The NEW Employment Contract — 6 Career Commitments You Should Demand From Your Company
by Alan Collins
In the short 3-minute video below, Brad Federman, President of Performancepoint discusses the 6 Principles of an “Engagement Value Proposition” or the new employee-employer contract. However, listen carefully. This is most valuable to YOU as a set of “6 career commitments” that you should demand from your organization. Check them out in the video below…
Here’s my take after listening to this video.
No matter where you work, you cannot let your organization diss you or make you feel “glad to just have a job.” I know its tough to avoid getting infected by the doom and gloom mindset that many HR pros have been mired in for nearly three years now. But, if you want to attain awesome success in HR, that’s just not good enough.
But being passive about your HR career, no matter what the state of the economy, is a very risky strategy. This is true of Boomers, Gen-X’ers and Millennials in HR who all work together but see work in different ways. Don’t let your company or others make your choices for you. After all, you are the one who has to live with the consequences. Beware of peer pressure and family pressure. Just because some of your peers have all the latest high-tech toys, live a certain lifestyle or in a certain neighborhood doesn’t mean you have to follow suit. Make your own choices. About The Author: Alan Collins was formerly Vice President – Human Resources at PepsiCo where he led HR initiatives for their Quaker Oats, Gatorade and Tropicana businesses. He is now President of Success in HR, Inc. and the author of “Unwritten HR Rules.” CLICK HERE to comment on this article.
My suggestion: If any of this resonates with you, it starts with waking up and demanding the six commitments in the video from your boss…with #6 being CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. It’s a bright, fresh world full of HR opportunities…both inside and outside of your organization. Don’t shut yourself off from opportunities or accept compromises from your employer. Take charge.
Get back in the game!
With that, I’ll now stop preaching and climb down off my soapbox to get your thoughts. Give us your comments and feedback about this article by clicking HERE.
About the Author: Alan Collins was Vice President – Human Resources at PepsiCo where he led HR initiatives for their Quaker Oats, Gatorade and Tropicana businesses. He is now President of Success in HR, Inc. and the author of UNWRITTEN HR RULES . His new book, BEST KEPT HR SECRETS will be available in September on Amazon.
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August 9th at 2:47 pm
Alan,
Nice explanation of some of the underpinnings of the new social contract between employer and employee. Its the first I have seen a statement of why employees should want to engage at all at a time when pay is constrained by the global labor market, the average person stays at a company only 5-6 years, defined benefit retirement plans are dead, employers themselves don’t survive 20 years and downsizing is used much more frequently than in the past (for a variety of reasons some understandable, some dumb).
August 17th at 1:15 pm
Thanks for posting the video Alan! We’ve gotten a lot of interesting and positive feedback on the 6 Principles which tells Brad and me that we’ve captured what folks are really feeling and dealing with. It would be great to see what others think.