It’s often debated & witnessed that even when most of us have the same access to resources some of us keep moving up the value chain either in terms of our learning, innovation, or new ways of doing work better, while the rest tend to be stuck where they were. Why is it that among… Continue reading →

Technology is often considered as a bane or an intruder into our lives, whether it is omnipresent in the form of our mobile phones or as emails popping up or messages on WhatsApp and so on. This is after discounting notifications from Facebook / LinkedIn etc. which I guess we are comfortable with since we… Continue reading →

(Changing Outlook of CSR: “Pashu jeeta hai ann ke liye, manushya arth ke liye “) Summary: Why waste a good crisis; isn’t this a good opportunity to change the outlook of CSR from being ‘Compulsion Driven’ to ‘Contribution Driven’? Can the new age CSR move from Corporate Social Responsibility to Conscious for Self-Redemption PART 2… Continue reading →

(Changing Outlook of CSR: “Pashu jeeta hai ann ke liye, manushya arth ke liye “) Summary:Why waste a good crisis; isn’t this a good opportunity to change the outlook of CSR from being ‘Compulsion Driven’ to ‘Contribution Driven’? Can the new age CSR move from Corporate Social Responsibility to Conscious for Self-Redemption PART 1 (*… Continue reading →

s appraisals come to an end for most of the organizations, HR moves on to conducting the skill and competency gap exercises. For a change we witness many organizations giving fair importance, if not equal, to assessing the gaps of their HR team also . When we delve into what are the competencies that the… Continue reading →

Often over a drink during the weekend we hear conversations about how many of us are frustrated with the state of our current affairs. Whether it is our jobs, bosses, roles, organizations, or in general with life – we make elaborate resolutions, plans, blueprints to change all this. But come Monday, and we are more… Continue reading →

As the mood for the appraisal season sets in, one can witness the surroundings suddenly getting sober and sad, it is almost as if we are about to witness few funerals around us!! It is hard to fathom why after slogging through the year, with a series of wins & several doses of appreciations, we… Continue reading →

One popular discussion topic which cuts across all stereotypes and groups whether it is Gender, Religion, Hierarchy, or Industry type is the battle of “Work – Life balance”. Most of us over a drink on Friday evening crib about it, on a Saturday evening resolve to do something about it, on Sunday evening start diluting… Continue reading →

Have you ever struggled with this paradox? When we were growing up, “Work Life Balance” was never a challenge; even after playing for hours together in the sun & still completing homework on time to running errands for the elders, without help of planning or gadgets! While today, when we have the access to best… Continue reading →

One of the biggest dilemmas that the HR Business Partners / Generalist HRs face across all the sections of industries is ‘Who to trust’ and ‘Who not to’ when employees come up with reasons for not being happy / to quit / for their lower contribution etc. A simple dip stick check with HR professionals… Continue reading →

As the mood for summer sets in, so does the mood to travel, visit new places & take a vacation. An unconventional, but popular mode of vacation is ‘Go Backpacking’. Backpacking is defined as travelling without much-detailed plans, travelling light without much baggage, exploring territories which are not found in tourist guides, picking up transport… Continue reading →

The one topic that never ceases to excite us, whether it is the HR professionals, the line managers, the finance team or the senior management, is the bell curve. Few of us see it as an unnecessary evil which cannot be avoided, while others see it as an evil which is thrust upon all of… Continue reading →

As a kid I never had a chance to realize the challenge and dilemma of parenting; from my perspective it always looked so effortless. Once in a while you shout and once in a while you pamper – that basically summed up the whole parenting process. As the days passed and one journeyed into becoming… Continue reading →

In this era of sequels, we couldn’t resist the temptation; so here we go… Before that, the story so far.. Everything comes to an end – fairy tales, good times, bad times and even our lives. So the question that arises is – Does accepting the fact that we are mortals help us in any… Continue reading →

Everything comes to an end – fairy tales, good times, bad times, and even our lives. This pandemic shall end too. We may be mentally ready to accept that all things come to an end but hesitate when it comes to our lives. Accepting death or being mortals is something which many of us secretly… Continue reading →

The last few months have been slow on all of us and hiring wasn’t an exception in this process. When the hiring is slow, it has always been observed that we are more diligent during the hiring process and areas like Values alignment etc. come into greater and sharper focus; but as the economy booms… Continue reading →

During the last few weeks of getting over COVID and getting back to normal life, I have been spending considerable time with my friends from the Learning and Development domain and during the course of our discussions many topics arose- the most fundamental and critical one being – what is our purpose in this new… Continue reading →

In order to succeed in these challenging times, all the functions are reinventing themselves and if we think of it, Learning & Development is not immune to this trend either. So, have Learning & Development spent time learning about itself? Is it ready to unlearn? Is it ready to let go of some of its… Continue reading →

It’s often debated & witnessed that even when most of us have the same access to resources some of us keep moving up the value chain either in terms of our learning, innovation, or new ways of doing work better, while the rest tend to be stuck where they were. Why is it that among… Continue reading →

Technology is often considered as a bane or an intruder into our lives; whether it is omnipresent in the form of our mobile phones or as emails popping up or messages on WhatsApp and so on. This is after discounting notifications from Facebook / LinkedIn etc. which I guess we are comfortable with since we… Continue reading →

In the childhood years, we often sang the rhyme ‘Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall’. In today’s parlance it is so relevant if we align the same with the leadership style. Leadership which sits on an issue without taking decision on time is bound to fall in the eyes… Continue reading →

One popular discussion topic which cuts across all stereotypes and groups whether it is Gender, Religion, Hierarchy or Industry type is the “Battle of Work – Life balance”. On a Friday evening- most of us crib about it over a drink;  On a Saturday evening-we resolve to do something about it; On Sunday evening- we… Continue reading →

Often over a drink during the weekend we hear conversations about how many of us are frustrated with the state of our current affairs. Whether it is our jobs, bosses, roles, organizations, or in general with life – we make elaborate resolutions, plans, blueprints to change all this. But come Monday, and we are more… Continue reading →

One of the biggest dilemmas that the HR Business Partners / Generalist HRs face across all the sections of industries is ‘Who to trust’ and ‘Who not to’ when employees come up with reasons for not being happy / to quit / for their lower contribution and so on so forth. A simple dip stick… Continue reading →

Often we realise this paradox of how none of us went back to our loved ones when we were growing up with the challenge of ‘Work Life Balance’, whether it was after playing for hours together in the sun or after completing multiple tasks ranging from doing homework to play time to running errands for… Continue reading →