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Updated on: Feb 2020

Performance Appraisal

Enabling Managers to Conduct Performance Appraisals

Feb 20, 2020

Providing Meaningful Performance Feedback

When Raj resigned from the position of Area Sales Manager in a large consumer durable company his HR...

Performance Appraisal

Feb 18, 2020

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Culture of Learning in Todays World

According to Edgar Schein, culture shapes the behaviors of people in an organization. Learning is bo...

Learning & Development

Feb 17, 2020

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Moving Beyond Evaluation in Performance Management

Performance Appraisal has evolved over time but has retained, so far, its distinctive feature in ter...

Performance Appraisal

Feb 13, 2020

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Performance Management System

Focusing on Intangibles to Evolve Workplace Performance

Could you imagine how many reports does it take for your organization to function the way it does today? Recently, we came across one that generates 900 reports. Shocked as we were with that number, upon further investigation we realized that a few years ago, each department and BU was given the mandate to increase […]

Feb 12, 2020

Performance Appraisal

Ways To Make Employee Performance Evaluation Effective

In today’s dynamic business world performance measures and performance evaluation becomes key to the positive growth and profitability of the business and also the growth of the employee. However most organisations face a challenge – as there is a gap in performance evaluation communication and Trust and this leads to employee dissatisfaction and triggers attrition. […]

Feb 11, 2020

Performance Appraisal

Ensure Fairness, a rating is not the issue

Fairness (fɛːnəs): “Treating people equally” or “impartial and just treatment or behaviour without favouritism or discrimination” Over the last few years, we have seen many polarizing arguments where people have vociferously debated the relevance of Performance Appraisals, more so around the performance ratings that follow this exercise. While at the core it seems like a legitimate […]

Feb 10, 2020

Performance Appraisal

To Be or Not To Be, That’s Really Not The Question Anymore!

As I walked down memory lane, quite literally when I visited my college for a guest lecture, my footsteps took me to the library which was one of my favorite hangouts back then! My glance fell on a book “Its not how good you are, its how good you want to be”, by Paul Arden. […]

Feb 10, 2020

Performance Appraisal

Current Challenges & The Future Of Performance Reviews

It is common knowledge that performance management often fails. But it still matters – for important talent decisions, business outcomes and impact. Numerous high profile organizations viz., Deloitte, Accenture, Gap, Adobe, Microsoft, GE, eliminated the annual performance review and replaced it with a more dynamic and engaging process of on-going feedback and coaching. However, the […]

Feb 7, 2020

Performance Appraisal

Key Elements of Effective Performance Dialogue

Taken from various angles, from the economic to technological, our business environment is more dynamic than ever, with new scenarios playing out across the world. Organizations are undergoing dramatic transformations, implementing change to their vision and hopes. To adapt to such changes in the business ecosystem, we need talent just as ready to evolve and […]

Feb 4, 2020

Performance Appraisal

New Rules of Measuring and Evolving Employee Performance

Performance Management in the very heart of Human Resource function, which funnels all the HR processes of talent management. The process over time had changed focus from performance evaluation to rewards to learning needs to performance development. The business realities of today’s global economy are ruthless and unforgiving which seldom give the second chance to […]

Feb 3, 2020

Culture & Behaviour

Buddy: A Friend at the Workplace

A wedding ceremony signifies the culture, traditions, and customs of a community. The wedding procession is accompanied by lights and fireworks. The bride’s home speaks through the decorations and the dinner. The bride’s house looks like a bride. It is illuminated as if it is the Diwali day. Bands would accompany the procession. Sometimes a […]

Jan 22, 2020

Leadership

New challenges of Gig Economy in 2020

With the increasing acceptance and adoption of gig workers, there will be different challenges and trends that may be seen in 2020. The technological era has caused a major shift in the way we work. Online platforms, social networks, aggregators, has created more than ever demand to outsource, contracting, and freelancing. This means both, high […]

Jan 22, 2020

Psychology & NPL

Being Smart isn’t Enough at Work, be Emotionally Intelligent

Emotional Intelligence is a crucial determinant of an individual’s ultimate success or failure. Human beings are gifted with this amazing ability to think and solve problems. The human brain consists of multiple Intelligences and Neurons. While all individuals possess these intelligences, we differ from each other, for genetic, upbringing, cultural, environmental reasons. Hence, we all […]

Jan 21, 2020

Culture & Behaviour

HR 2020: Shaping the Employee Experience fit for the future

Companies in the year 2020 will see focus coming back to, much needed, ‘employee experience’. Off late, the focus has been more on Agility, Technology, Automation that left an important quadrant of employee experience untouched. I strongly feel that the efforts to refine and enhance the employee experience will continue to be a top area […]

Jan 16, 2020

Diversity & Inclusion

Key Diversity & Inclusion Trends in 2020 and the Best Practices at JLL

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) has been evolving and changing over the years in response to the changes in demographics and the evolving socioeconomic structures. It, therefore, becomes important for Organisations to stay current on D&I trends which have a pivotal impact on the workplace. “At JLL, D&I is a strategic imperative for the way we […]

Jan 15, 2020