The Death of Arrogance

Arrogance to most of us was the attitude of that one clique in high school who had it all – knew it and acted it – arrogantly.

Arrogant people – arrogance in general is a drag…not pretty at all. Go away.

Sadly, arrogance still exist in many corners of our society and likely will for years to come…it’s one of those seven sins from Pandora’s Box…here to stay.

There is one place we might be able to make a change...Human Resources.

Simply put, the systems, methodologies, processes, thought, activities and attitudes in HR/Staffing today are based on at least four decades of a bloated Arrogance of Supply’. Plenty of people – lose a candidate or lose an employee – not a problem, just recruit and hire another.

No more.

There aren’t enough for one thing and for another - act this way and the blogosphere/facebook/myspace/every-social-network-in-the world will become the toilet wall where the disgruntled pen thier discontent.

Don’t believe it? – take some time to check it out…Google any company name, add blog and viola you have the truth – maybe perceived by one or a few and absolutely one-sided but public perception nonetheless.

And what about managerial attitude…you know, the people who developed careers and attitudes regarding talent over those decades – well they’re in charge and its hurting companies in a big way.

For instance, the Sr. VP of HR for a huge, well known technology company is known for his lack of interest and concern in recruiting….WHAT?

The company is flying high today on good news – but sustaining that good news requires really qualified quality talent – happy in their work. Spend some time with the execs and managers of this firm and the picture ain’t so rosy.

Until arrogance is beaten – killed – expunged – from the HR approach to recruiting, staffing and retention, companies are going to have problems competing. Period.