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Updated on: Jun 2019
Emotional Intelligence in High Tech World
Psychology & NPL

Emotional Intelligence in High Tech World

While technology is both a bane and boon, if we use technology cautiously and consciously with good intent, it can do wonders. We have seen that with the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, Machine Learning (ML), Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, it has done value additions in Healthcare, Manufacturing and other sectors. Robots […]

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Gamification Techniques for L&D Program
Learning & Development

Gamification Techniques for L&D Program

Digital led transformation is impacting all industries. People are at the core of this change. PwC’s Digital IQ® Survey 2018 shows that “lacked skilled teams” is one of the major barriers to digital innovation. No wonder, CEOs consider workforce reskilling in their top 5 priorities to stay relevant and beat competition. “CHROs and CLOs across the […]

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Digital Transformation in Documentation- From ‘Uhh’ to ‘Aah’ Experiences!
Culture & Behaviour

Digital Transformation in Documentation- From ‘Uhh’ to ‘Aah’ Experiences!

Digital experiences are changing the way people engage with brands, buy products and interact with the world around them. Yet in today’s fast paced technology world, the HR processes are probably the slowest to jump on the bandwagon. It may seem basic, but organizations are still spending hundreds of hours in manual paperwork though 2/3rd […]

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What is Workplace Flexibility?
Culture & Behaviour

What is Workplace Flexibility?

The latest product update for Zomato has a new feature where the customer not only gets to see the rating of the restaurant but also of each item in the menu of that restaurant that makes them make better choices. Apple recently launched a credit card with no late payment fee or annual fee and […]

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Decoding The Successful CEO–CHRO Partnerships
Culture & Behaviour

Decoding The Successful CEO–CHRO Partnerships

An organisation is the sum of its people. Its success is a product of the collective effort and expertise of its employees. There was a time, not too far back in the past when the employees in an organisation were considered a cost centre and a liability. Fortunately, with the times and attitude changing, we […]

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Facilitating Employee Empowerment for Better Engagement
Culture & Behaviour

Facilitating Employee Empowerment for Better Engagement

Imagine working at the happiest-place-on-earth; a place where customers have great fun and good memories; a place where they want to come back again-and-again. Isn’t that wonderful? To create this high level of service to the customers, it takes a highly empowered and engaged workforce to do it. Is there such a place? Well, Disneyland […]

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Women in Leadership and Perceptual Barriers
Culture & Behaviour

Women in Leadership and Perceptual Barriers

‘Women representation at Board level in Fortune 100 increased from ~19% in 2011 to 25% 2017’ ‘Deliberate targets by organizations, as high as 25-30 % in senior bands by 2020’ Above indicate that we are clearly making shifts in positive direction. But just the fact that we have to take deliberate targets of, not even […]

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In Conversation with Sally Helgesen on How Women Rise
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In Conversation with Sally Helgesen on How Women Rise

In an exclusive conversation with SightsIn Plus, Sally Helgesen, Author, Speaker and the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership. Sally’s most recent book, How Women Rise, co-authored with coaching legend Marshall Goldsmith, became the top-selling title in its field within a week of publication. It explores the specific habits most likely to get in women’s way […]

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Boosting L&D with AI and Machine Learning
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Boosting L&D with AI and Machine Learning

Corporate L&D has pioneered usage of digital technologies for its operations, with Learning Management Systems and CBTs and WBTs, at the start of the century. As Industry 4.0 is moving towards new age digital technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, L&D cannot stay behind. Many organizations have started leveraging its power. And there is […]

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Emotional Intelligence – why it can matter more than IQ
Psychology & NPL

Emotional Intelligence – why it can matter more than IQ

Over 80% of competencies that differentiate top performers from others are in the domain of EI. (HBR 2003) Companies, who have executives with higher levels of emotional intelligence, are more likely to be highly profitable. (‘The relevance of emotional intelligence for leadership performance’ by Chris Dulewicz, Mike Young, Victor Dulewicz) IQ contributes only 20% to […]

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Smart HR Professionals never do these 7 things!
Culture & Behaviour

Smart HR Professionals never do these 7 things!

In today’s world, every now and then we discuss about HR should play more strategic role in the business, HR must be a HR business partner, HR has to elevate themselves to sustain in the current business environment etcetera. But other than what HR should be doing now, it is also critical and important to […]

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Holistic Engagement & Development for the Multi-generational Workforce
Culture & Behaviour

Holistic Engagement & Development for the Multi-generational Workforce

ORGANISATIONS WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENT Talent acquisition and management is the most crucial task for any organisation since these are the power houses that propel the organisation forward. Today’s workforce is generationally diverse with entities hiring individuals from different generations. For many years, the Baby Boomers held the […]

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