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Updated on: Mar 2022
How to Deal with Nepotism in the Workplace
Culture & Behaviour

How to Deal with Nepotism in the Workplace

As long as the run for the money, reputation and power continue, greed exists! As this greed progresses, it leads to ‘favouritism’, which is today popular as ‘Nepotism’. Once an individual grows, he/she naturally develops a feeling to benefit people close to them for different reasons. In other cases, the people around might also use the […]

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Importance of HR Analytics to Improve Employee Rewards System
Compensation & Benefits

Importance of HR Analytics to Improve Employee Rewards System

AI and Machinery Learning Models are the most complicated when implemented on Employee Rewards System. ‘Employee Rewards consists of – all the monetary, non-monetary and psychological payments that an organisation provides for its employees in exchange for the work they perform.’ Crafting a Tailored Rewards Strategy is not as simple as these statistical equations Simple […]

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Leveraging HR Tech to Improve Performance Management
Performance Appraisal

Leveraging HR Tech to Improve Performance Management

So it’s time to grant performance appraisals to your employees. But how will you decide which employee deserves what percentage of appraisal, who is that one employee that outperformed his/her peers, what percentage of employees failed to deliver what was expected of them? Do you have a system for that or are you still relying […]

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Total Rewards Strategy for 2022
Compensation & Benefits

Total Rewards Strategy for 2022

The key principle for organizations looking at rewards is to say ‘we value you’. It is important to check the differentiating factor (tangible and intangible) that makes an organization better to work at than the competition and also if this differentiating factor is still relevant in the current scheme of things. When a business changes, […]

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From Surviving to Thriving: Managing Mental Health Crisis at Workplace
Psychology & NPL

From Surviving to Thriving: Managing Mental Health Crisis at Workplace

It is a well-known fact now that the biggest crisis facing the world right now is that of mental health. There are several reports from all around the world including WHO, IPSOS, American Psychiatric Association that suggest that 6 in 10 employees are currently experiencing poor mental health at this time. This fact is not […]

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The Checklist To Consider While HR Budget Planning For 2022
Compensation & Benefits

The Checklist To Consider While HR Budget Planning For 2022

HR Budget Planning for 2022– My son wanted to understand the fiscal deficit. I explained that every year, the government prepares a budget defining its expenditure and income. At the end of the year, if the government expenditure exceeds its income, that is known as fiscal deficit. The Government covers it by printing money. My […]

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Changing Landscape of Employee Benefits in 2022
Compensation & Benefits

Changing Landscape of Employee Benefits in 2022

Just like many areas of our lives, pandemic has changed the employee benefits as well. This pandemic has pushed many employers to re-evaluate benefits and perks. Flexible work options once considered as luxury are currently the norms. This pandemic has changed the workplace and hence multiple benefits like pantries filled with healthy or not-so-healthy snacks […]

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Top hiring, recruitment trends to look out for in 2022
Talent Acquisition

Top hiring, recruitment trends to look out for in 2022

The past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic have been quite tough for talent acquisition, hiring, and recruitment teams. Its repercussions wreaked havoc on talent managers for announcing lay-offs, managing the remote workforce, and filling up demand for new roles in the digitally-driven world. According to the stats – the number of salaried and non-salaried […]

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The checklist before offering and accepting a job especially for IT Industry
Talent Acquisition

The checklist before offering and accepting a job especially for IT Industry

Recently, I got a panic request from one of the technical professionals who has worked with me, for an urgent job change without any salary hike. While reviewing his profile, I saw that he has recently switched his job around three months back and changed two jobs in the last year with almost 3X salary, so I […]

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Importance of Psychological Safety in Creating Performance-driven Culture
Psychology & NPL

Importance of Psychological Safety in Creating Performance-driven Culture

Psychological safety has become a buzzword in recent times, especially with pioneers like Google discovering this to be a key contributor to a team’s performance. Additionally, strong voices like Timothy Clark, Amy Edmondson, and Duena Blomstrom have added valuable insights into this moment. Having said this, according to Maslow, 1943; and more recently Glasser, 1998; […]

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How HR should manage people in midst of the 3rd wave of COVID-19
Culture & Behaviour

How HR should manage people in midst of the 3rd wave of COVID-19

We are entering the new year with trepidation and anticipation of the third Covid-19 wave, which comes as no surprise given that experts have already warned us that the COVID-19 3rd wave pandemic is on its way. Only a few months ago, most businesses announced that they would be welcoming their employees back to work, […]

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Top Workplace Trends in 2022
Culture & Behaviour

Top Workplace Trends in 2022

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to reshape the workplace, the “new normal” working model isn’t new anymore. The dynamics have upturned, whether it’s for organizations, leaders, or employees. The working model we see today is changing by the day, and with it, the way we recruit and retain people is also constantly evolving. Organizations will […]

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