Human Resources Quotes

“Human resources are like natural resources; they're often buried deep. You have to go looking for them, they're not just lying around on the surface. You have to create the circumstances where they show themselves.”
― Ken Robinson

“Resources are hired to give results, not reasons.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“We recruit for attitude and train for skill,”
― Atul Gawande

“Some people today are wandering generalities instead of meaningful specifics because they have failed to discover and mine the wealth of potentials in them.”
― Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

“Engaged employees are more productive, innovative, and committed to the company's success. They become passionate advocates for your brand and contribute to a positive work environment that attracts and retains top talent.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“Ethical governance fosters a culture of integrity and accountability within the organization. This can lead to improved employee engagement, reduced misconduct, and enhanced risk management.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., The Virtuous Boardroom: How Ethical Corporate Governance Can Cultivate Company Success

“Most of us acquire and shed fractions of narcissistic traits throughout our lives. The teachings of Jesus help us shed narcissistic traits. It’s part of a natural life cycle. Victims of true narcissists often leave a church, rather than stay to refute the defamatory whispers from overly defensive leadership. True narcissists comprise about 2% of the population. That percentage skyrockets when sampling corporate leaders.
Lamentations, pg Intro”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Lamentations: how narcissistic leaders torment church and family

“Director recruitment and selection is a critical process in shaping the composition and effectiveness of a board, laying the foundation for ethical governance and responsible leadership.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., The Virtuous Boardroom: How Ethical Corporate Governance Can Cultivate Company Success

“If you are paying someone to motivate you (seriously), you should rather pay to a psychiatrist.”
― Anupam S Shlok

“It can feel as if we’re giving up our own values or giving in to the other person’s preferences. The reality is, it’s not giving up but adding on.”
― Sara Taylor, Thinking at the Speed of Bias: How to Shift Our Unconscious Filters

“Being in the dominant group, where the culture matches our culture, tends to lead to not only advantage, but also conscious laziness.”
― Sara Taylor, Thinking at the Speed of Bias: How to Shift Our Unconscious Filters

“The transactional and repetitive jobs of HR will transform into more value adding jobs.”
― Harjeet Khanduja, HR Mastermind

“The organizations used to embed their knowledge in documentation, culture and structure. Then they shifted to cloud and Artificial Intelligence.”
― Harjeet Khanduja, HR Mastermind

“The organization learning matters only if you can use it at the time of need.”
― Harjeet Khanduja, HR Mastermind

“That's how important the job of HR is. It can change someone’s life.”
― Harjeet Khanduja, The Storytelling Leader and other stories

“Companies don't have a "talent shortage" they have a "development shortage", the talent you need is within reach, you just need to develop them and/or create roles for them”
― Janna Cachola

“HR isn't merely resource management; it's the art of nurturing the seeds of success within every organization, fostering growth and prosperity.”
― Dax Bamania

“Our Filters are what we need to pay attention to, yet they are what many of us are oblivious to.”
― Sara Taylor, Thinking at the Speed of Bias: How to Shift Our Unconscious Filters

“The vital question we each need to ask ourselves is not if but when and where I am contributing to disparities in my profession, in my system, in my community?”
― Sara Taylor, Thinking at the Speed of Bias: How to Shift Our Unconscious Filters

“We think we are in conscious control and are making our own decisions when, in actuality, we aren’t.”
― Sara Taylor, Thinking at the Speed of Bias: How to Shift Our Unconscious Filters

“We mistakenly believe our cultural behaviors are the good, right, and respectful behaviors. What convinces us of that misperception? Our Filters.”
― Sara Taylor, Thinking at the Speed of Bias: How to Shift Our Unconscious Filters

“Our challenge is how to identify and talk about our differences, well, differently.”
― Sara Taylor, Thinking at the Speed of Bias: How to Shift Our Unconscious Filters

“Unless we’re interacting with a mirror all day, we are interacting across differences.”
― Sara Taylor, Thinking at the Speed of Bias: How to Shift Our Unconscious Filters

“Organization after organization has created a culture of, for, and by only round holes, yet they say they want square and triangle and star pegs.”
― Sara Taylor, Thinking at the Speed of Bias: How to Shift Our Unconscious Filters

“Equality applies the same rules and advantages to all in an attempt to treat everyone fairly. While used with the best of intentions, the results are rarely equal.”
― Sara Taylor, Thinking at the Speed of Bias: How to Shift Our Unconscious Filters

“The systems within our organizations continue to churn out disparities and inequities, and all too often, those charged with fixing the problem look to the wrong source.”
― Sara Taylor, Thinking at the Speed of Bias: How to Shift Our Unconscious Filters

“She majored in marketing because there's no degree in party planning at LSU. Her words, not mine.”
― Jana Aston, Good Girl

“Numbers tell a story but peoplebring it to life.”
― Dave Bookbinder, The NEW ROI: Going Behind the Numbers

“It's concerning when human resources become the root cause of a crisis due to their ineptitude in an organization.”
― Sasha Laghonh

“It's concerning when human resources becomes the root cause of a crisis due to their ineptitude in an organization. (2023)”
― Sasha Laghonh