritius
 

What is your HR Best Phrase?

Putting employees first.

  prachi sharma
0
prachi sharma
Teacher, India
 

HR Phrase

HR is an amalgamation of effective cadre, once you allow others to speak and be listened to, half of the problems in an organisation diminish.

  Ken Ndirangu
0
Ken Ndirangu
Student (University), Kenya
 

Favourite HR Phrase

We will first appraise, then we will decide who gets a pay rise.

   Dr. Uwe Schindler, MBA
0
Dr. Uwe Schindler, MBA
Manager, Germany
 

Favorite HR Phrase

Additional education of employees is importantant for our success, but it should not cost our resources.

  Marc Klamer
1
Marc Klamer
Strategy Consultant, Netherlands
 

HR Phrase

Don't hire what you want, but hire what you need.

  Vijaya Lakshmi Muralidharan
0
Vijaya Lakshmi Muralidharan
Manager, India
 

HR Phrase

Walk the talk!

  Garrard
0
Garrard, Australia
 

HR Phrase

Strategic organisational change is a function of HR. (Identifies those that, in my mind, do not understand strategic organisational change).

  Arif ur Rehman
0
Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
 

HR Phrase

Beyond abundant attuned listening lies the success formula -- HR must go in for empathetic listening.

  Hendriksen
0
Hendriksen, Netherlands
 

HR Phrase

Doors will always close. You just have to stop looking at it, turn around and see which other doors will now open.

  Evans
0
Evans, Kenya
 

HR Phrase

You pretend to work, we pretend to pay you!

  Zulkifli Idris
0
Zulkifli Idris, Malaysia
 

What is your Best HR Phrase?

Engage the best brain.

  David Hume
0
David Hume
United Kingdom
 

HR Phrase

RIP = Retired In Post.

  Juan Carlos Ledesma
0
Juan Carlos Ledesma
Business Consultant, Mexico
 

HR Phrase

Motivation and satisfaction as key to development of personnel.

  Pedro Danilo Diaz Tueme
0
Pedro Danilo Diaz Tueme
HR Consultant, Mexico
 

Best HR Phrase

We´re all here to defend our company's interests, HR is here to help employees to achieve that....

  Melnyk
4
Melnyk, Canada
 

Best HR Phrase

We hire, fire and help people retire!...

  Michele Bondy
1
Michele Bondy, United States
 

Best (worst) HR Phrase

Take your choice: "It's not in the policy manual," or "Of course it's confidential!" (between me and everyone, including the CEO's dog)....

  Raúl Padilla Galván
0
Raúl Padilla Galván
Manager, Mexico
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Companies that are more human, are more productive firms....

  Sue Burch
0
Sue Burch
HR Consultant, United States
 

Best HR Phrases

Deselect. A phrase from a tech company to describe a reduction in force....

  Sadia Sharif
0
Sadia Sharif
Pakistan
 

HR Phrase

Succession depth....

  andrea
1
andrea
Student (MBA), India
 

Best HR Phrase

HR is always there to help....

  Sibongile Nxumalo
0
Sibongile Nxumalo
Director, South Africa
 

Favourite HR Phrase

We need a turnaround strategy....

  CESAR
0
CESAR, Colombia
 

Favorite HR Phrase

People make the company....

  Augusto
0
Augusto, Mexico
 

Favourite HR Phrase

The best and most beautiful thing that belongs an organization is the people, it's the life of the system. Without people an organization does not exist....

  Geoff Upton
0
Geoff Upton
Teacher, Australia
 

Most Real HR Phrase

Don't do as I do, do as I say....

  Bashir Nuckchady
0
Bashir Nuckchady
Teacher, Mauritius
 

Favorite HR Phrase

Putting employees first....

  Dilip Khanal
0
Dilip Khanal
CEO, Nepal
 

HR Phrase

Perpetual succession through HR....

  ATBA Bouchaib
0
ATBA Bouchaib
Technical Studies Service Manager, Morocco
 

HR Phrase

No work without workers....

  Shehu Lawenji
0
Shehu Lawenji
Business Consultant, Nigeria
 

Favourite HR Phrase

We chose to do it right when asked to do good......

  Ernesto Uribe
0
Ernesto Uribe
HR Consultant, Chile
 

HR Phrases

We must live each day as a new miracle....

  eduardo nunes
0
eduardo nunes, Brazil
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Dare to be bold....

  tan liong choon
0
tan liong choon
Management Consultant, Singapore
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Human resource self-service....

  Bidyut Chatterjee
0
Bidyut Chatterjee
Manager, India
 

HR Phrases

People management is the basis of HR. Humans forget this and create a nauseating environment making it difficult to carry out designated work required to take things forward....

  Dr James Zulu (PhD, Mphil, MA, MPH, MBA, MIR, PGBM)
0
Dr James Zulu (PhD, Mphil, MA, MPH, MBA, MIR, PGBM)
Project Manager, Zambia
 

HR Phrase

Employee stress management year in year out....

  Ernesto Uribe
0
Ernesto Uribe
HR Consultant, Chile
 

Best HR Phrases

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. George Patton....

  W K Rietveld
0
W K Rietveld
HR Consultant, Netherlands
 

Favourite HR Phrase

HR is talent planning and talent development....

  Arif ur Rehman
0
Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
 

HR Phrase

The life-line of an organization is the people who are 'really' cared for....

  KC Gautam
0
KC Gautam, India
 

Best HR Phrases

HR is the only tool which sharpens the employees skills and and develops them as per the latest marketing strategy....

  Bantwal Prabhu
0
Bantwal Prabhu
Teacher, India
 

HR Phrase

Everyone is a leader in the organization....

  Jagdish B Acharya
0
Jagdish B Acharya
Consultant, India
 

Human Resources

HR is the critical, catalytic resource to control other resources and perpetuate the creation of further resources....

  Shashank Dev Sondhi
0
Shashank Dev Sondhi
Trainee, India
 

HR person: 'If it is not in your job description then it is part of your growth.' Employee: 'And what if it's part of my superior's job description?' HR person: 'Performance appraisal is not my job....

  Bantwal Prabhu
3
Bantwal Prabhu
Teacher, India
 

HR Phrase

Identify, nurture and develop talent in the country in general and in the organization in particular....

  Carlos Gonzalez
0
Carlos Gonzalez
Manager, Spain
 

HR Phrase

We see, we act. We foresee, we plan....

  thatayaone Tauyakgale
0
thatayaone Tauyakgale
Analyst, Botswana
 

HR Phrase

Right first time....

  Arif ur Rehman
0
Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
 

HR Phrase

Dare to move ahead by THEIRS; T = trustworthiness H = honesty E = equity I = integrity R = rationality. This leads to S = sustainability....

  DE VLEESCHOUWER
0
DE VLEESCHOUWER, Belgium
 

Favorite HR Phrase

The company is a success when the staff contributes to the elaboration of the objectives instead of merely contributing to achieve them....

  Bindhu
0
Bindhu
Manager, United Arab Emirates
 

Favourite HR Phrase

Developing business leaders with a HR mindset :-)....

  Nasir Cader
0
Nasir Cader
Student (Other)
 

Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management is the unending fight between inputs and outputs....

  Maryam Bidmeshgipour
0
Maryam Bidmeshgipour, Malaysia
 

Favorite HR Phrase

Strategic Human Resource Management....

  Arif ur Rehman
0
Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
 

HR Phrase

Humane Resource Management....

  Olga Aros
0
Olga Aros
Consultant, United States
 

HR Phrase

HR must be able to harness the resources of human diversity within the total organization to lead change and innovation....

  Arif ur Rehman
0
Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
 

Harnessing the Resources of Human Diversity

Absolutely Ms. Olga, but to 'harness the resources of human diversity' HR must 'shift' towards humaneness!...

  Meera Kangoo-Ramjattan
0
Meera Kangoo-Ramjattan
Trinidad and Tobago
 

Favorite Phrase

Do the 'right thing' not do the 'thing right'....

  Vinay Gunputh
1
Vinay Gunputh, Mauritius
 

HR Phrase

Stop treating human resources (human beings) as an asset....

  DR.VIVEK DIWADKAR.
0
DR.VIVEK DIWADKAR.
Business Consultant, India
 

Favorite HR Phrase

Sustainability of successful HR practices lies in innovative methods of personal skills development used by HR managers....

  vinodh
0
vinodh, Qatar
 

HR Phrase

HR must be a tool for creating team building activities....

  thelma g aranda
0
thelma g aranda, Mexico
 

HR Phrase

The sum of the parts is greater that one. The strength of a person in a team eliminates the weakness of another element. The key to organizational success is teamwork....

  Jaap de Jonge
1
Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
 

HR Phrases Now Closed

Hi, a compliment to all of you who shared their often humorous or even a bit cynical phrases on HR via this discussion. It's both entertaining and educative to read these pearls of HR wisdom. This di...

 

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Methods, Models and Theories Discussion Topics
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topic Line Managers' Knowledge of HR
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topic Human Resources Management: Art or Science?
topic Introducing New HR Policies
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topic HR Challenges in the 21st Century
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topic HR as a Strategic Business Partner
topic Meaning of Employee Induction, Orientation and Onboarding
topic Role of the HR Manager in a Financial Crisis
topic Creating a HR System in a Family Business
topic Differences Between HR Practices in Small and Large Organizations
topic Employee Relations - Frames of Reference
topic Old Myths about HR?
topic Role of the HR manager in M&A
🔥 Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) - Overview
topic The 7 G Framework of HRM Practices
topic Return of Piecemeal Pay/Work
topic Ratio of Number of HR Positions to Staff Numbers
topic Does an HR Manager Need Relations in the Industry?
topic Human RELATIONSHIP Management
topic Ideas for Improving HR Service Delivery
topic The Role of HR in Safety and Security at Work
topic Methods to Create Task Descriptions
topic The Warwick Model (Hendry and Pettigrew)
topic What is the Effect of Globalisation on HR?
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