Top Quotes On Human Resource For HR Professionals and Leadership.

Human resources is used to describe both the people who work for a company or organization and the department responsible for managing all matters related to employees, who collectively represent one of the most valuable resources in any businesses or organization. The term human resources was first coined in the 1960s when the value of labor relations began to garner attention and when notions such as motivation, organizational behavior, and selection assessments began to take shape in all types of work settings.

Sometimes you just need a little kick in the pants to help push you through the day. Maybe it’s just enough to help you sludge through the pile of emails you have or working through that ever-growing to-do list. Here are a list of human resource quotes we have complied for you.

Human resources are like natural resources; they’re often buried deep. You have to go looking for them, they’re not just lying around on the surface. You have to create the circumstances where they show themselves.― Ken Robinson

We recruit for attitude and train for skill.― Atul Gawande

Resources are hired to give results, not reasons.― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

Some people today are wandering generalities instead of meaningful specifics because they have failed to discover and mine the wealth of potentials in them.― Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha,

Systems and rules are guidelines, leadership is lifeline.― Janna Cachola

The value of a business is a function of how well the financial capital and the intellectual capital are managed by the human capital. You’d better get the human capital part right.― Dave Bookbinder,

Carefree Scamps are unconventional to the extreme but they get better results, and frequently their employers, who were often in two minds about offering them the position in the first place, eventually realise they’ve found a diamond, yet not only are they unsure how to handle them, they can seldom work out how specifically they accomplish their objectives because in one way or another they’re always rocking the bloody boat. The Carefree Scamp takes quite a bit of ‘managing― Karl Wiggins

People are an organization’s most valuable asset and the key to its success.- Dave Bookbinder

Do not punish people for being honest and truthful.
The day we will start punishing people for demonstrating honesty and truthfulness, will also be the day we will start surrounding ourselves with liars and dishonest people.
Reward the behavior you want your people to demonstrate.― Sanjeev Himachali

If you are paying someone to motivate you (seriously), you should rather pay to a psychiatrist.― Anupam S Shlok

The job of human resources is to make sure that resources come to work with their hearts and go back to their homes with happiness.― Amit Kalantri,

They are not human resources. They are resourceful humans― Venkat Kumaresan

Nothing we do is more important than hiring people. At the end of the day, you bet on people, not strategies.-Lawrence Bossidy

Employees engage with employers and brands when they’re treated as humans.-Meghan Biro

In order to build a rewarding employee experience, you need to understand what matters most to your people. -Julie Bevacqua

To win the marketplace, you must first win the workplace.
-Doug Conant

Train people well enough so they can leave. Treat them well enough so they don’t have to.-Sir Richard Branson

In most cases, being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way. -Tina Fey

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.– John Cleese

A person who feels appreciated will always do more than what is expected.-Unknown

Leadership is about giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.-Seth Godin

If you’re good to your staff when things are going well, they’ll rally when times go bad.-Mary Kay Ash

I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day, you bet on people, not on strategies. – Lawrence Bossidy 

Hire character. Train skill. – Peter Schutz 

Train people well enough so they can leave. Treat them well enough so they don’t want to. – Sir Richard Branson

In most cases, being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way. – Tina Fey

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. – Elbert Hubbard 

In order to build a rewarding employee experience, you need to understand what matters most to your people. – Julie Bevacqua

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. – Eleanor Roosevelt

When people go to work, they shouldn’t have to leave their hearts at home. – Betty Bender

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless they are willing to climb. – Andrew Carnegie

The more seriously you take your growth, the more seriously your people will take you. – John Maxwell

Human Resources isn’t a thing we do. It’s the thing that runs our business. – Steve Wynn, Wynn Las Vegas

Time spent on hiring, is time well spent. – Robert Half

The hardest challenge being an HR is that sometimes you have to be the LAWYER, the JUDGE and the HANGMAN. – Hassan Choughari

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

Children imitate their parents, employees their managers. – Amit Kalantri

The body may be bought with a paycheck but the heart is earned with a purpose. – Angela Lynne Craig

If you fulfill the wishes of your employees, the employees will fulfill your visions. – Amit Kalantri

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.— Chinese Proverb

Human resources are like natural resources; they’re often buried deep. You have to go looking for them; they’re not just lying around on the surface. – Ken Robinson

The value of a business is a function of how well the financial capital and intellectual capital are managed by human capital. You’d better get the human capital part right. – Dave Bookbinder

The wealth of time is the only wealth that is more valuable than human resources – Sunday Adelaja 

Recruitment IS marketing. If you’re a recruiter nowadays and you don’t see yourself as a marketer, you’re in the wrong profession– Matthew Jeffrey

The competition to hire the best will increase in the years ahead. Companies that give extra flexibility to their employees will have the edge in this area. – Bill Gates

To win the marketplace, you must first win the workplace. â€“ Doug Conant

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. – Max de Pree

Train people well enough so they can leave. Treat them well enough so they don’t have to. – Sir Richard Branson

Any idiot can point out a problem… A leader is willing to do something about it! Leaders solve problems! – Tony Robbins

Inventories can be managed but people must be led. – Ross Perot

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. – Charles Kettering

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do, and doing it well. – Bill Owens

Management is nothing more than motivation other people – Lee Lacocca

Every good conversation starts with listening. – Tom Haak

Human resource managers are in charge of every aspect of the employee life cycle in an organization. The responsibilities of HR include preparing or updating employment records related to hiring, transferring, promoting, and terminating. The duties include planning, recruitment and selection process, posting job ads, evaluating the performance of employees, organizing resumes and job applications, scheduling interviews and assisting in the process and ensuring background checks

Human resource management involves both strategic and comprehensive approaches to managing people, as well as workplace culture and environment.The role of human resources professionals is to ensure that a company’s most important asset—its human capital—is being nurtured and supported through the creation and management of programs, policies, and procedures, and by fostering a positive work environment through effective employee-employer relations.The concept behind human resource management is that employees who are subject to effective human resource management are able to more effectively and productively contribute to a company’s overall direction, thereby ensuring that company goals and objectives are accomplished.

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