Search for Similarities

One of the many joys of writing this Web site over the past eight years and blogging here since 2003, believe it or not, has been the joy of my frequent interaction with readers and site visitors. Not all questions come from Human Resources staff either; questions and comments come frequently from line managers and employees, too. In the past week or so alone, I have received emails from:

• a Human Resources staff person in Iran asking about employee motivation,
• several questions from our Canadian neighbors,
• three questions from various places in Africa including Nambia and Cape Town,
• questions from India, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Germany, Holland, Belarus, Dubai, and, I think, Jordan, and
• numerous questions and comments from all over the United States.

What is striking over time is the similarity of the questions; we all work with people and, if you read my site, you probably are looking for ideas to improve your workplace or your relationships. I started answering the question from the HR person in Iran and found I would say something so similar to a North American HR person asking the same question, that my response moved me down this thinking path.

I write about diversity infrequently because there are just so many HR topics to write about, but you may want to take a look at: Diversity in the Workplace: Search for Similarities.

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