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Updated on: Feb 2022
Top 5 Workplace Challenges and Trends in 2022
New HR Trends

Top 5 Workplace Challenges and Trends in 2022

While we hope that the “turbulence” of the pandemic shall witness a downtrend, the unquestionable need of the hour is “transformation” in order to stay ahead of the curve. Whether it is progressing to a digital enterprise, or a shift to skills from experience, or the exponential focus on employee experience or development of new […]

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Top Priorities for HR Leaders in 2022
New HR Trends

Top Priorities for HR Leaders in 2022

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen” – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin This quote best summarizes the last twenty months for any organization and more so for the HR function. The pandemic came outside the syllabus. There was no ready manual to navigate this situation. It made the environment more unpredictable […]

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HR & Future of Work Predictions 2022 and Beyond
Future of Work

HR & Future of Work Predictions 2022 and Beyond

HR & Future of Work Predictions 2022 and Beyond Don’t just focus on replicating work experiences digitally, focus on replicating the human experience at work – As the battle for talent rages on, employers must be as purposeful about replicating the human experience digitally as they are about replicating the work digitally. VR and the […]

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5 HR Trends You will be Paying Attention in 2022
New HR Trends

5 HR Trends You will be Paying Attention in 2022

We all would agree that 2021 was a year of managing pandemic and solidifying Organisation’s belief in people care & sustenance, HR Trends in 2022 is going to be all about pushing the boundaries of how HR can add further value to the business & people practices. A lot has changed in the past two […]

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The Future of Work and Its Implications for HR: The Time is Now
Future of Work

The Future of Work and Its Implications for HR: The Time is Now

The Future of Work and Its Implications for HR: The Time is Now As I write this, there is a new variant of the SARS COV 2 virus which is creating uncertainty of the path out of this Pandemic. Hopefully, we will have more clarity in a few weeks. Having said that, the world of Work […]

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Seven Talent Responses to the Great Resignation
Employee Retention

Seven Talent Responses to the Great Resignation

The Great Resignation, or spike in talent mobility, should not be a surprise. Many employees have spent the last 18+ months sequestered, often working alone at home with most work connections through technology. Other employees while physically at work have also been socially isolated with safety protocols limiting personal connection. With more personal time to ponder and […]

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5 ways to achieve People First Culture in current working models
Culture & Behaviour

5 ways to achieve People First Culture in current working models

Few companies that conversed highly about the “CUSTOMER FIRST” approach had to rethink and reframe it to “PEOPLE FIRST” to fight the COVID-19 challenges. From a choice, it became a necessity. In a literal sense, leaders accepted that taking care of people enduringly takes care of everything else. It is enormously complex than it reflects […]

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Agile Talent Management Strategies for Changing Workplace
New HR Trends

Agile Talent Management Strategies for Changing Workplace

Organizations are always on the edge, striving to have the best competitive advantage. In a fast-changing marketplace, the ones with the most innovative, strategic, and agile offerings succeed. Talent management is the foundation of creating meaningful people practices and in today’s agile environments, it is critical to the performance of a company. The recent pandemic […]

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Hitting the Reset Button!- Nanjappa B.S, VP-HR, Infosys
New HR Trends

Hitting the Reset Button!- Nanjappa B.S, VP-HR, Infosys

As I drive to office, I look around and the entire city is abuzz, however, the last mile of my drive is deserted with hardly a soul in the vicinity, insinuating towards the massive transformation underway for all of us & knowing that it’s never going to be the same again. While a lot has […]

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How to Design Your Hybrid Workplace
Culture & Behaviour

How to Design Your Hybrid Workplace

There is no denying that the COVID 19 pandemic has affected the lives of billions. What was supposed to be a 2 week mandatory WFH has turned into 2 years, with still no sign of a potential end. In these uncertain and unprecedented times, it becomes clear that we have to adapt Hybrid Workplace and […]

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Back to Work: Never Going Back- TCS Chief Leadership & Diversity Officer
Future of Work

Back to Work: Never Going Back- TCS Chief Leadership & Diversity Officer

As a growing part of the world population starts to get vaccinated, companies across the world and across industries are looking at what “back to work” will look like. And in that same context, I use “never going back”, taking into account several dimensions. Never going back to the old ways of working and the […]

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How to Plan Your Retirement Successfully
New HR Trends

How to Plan Your Retirement Successfully

Retirement is not the stoppage of work: in today’s evolving context it is simply a transition from one phase of life to another. It is also not something that is uniquely recent in that our traditional scriptures and texts also speak of the four phases in a human’s life, with the third dealing with retirement […]

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