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Company: Meridian Analytics (fictitious), a mid-sized analytics and management consultancy with 1,400 employees, delivering data-driven strategy, business intelligence and digital…
Leadership beyond borders Working across geographies has been one of the most defining aspects of Priyanka Anand’s leadership journey. Exposure…
The debate about AI and employment has spent three years asking the wrong question. The question is not whether AI…
In technology services, talent is the product. Birlasoft delivers digital transformation, cloud services and enterprise technology to clients across industries,…
Corporate AI strategies often begin the same way. Buy the tools. Train employees. Measure adoption. Hope productivity follows. Newgen Software…
What are ghost jobs? Ghost jobs are vacancies that appear genuine but are not actively being filled. They remain on…
The hiring conversation has shifted dramatically over the past few years. Once, technical expertise was the gold standard, proof that…
The first few weeks in a new job follow a familiar script. You arrive determined to prove yourself. You say…
When she realised that waiting to be invited into the conversation was not a strategy she could rely on, one…
HRKatha’s Case-in-Point presents real-world HR dilemmas and invites leaders to weigh competing business and ethical choices. Company: DataFlow Analytics (fictitious),…
Ask more than 1,40,000 people across 107 countries what troubles them most about their nation, and work emerges as one…
Merck Life Science sits at the intersection of science, technology and commerce, supplying the tools, materials and services that enable…
India’s renewable energy ambitions are measured in gigawatts. The country wants 500GW of non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030, and investment…
What does it mean? For decades, careers resembled ladders. People climbed one rung at a time, usually within the same…
Walk into most large organisations today and you’ll find a leadership competency framework on the wall. Resilience. Empathy. Agility. Collaboration.…
Every office has that meeting. Someone suggests “aligning on bandwidth” or “leveraging synergies”, and everyone nods with the weary recognition…
Never a solo climb Somewhere along her corporate journey, Priyanka Mohanty discovered a second passion beyond HR: mountaineering. From Everest…
Company: Brightfield Consumer Goods (fictitious), a mid-sized FMCG company with 1,800 employees, known for its portfolio of packaged foods and beverages…
For the past three years, the debate around artificial intelligence (AI) and employment has revolved around one question: will entry-level…
DCB Bank is a mid-sized private sector bank competing for talent against larger banks, fintechs and technology firms. It cannot…
What does ‘grey beard’ mean? In HR, a ‘grey beard’ is more than an experienced employee approaching retirement. The term…
Hospitality attrition typically ranges between 35 and 70 per cent a year. Radisson Hotel Group reports 11 per cent. That…
For years, employee referrals have been among HR’s most effective hiring channels. They reduce hiring costs, shorten recruitment timelines and…
Technology is no longer HR’s competitive advantage. In 2026, most organisations will have access to AI, predictive analytics and digital…
Leadership advice has a habit of accumulating. Read another book. Learn another framework. Build another capability. The assumption is simple:…