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Updated on: Nov 2018

Design Thinking

To give a Fk or not The human centered design approach

Nov 23, 2018

Leading with Talent in Todays Constantly Evolving Business World

In todays constantly evolving business world, all organizations look for opportunities to maximize ...

Future of Work

Nov 15, 2018

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The Conundrum of Talent Management Analytics, BIG Data and IoT

Few years back, when I was working for a Retail Organization, I was the functional lead for an HR an...

HR Analytics

Nov 12, 2018

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Pride in Diversity Creating an LGBT-inclusive workplace in India

Brilliance isnt born out of conformity. Ample studies show that Diversity amp Inclusion is good...

Culture & Behaviour

Nov 6, 2018

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Culture & Behaviour

Importance of Organization Development in the Age of Technology

Organization development (OD) as a field of study has been around for many decades now, however in recent years it is starting to gain prominence in business domain in general, and HR in particular. Many organizations today have OD as a separate function within their HR team and are increasingly looking to extend the role […]

Nov 1, 2018

Psychology & NPL

Strategies to Resolve Workplace Conflict

A difference of opinion, it happens and is essential to have at workplace to do things differently. However when the difference of opinion becomes the show stopper, it turns into a workplace conflict. After effects of such conflicts leads into non-cooperation of individuals or teams, raising of barriers to induce delays, lowering the motivation, ultimately […]

Oct 31, 2018

Performance Appraisal

How to execute continuous performance management

Today most of the companies want performance management to be a more continuous process, There is a new way of doing things, and it’s called Continuous Performance Management. It incorporates real-time feedback, the allocation of short-term objectives and frequent developmental conversations for all employees. And these processes include near-term objective setting, regular one-to-ones or ‘check-ins‘ and real-time feedback. […]

Oct 30, 2018

Psychology & NPL

How Assessment Centre works in Talent Acquisition

Human beings are one of the most complex creations on this planet and understanding them is a difficult subject to study & practice. No wonder then that Mr. Sigmund Freud contested in his ‘Iceberg model of Consciousness’ that, like an Iceberg, which has only 10% of its total mass above the water, visible human behaviour […]

Oct 30, 2018

Design Thinking

In Conversation with Chaitali Mukherjee on Design Thinking

Design thinking is an almost new method being used by HR to meet the employees’ expectations. And it encourages professionals to create new processes based on the needs of the employees. We are privileged to have with us Chaitali Mukherjee, Partner – People and Organisation Leader at PwC India for detailed discussion on Design Thinking […]

Oct 26, 2018

Leadership

Approach to Effective Leadership Development

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”– John F. Kennedy Hyper-Masculinity in Business A lot of leadership and management strategies that we currently use in business stem from what we have learnt from wars. And while a lot of these strategies have merit if adapted well, at the core of this is the stance […]

Oct 25, 2018

Industrial Relations

Evolving Industrial Relations in Digital Age

Digitization has evolved as a game changer in the way we do business and it has appropriately also influenced the HR processes. While people/ human being, remains at the heart of business operations and nothing can be achieved without its well-being, digitization has brought a revolution in the way HR operates. Industrial Relations primarily deals […]

Oct 24, 2018

Culture & Behaviour

A Design Thinking Perspective for Employee Engagement and Retention

The other day, I was reading a blog on 2018 Employee Engagement/ Retention Statistics#1 and the following statements caught my attention: Of the 5 billion people on the planet, only 1.4 billion have a good job and just 16% of those are engaged. (Gallup) Among millennials who worked at 5-7 organizations, 34% didn’t trust their […]

Oct 23, 2018

Design Thinking

How to Build a Better Workplace for Millennials, Considering Design Thinking

A few months ago, a colleague of mine, who is also a Professor of Design Thinking, shared a very interesting aspiration: To get the HR function to use design thinking to design better employee experiences. His logic was as follows: Design thinking is all about starting with the user in mind. As a younger generation […]

Oct 17, 2018

Leadership

How Millennials are Changing Conventional Leadership

Time is running out and we need to act fast! Reviewing the old school leadership style has become the need of the hour in the workplace. Millennials are no longer the youngest generation in the workplace. Over the past decade they have been undergoing a transformation in their behaviour, attitude, approach and preferences at work. Consequently […]

Oct 16, 2018

Culture & Behaviour

How to Leverage Design Thinking for Candidate Experience

Design Thinking is a method for the practical, creative resolution of problems using the strategies designers use during the process of designing.Design thinking has also been developed as an approach to resolve issues outside of professional design practice, such as in business and social contexts. Design thinking is best known as a creative approach to problem solving […]

Oct 11, 2018

Talent Management

Role of HR in Succession Planning for a Structured Organization

Succession Planning is a long term, continuous and structured process where organizations identify top talent and invest in their development so that they take on key leadership positions in future. For any organization to thrive in perpetuity, people are the most important assets. So the focus needs to be on developing future leaders. Carefully crafted […]

Oct 11, 2018