Human Resource - a saviour thou must be

Human Resource – a saviour thou must be

There are a lot of meanings and definitions to Human resource right from the top notch HR professional to the lower rung entrant. Books, chapters and volumes have been written and studies continue in B-schools and are used as referral guides. People have gained doctorates researching this new phenomenon called Human resource. It is not as it never existed before, but in India its importance has gained only in the last 30 odd years. In short Human Resource can be defined as you please, write thesis, research it to infinity or practice what the world believes and develops, it all depends on how you see it.

 

As gravity was in existence before Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery so was HR in prevalence and integral to business processes much before it came about to be recognised as a potent force in business development also recognised as the most important strengths of business to move forward. However its strength to move mountains was only discovered lately and ever since the world has gone gung ho. Business processes look to Human resource for upliftment. CEO’s need the best HR team. People are always scouting for the latest and the best practices. But no one will disagree that coaxing, cajoling, making human capital develop, helping them believe in themselves, enabling and raising them to more than they can be is the core to good human resource practice. I am reminded of a lovely song “you raise me up” the central lyrics go thus:

 

“When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;

When troubles come and my heart burdened be;

Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,

Until you come and sit awhile with me.

 

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;

You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;

I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;

You raise me up... To more than I can be”.

 

This is what Human resource is, herein, lies the core of human resource, the heart of the topic. A Human resource professional must be able to talk to weary and tired souls, be able to coax them back to attention. Must be able to lift up their spirit, and help in unburdening them mentally and physically. You have to lend an ear to the resource and listen to all that is said no matter how important or unimportant it may be. You must make space and time to sit in solitude and silence with the victims of mental and physical turmoil and understand their wants and needs, and counsel them, coach them to be better human beings.

 

A human resource professional must also be able to recognise the hidden talents, lying dormant or stifled and bring it out for the betterment of the individual. The professional has a job on hand to guide people and their destiny, cultivate traits that are seemingly good and true and bring out the best in people. The resource must feel strong to face the rough stretches in life, they must be geared to respond to disadvantageous situations, they must feel rejuvenated on the strength of support lent by the department and they must re discover themselves, to add more meaning to life.

 

All, in the Human resource department must feel the need to change lives, and that change must start from within them which will enable them to have changed perspectives. One can only do convincingly things that one believes in everything else is false or creating a façade. -A saviour thou must be.

 

robin_vargh@yahoo.com - 1st November 2015