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Updated on: Feb 2020
New Rules of Measuring and Evolving Employee Performance
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 […]

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Buddy: A Friend at the Workplace
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 […]

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New challenges of Gig Economy in 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 […]

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

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HR 2020: Shaping the Employee Experience fit for the future
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 […]

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

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5 Steps To A Great Employee Experience In 2020
Culture & Behaviour

5 Steps To A Great Employee Experience In 2020

2019 has been the year of the employee journey. As the war for talent ratcheted up yet again, the struggle to attract and retain talent has led to more and more employers to realise they need an optimal employee experience. And this war is expected to continue unabated in 2020. So, what can you do […]

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HR 2020: What’s New In Pay And Rewards?
Compensation & Benefits

HR 2020: What’s New In Pay And Rewards?

While the passage of one year does not change significantly how companies reward their employees, or how emerging technologies augment the sophistication of tools used to carry out a compensation exercise, the following are some of the trends that may emerge soon, starting with 2020. People Born In The New Millennium The youth born in […]

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A little kindness by employers boosts employee job performance & health
Culture & Behaviour

A little kindness by employers boosts employee job performance & health

Small gestures of kindness by employers can have big impacts on employees’ health and work performance. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa: According to an international team of researchers. The team specifically examined the effects of employers enhancing the lunches of bus drivers in China with fresh fruit and found that it reduced depression among the drivers and […]

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Leaders and Reverse Shadow: What would it look like?
Leadership

Leaders and Reverse Shadow: What would it look like?

The last decade has transformed work and more importantly, lives at work. Macroeconomic shifts and localization trends have joined forces with technological disruption thus redrawing boundaries and notions of corporate work life. What seemed the norm yesterday has now got cast aside as dated. Given this ever-changing milieu of patterns, behaviors and fluid evolution, making […]

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How to give ‘Performance Feedback’ to employees
Performance Appraisal

How to give ‘Performance Feedback’ to employees

There is a classic dichotomy for you to reflect upon: In a VUCA business environment, organizations need more from their employees than ever. But the same forces shaking businesses are also overwhelming employees, driving up their fear, and compromising their capacity. It’s no wonder that so many organizations are focused on how to build a […]

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Value of Soft Skills in the Workplace
Culture & Behaviour

Value of Soft Skills in the Workplace

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn’t just skills like computer technology. It’s the old fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command” – Steven Pressfield The challenge for any Human Resource Management or Learning and Development Team is how to maintain a fine balance between the hard and soft skills of their employees […]

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