Author: Dr. Prajjal Saha | HRKatha

A raging situation called for a positive outlook and a pacifying solution bringing two parties together to make peace with each other.

How unhappy employees at the shop floor can turn out to be life threatening and the ways to create a safer workplace through happiness.

Balachandar N, group director-HR got a small Café Coffee Day team to share their experiences working with the brand and talk about their happiness quotient.

While employee happiness is intrinsic to employees, employee engagement is driven by the employer. How can the two be juxtaposed to create a utopian culture?

‘State of Human Capital Risk in India’ study reveals that although 62 per cent companies in the country realise the urgency of HCR at the board level, only 33 per cent have a formally-defined risk mitigation or control strategy in place.

This Japanese method for creating workplace excellence requires active involvement of each employee.

HR have a bigger responsibility of creating avenues or environments for employees to fail freely as the Gen Y—the highly tech savvy and feedback-oriented generation— is at work. 

Socially responsible organisations are more attractive and engaging workplaces for employees across hierarchies 

Building a strong organisation culture seems to be on top of the list of priorities for companies

It is common for companies to try and wriggle out of the situation and avoid legal processes, instead of being compassionate with the complainant. In fact, they even tactically encourage the complainant to reconcile or quit.

When you make calls to poach a candidate, just remember, you are not selling credit cards, you are in the business, which is lot more significant and life-changing.

The basic hiring strategy and talent requirement is different for the private and public sectors. In such a scenario, are they ready to drink from the same pool?

Millennials are frequently blamed for their lack of duty and discipline at the workplace, and often called the entitled generation. Senior HR professionals share their opinion on this.

Pingali Chandrasekhar aka Chandru spent 24 long years with Standard Chartered Bank as chief of the human resources function, before becoming an entrepreneur. A pharmacist-turned-HR professional, Chandru, founder and CEO, iCube Consortium, Singapore, has built expertise in all facets of human capital management aligned to business strategy.

He speaks to HRKatha on issues pertaining to HR including automation of the function and managing the boss.

Here are some strategies employed or measures taken by reviewees, to which the managers often fall prey and end up forming biased notions.

Referred employees hit the ground running but eventually join the complacent herd.

Mindfulness is emerging as a high interest area in companies worldwide as a way to encourage employees and managers to be more balanced and productive at work.

Companies seek to fill up specialised workforce deficit, propose sweeter compensation deals.

Effective internal communication is critical to organisational well-being.

Design thinking draws upon logic, imagination, intuition, and systemic reasoning, to explore possibilities of what could be, and to create desired outcomes that benefit the end user,  be it the customer or the employee.

There are leadership differences between men and women, which make for gender diversity in the workplace.

A Korn Ferry Hay Group study reveals that women outperform men on emotional intelligence competencies.

The programme takes care of women’s needs as mothers and home-makers so that they can give their best to their professions as well.

In a recent study by Accenture, nearly three-quarters of the respondents – men and women alike – said that “the digital world will empower our daughters”.

Companies often debate between costs and the perceived value – both tangible and real – and HR has a hard time selling the concept. 

The digital world of work is forcing radical changes in organisational structures and talent strategies.