Significant Career Lesson From an HR Manager at a Non-Profit Housing Group
As an HR Manager, one significant lesson Sharon has learned is the importance of remaining open to anything, especially feedback, and leading with the philosophy of "help me, help you," which means empowering and serving the team for their greater good. This approach, viewing humans as capital, fosters loyalty and a desire from previous employees to work with Sharon again because "I believed in them and I elevated them and I empowered them."
Human Resources, Leadership, Employee Empowerment, Feedback, Organizational Development
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Sharon Mooney
HR Manager
Non-Profit Group Home Housing
Baylor University
Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey Master of Science - MS, Human Resources Management and Services
Fine Arts, Music
Nonprofit, Foundations & Grantmaking
Human Resources (HR)
Disabled, Scholarship Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School
Video Highlights
1. Remaining open to feedback is crucial for growth and mutual success, especially in HR where providing constructive criticism is key.
2. Effective training and empowerment of staff benefit both employees and the organization, as investing in employees as 'human capital' yields returns.
3. Leading with a servant leadership approach, focusing on the greater good of employees, fosters loyalty and a positive work environment, leading to long-term success and even former employees seeking to work with the leader again.
Transcript
What is one lesson that you have learned that has proven significant in your career?
One lesson. My mantra this year, which I've been preaching to the team, is to remain open to anything. That includes feedback.
As an HR manager, providing feedback and criticism in a mutually beneficial way, in the long run, actually helps everybody succeed. I always lead with this catchphrase: "Help me, help you."
If we are effectively training staff and empowering our team, coming from a place of serving them for their greater good, the organization will reap that reward. It takes a little investing, but in the HR field, we look at humans as capital, an investment.
In order to get a return on that investment, we have to make a contribution. If you lead from a place of wanting to serve and give, you will receive that back. This has proven true time and time again.
Even now, previous employees are seeking me out to know where I am so they can come and work with me. It's because I believed in them, elevated them, and empowered them. That means everything.
It has been essential in me continuing to work in this field because they keep me going. Serving out of wanting to do good for people in general will never be a bad strategy.