Get a Watch Dog!

Let me start by stating that I am a huge University of Kansas fan. I am an alumnus of the Kansas School of Law, and I bleed crimson and blue! So, I watched the local and national news coverage on the events of the last few weeks regarding the situation with KU athletic tickets with concern and surprise. This morning I read about the statements made by the Athletic Director, Lew Perkins and thought …what a lesson for all employers and managers of employees.

Do you know what your employees are doing on your time? Do you delegate responsibility then never follow up? Are you so busy that you don’t have time to oversee what your staff is doing? If you are not minding the store, then who is?

Human Resources is more than recruiting, hiring, disciplining, terminating employees. HR is more than creating employee motivation. HR is more than writing policies because it is a good idea legally. HR is more than administrators pushing paper and watch files. HR should be your watch dog making sure that your employees model your values, achieve your objectives and send the right message to your customers, clients and vendors.

Do you have a watch dog? Lew Perkins and KU Athletics sure needed one!

A competent HR professional who is integrated into your business, understands your business model, and embraces your goals and objectives, will allow you to focus on what only you can do…guide the business, generate customers, and built the market for your product or service.

If you need a watch dog, someone to train your current watch dog, or just an outside set of eyes to assist your watch dog occasionally, give us a call!

No business owner should ever have to sit in front of the nation and take the “responsibility” for the actions of his/her employees that cost your business it’s image and millions of dollars.

You have so much more to do with your valuable time.

Glenn Brown is the CEO of G & J Consultants, LLC. In addition to having directed the HR Department of a health care services company, Glenn is an attorney with 15 years experience assisting businesses of all sizes and industries in complying with employment and labor legal issues. G & J Consultants specializes in providing small and medium sized businesses with traditional HR services as well as compliance with employment laws and regulations.