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Updated on: Apr 2020

Economic Slowdown

Power-Tuning Hiring During Economic Slowdown

Apr 22, 2020

Keeping employees engaged during the recession

Macroeconomic indicators which means production as measured by Gross Domestic Product GDP, employm...

Culture & Behaviour

Apr 20, 2020

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PM Modi Life in the era of COVID-

It has been a topsy-turvy start to the third decade of this century. COVID- has brought with it ma...

Blogosphere

Apr 19, 2020

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Preparing the Workforce during Global Slowdown

The present scenario on physical health across the world is of extreme precaution due to Corona Viru...

Economic Slowdown

Apr 14, 2020

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Economic Slowdown

HR Challenges & Opportunities in Economic Slowdown

“When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.” (When the situation becomes difficult, the strong will work harder to meet the challenge.) Today’s most vehemently conversed and the discussed subject is global ‘Economic Slowdown’; right from the security guard to the top bosses of an organization, all seem to have some opinion or other, on […]

Apr 10, 2020

Economic Slowdown

Workforce Management in Recession – HR Strategies

Being ahead with time has become a necessity in the current time. Change is taking place everywhere in our surroundings and the change has been only constant in the business. Recently in my organisation, the name of “HR department” has been changed to “People and Culture department” as we work for people and culture of […]

Apr 8, 2020

Culture & Behaviour

Culture determines whether you Sink or Swim in Downturn

“Tom Watson” was the CEO at “EngineersAtWork” a global engineering firm that was facing headwinds in a market downturn. Tom called me for help about how he might need to adjust to meet the demands of the economic decline and a few days later we met in his office where he described how the recent slowdown […]

Apr 7, 2020

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Three key ideas on Tough Times: A perspective from CHRO

What a last couple of weeks it has been! The Covid-19 pandemic has been unprecedented in terms of the scale of the disruption to our normal activities. In India, we are in the middle of a lockdown that has seen organizations accelerate ‘work from home’ on a scale we didn’t think possible some time back. […]

Apr 4, 2020

Economic Slowdown

The Role of HR in Economic Downturn

See-saw sacred own…the downturn certainly doesn’t stay down! As I jogged in the park, my eyes fell on three kids who were playing on the see-saw in a very unique manner. While two kids were going up and down on the see-saw, the third on was precariously trying to balance the two at the same […]

Apr 3, 2020

Economic Slowdown

Leadership challenges during a downturn

Why flexible leadership overrides experience in dynamic times Leadership faces several challenges, particularly during an economic downturn. A simplistic statement but one that represents reality better than anything. In recent years, the world’s economic and political structures have been through a lot — from financial crisis to income inequality, demographic pressures, digital technology disruption, geographical shifts in […]

Apr 2, 2020

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Kunal Bahl: How startups can survive the COVID-19

While the disruption caused by Covid-19 pandemic is unprecedented and will likely have serious economic consequences, start-ups in India have also been experiencing headwinds in terms of a slowdown in India’s economy over the last 2-3 quarters. Many younger entrepreneurs, investors and other stakeholders have been reaching out to me over the last few weeks […]

Mar 26, 2020

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Covid-19: HR’s role during a global crisis

No one alive has experienced a global crisis like the Coronavirus and its unprecedented impact on personal and professional lives. Personal and family health will always have priority. We all mourn with those that mourn and we take care of our loved ones. However, with a global time out -caused by travel restrictions, social distancing, closed restaurants […]

Mar 26, 2020

Compensation & Benefits

Rewards Strategy Offering Distinctive Employee Experience

Total Rewards is a key instrument to attract and retain talent. But it is also one of the major areas of concern for both employees and employers. Employees think that remuneration hardly commensurate with skills, experience, efforts, and output and for employers, it is not viable to offer cash to meet employees’ expectations. It’s the […]

Mar 26, 2020

Compensation & Benefits

Customized Rewards Strategy to Attract and Retain Employees

Today’s talent landscape is powered by Digitization, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are the biggest disruptors; accompanied by a plethora of challenges with predictability being the biggest talent challenge. Unlike previous eras talent, today comes with multiple definitions and varying expectations and employers globally are in a continuous effort to “get it right” for a […]

Mar 23, 2020

Compensation & Benefits

Total Rewards for Global Capability Centers (GCCs) in India

There has been a steady growth in GCCs in India over the past decade. The growth coupled with changing the technology landscape has posed significant challenges for GCCs. The tools and processes which are currently beings used may become obsolete in the near future thus making the current skill sets redundant and creating a need […]

Mar 19, 2020

Compensation & Benefits

Changing Landscape of Rewards for the Future Workplace

In this dynamic world, where massive changes are happening in the environment, it’s time for us as Rewards Leaders to start rethinking about moving away from the traditional rewards mechanism and proactively plan, for the future. As we enter a new decade and 2030 appears on the horizon, the world is at a crucial juncture. […]

Mar 18, 2020