HR Professional - February/March 2008 - (Page 50) FEATURE HR TRENDS: FROM WINNERS TOALSO-RANS BY DUFF MCCUTCHEON H R FADS COME AND GO, but do they ever completely disappear? Human resources professionals of a certain age will remember the tea group. For those who sat in on these employee soul-searching sessions back in 1970s, the experience would be hard to forget. Tea groups were basically clinical sessions in which employees would come together to discuss personal weaknesses, strengths, fears and concerns. “It was meant to build trust and a culture of perceived authenticity—letting others know that you all have strengths and weaknesses,” says Rick Hackett, a professor at McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business. “It was about supporting each other and opening up to build transparency within the workplace. If you’re shy, for example, you would discuss how this might affect your relationships at work and what sorts of accommodations you might be seeking.” It was a hugely popular HR trend at the time, with most major corporations employing some version of the tea group to promote dialogue in the workplace; but it did have its drawbacks—most notably the unfortunate emotional breakdowns some people suffered as they shared their personal frailties with their co-workers. By the mid-1980s, tea groups fizzled out as employees started balking at the idea of sharing their dirty laundry with peers, as well as growing numbers of employees from different cultures who were less comfortable with publicly discussing their personal lives. Sometimes HR fads flash and burn out, sometimes they stick, and often they’ll run their course and morph into something completely new. 50 F e b r u a r y / M a r c h 2 0 0 8 ‘‘ ’’ HR P R OF E S S I ON A L
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