3 main qualities - HR Manager

what do u think are the three main qualities that an HR Manager should have?

What are these 3 important qualities without which one should not even dream about being in the field of hr?

Please don't give answers that are only theory based....i would appreciate real life anecdotes.

Any incidents related to the same?

Hi Sunayna,

The best 3 qualities could be:

1) Should be able to communicate effectively
2) Should be able to delegate work in the best possible manner based on the core expertise possessed by a person
3) Should be able to empathise with the team

Regards,
Sajal

any incidents or anecdotes relating to the above

hi, sunayana,
The three main qualites are,

1. passion to lead.
2.strategic in decision making.
3.empathetic .

regards,
sumana.gsr

Hi Sunayna,

There are various instances which led to me to those 3 points.

During a management structure change, it becomes extremely critical for the HR manager to effectively communicate the same to the employees as not everybody is always willing to accept change and accept that change is a way of life. This is just an instance. Any communication especially when it's top to down communication, needs to be effectively dispersed. He needs to be an ardent listener as well to his team mates.

Every employee has something in him which serves as his core expertise. In lot of instances, HR manager fail to recognise this and make employees work on somethhing which does not interest him and he is not very good at. Thus, during performance appraisal, the employee fails to qualify for something better. Proper competency mapping should be done so as to recognise the competency each employee has and give him work on those lines.

A good HR manager needs to empathise a lot. There would be lot of instances when his team mates would look up to him expecting him to reciprocate that in the best possible way. There could be a whole lot of issues as well. The HR manager should empathise a lot rather than sympathising.

I hope i have been able to justify my points.

Regards,
Sajal

Three major qualities HR people should possess to make them successful:

Personal Credibility
Leadership skills
Skills to manage change

Eric from China

any anecdotes ??
any stories?

Interesting

any other brief incident regarding this is more than welcome.