The problem with human resources

David Hassell is Founder & CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15Five Blog.  The term “human resources” is paradoxical at best. Humans are living beings of arguably the highest order. They have complex emotional, physical, and mental systems that must be understood and nurtured in order to facilitate their self-actualization. Resources on the other hand are valuable company assets that must be maintained, catalogued, and put to use in a way that proves their worth or they are quickly replaced. Our profit-focused paradigm is facing a crisis, because management tends to focus on the resource, not on the human.…

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