There’s no greater disservice to employees than trying to sell them a piece of fiction about the nature of their relationship with their employer.
Fact is, success at most organizations requires hard work done to demanding standards. We in HR have to be careful that our efforts to attract and retain great employees don’t cause our messages (either directly or through our programs) to disconnect from truth and reality. This is the central point of a thought-provoking Harvard Business Review post from 2010, “Respect Employees: Be Tough on Them.”
