The Leaderonomics Show: “Question, Analyse And Listen!” Says Alain Souny

Jan 10, 2017 1 Min Read
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The human resources (HR) management team takes the lead to strategically manage people as business resources.

Alain Souny, vice president of Human Resources & Communications for Technip Asia-Pacific, shares his journey and his experience in HR even though he started off his career in the information technology industry.

Here are some key takeaways from the interview:

  • To be a good HR practitioner, learn to question, analyse, and more importantly, listen!
  • Get involved in the team to experience first-hand the nature of the business and the challenges people face at work.
  • Share your aspiration with others so people can help you get there.
  • Start investing in data analytics as it’s the way forward to explain things based on numbers, so we can resolve them with the hows.
  • Be honest when giving feedback to your people.

 
Recommended reading: Technip Asia Pacific: Digging Deep For Resilience
 

Tell us what you think about the HR industry in Malaysia and how we could do better to raise the standards of HR at editor@leaderonomics.com. For more episodes of The Leaderonomics Show, click here. To engage with Leaderonomics to help your HR function more strategically in your organisation, email us at training@leaderonomics.com.

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