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HR and Communication Thoughts: Heartless Business?

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©Al_HRComatrix_HRPath17 THE HR PATH: FROM POWERFUL AND LONELY TO JOLLY BUSINESS PARTNER   Do you remember that Spiderman amusingly dramatic phrase: "With great power comes great responsibility " ? We are closing the first quarter of the year, and it's usually time for rolling-out changes. Time for reviews, dreaded annual chats, result celebration, and follow-up or carrying-out of policy changes and/or new directives implementation. HR is at the heart of those actions. Neutral and Stoic. Passionate employees could argue that HR is at best passive, at worst heartless. Interestingly enough, the Spiderman movie quote would stem from a discourse from the French Parliament in the late 1700s. Well, that was "pour la petite histoire" (a side note), but seriously, who does not remember that HR is known for being the villain, evil, or who knows what else.We would like to describe ourselves as objective and neutral. In reality, HR people are stoic rather tha