We live in lean times. Lean times call for lean thinking. Punk Rock is all about brevity, simplicity and authenticity. So, here for your viewing pleasure are 10 Punk Rock People Management tips (well, there may be more or less than 10!), from some self proclaimed HR Punk Rock gals and HR Rock Chicks, presented in a slideshare show:
PUNK ROCK BUSINESS WISDOM – If you don’t use slideshare you can also find the slideshow at I kissed an HR girl and I liked it
If you have not yet got your copy of Punk Rock People Management, now is a good time to do this. The book recently overtook Dave Ulrich, Gary Hamel and the usual HR Gurus, having hit No 1 on Amazon Kindle in management and HR books. There are a number of options: Beautiful full colour print version, Kindle version – UK, Kindle Version – Worldwide. The print version of the book makes an excellent and unique Christmas present. Check this review out by the Open University Businsss School. The contents page can be found here:
We’re off to deliver an HR keynote at the 7th international HR conference in Athens next week following on from Dave Ulrich and Lynda Gratton of London Business School. To warm up for this, let’s finish with some classic punk – Pretty Vacant, a song which clearly predicted the current HR obsession with employee disengagement in its title! 🙂
Pictures courtesy of Lindsay Wakelin Photography, Sue Cook and book design by PDS Hamiltons