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Updated on: Aug 2019

Compensation & Benefits

The Impact and Potential of AI in Compensation Benefits

Aug 16, 2019

Effective Performance Management Tools to Adopt

Each organisation strives towards building an effective performance management process for business ...

Performance Appraisal

Jul 3, 2019

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Why Performance Appraisals are dying? And what is the future?

Performance Management and appraisals has been a topic of several discussions debate and research ov...

Performance Appraisal

Jun 26, 2019

Developing Performance Review Systems in New World of Work

One of the most effective ways to motivate your employees is to have a sincere and accurate appraisa...

Performance Appraisal

Jun 25, 2019

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Performance Appraisal

Role of KRA/KPI in Performance Appraisal and How to set them for Employees

In today’s disruptive world where change and innovation has taken the center stage of driving the business, organization performance is measured with a close lens for its sustenance and growth. It is in this context that the organizations are driving towards becoming a high performing organization and aligning all functions with measured KPIs and KRAs […]

Jun 24, 2019

Performance Appraisal

Strategies to Re-engineer Performance Management System

“People in many organization are always attached to the obsolete – the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.” – ― Peter F. Drucker To start with, performance management was created to manage (i.e. control) the work of an industrialised workforce to maximise output. […]

Jun 19, 2019

Performance Appraisal

Challenges with Current Performance Review Systems and Future of Appraisals

It is no secret that many traditional performance appraisal processes fail to meet employees’ most basic needs for receiving feedback, coaching and recognition. Over a decade or so, Performance appraisal has transitioned from being called as ACR (Annual Confidential Reports) to performance appraisals to now being called as Performance Management. Although there is a change […]

Jun 18, 2019

Human Resources

In Conversation with Abhijit Bhaduri on Performance Management

Abhijit Bhaduri is an Author, Columnist, Digital Transformation Coach and a talent management expert. He works with organization on leadership development strategies and coaches high potential leaders and CXOs. He is the Founder of Abhijit Bhaduri & Associates, a boutique firm that specializes in the area of Leadership and Culture. Forbes describes him as “One […]

Jun 12, 2019

Performance Appraisal

Performance Appraisal Models: Which One is Better?

Time immemorial, evaluating one’s capabilities and working on areas to improve has been a major area of individual development and grooming. All historical writings are full of examples of mentoring, experiential learning and coaching by wise men. Therefore there will always be reference to and discussion about performance and its evaluation. Over last many years […]

Jun 11, 2019

Performance Appraisal

How New Age Technologies are Transforming Performance Management

The recent influx of new technologies has dramatically reshaped the organisations of today. In order to reap the benefits of modern technology, most of the industries are efficiently moving towards a new-age solution for a better HR organisation. The digitisation revelation, age of AI and machine learning are no more the tools of the sales […]

Jun 9, 2019

Performance Appraisal

Top Trends in Performance Management

The notion of performance in any sphere be it sport or corporate is an ever evolving subject. Given the current context and the future challenges that corporates will encounter, there is a need for a performance process which is in alignment with the aspirations of those who are getting evaluated and the expectations of those […]

Jun 5, 2019

Performance Appraisal

Future of Appraisals

The overall PMS process can be divided into 3 broad categories Performance Planning Review Process Rewarding Performance Planning This is evolving from an annual to monthly or quarterly KRA setting process as businesses are becoming more agile / dynamic. The KRA’s set will also be holistic and multidimensional and not limited to one’s own department […]

Jun 4, 2019

Performance Appraisal

Artificially Intelligent Performance Management

HR is generally not known to be the front runner for adopting new technologies. However HR can’t remain isolated from the digital revolution which is gripping the overall business. Outside of the organization technologies powered by Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning are already impacting our lives in a big way. From getting our […]

Jun 3, 2019

Performance Appraisal

Future of Appraisals: Transforming to Performance Enablement

Appraisals – the word evokes emotions as well as excitement in the employees. Generally, it’s an annual ritual which is considered as a ‘necessary evil’ in the employee life cycle. This process, instituted as part of the ‘Command and Control’ Organisation designs and Management practice, focuses on ‘Goal Setting’ and ‘Goal Achievement’ – and that’s […]

Jun 2, 2019

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 […]

May 8, 2019

HR Practices

Cadila Pharmaceuticals announces a four-day holiday for its employees from May 22-May 25

Discerning the importance of a good work-life balance and the nostalgia surrounding the treasured childhood memories of their employees, Cadila Pharmaceuticals recently declared a four day summer break for its entire staff from May 22 to May 25. The first-of-its-kind break in the pharma industry has been consciously worked around the month of May, considering […]

May 7, 2019