human-resources

A single employee, with one message, can succinctly capture the essence of a corporation the same way an iconic photograph captures a moment. Unfortunately, it is usually the negative massages that are published or used in lawsuits.

Emails are viewed as an essential historical record of an organization. A record that cannot be expunged must be created with care or not created at all.

Most people do not see their words as power.

Resources are hired to give results, not reasons.

Without the right succession planning put to play in human resources, we build for the future without a future

Once a message has been sent electronically, the writer has ceded power not just to the recipient, but to whomever the recipient chooses to forward the information. To access electronic communication is to control it. The recipient, not the writer, has power over future dissemination of the writer__ words.

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law...Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me?_ Most Americans adults have heard the Miranda rights from countless television and movie crime drams. The first statement of the Miranda rights is a simple but powerful declarative sentence. __ou have the right to remain silent._ Not speaking will not be held against you, but the suspect is told that any words spoken __an and will be used against you in a court of law._ U.S. law provides the opportunity for reflection and protection against self-incrimination with the last sentence asking, __o you wish to speak to me?_ Reflect and ask yourself, it is wise to post or send an email containing that information?

A car crash at seventy-five miles an hour results in glass and steel strewn about the roadway. Emergency workers attend to the injured drivers, passengers and bystanders, and remove the wreckage. An electronic communication wreck lacks the visual drama, but imparts damage just as real and just as permanent. A momentary lapse in judgment may prove catastrophic for the writer, their family, coworkers, and stakeholders.

An organization's proprietary, internal information is constrained only by an understanding that stake-holders will keep organizational matters within the organization.

In the Darwinian environment of business, one's most provocative words are naturally selected by competitors to be hurled back at them at the most inopportune moments. Do not arm your adversaries.

Emails, texts and social media promise the writer the power to be heard_In a society where relinquishing control is viewed as weakness, power is relinquished through every message sent without forethought to the potential consequences.

Neither inherently good nor evil, electronic communication platforms are 100 percent dependent on user input.

The written word imparts a gravitas the spoken word lacks. The underlying assumption is that time and thought has been expended on what was written, even if that is not the case.

A damaging email forwarded outside the organization is indicative of problems within the organization.

For every opinion, there is an equal and opposite opinion.

Every posting, message, or email creates an impression, a public persona, from which other people make judgments. We make judgments about others, but how often do we turn that critical analysis on ourselves?

Human resource is limited to the duration of his/her lifespan while time is unlimited.

The wealth of time is the only wealth that is more valuable than human resources.