Tapping the Music Within

At HR Tech , in a stirring keynote, Richard Pimental, the subject of the 2007 movie Music Within, related his life story and shared stories about the pivotal characters who assisted him in his life’s many struggles.

Richard related how people had unconditionally believed in him and how this belief and support and advocacy had changed the course of his life. Reducing many in the audience to tears, he made his audience look inward and issued a challenge to the attendees. The seeming simple challenge for the coming year, was to unconditionally believe in someone, to provide advocacy and support to that person, the belief being unconditional, it could be anyone, a family member, a fellow employee, an acquaintance. The challenge was to be there for a year and see what changes you as an individual can bring to another life. Richard reitereated that just as he had failed at times, there was always someone who would pick up the reins and provided the belief that he could do more.

All too often we question what we are doing with our lives, what is success, what is failure and somehow forget how we in HR or we as individuals impact other people’s lives and with just a little effort create real change. If you consider yourself a business professional with an interest in talent management, isn’t this challenge a perfect opportunity to practice talent management at a whole new level?