For decades, retirement followed a predictable script. You worked, reached a certain age and stepped aside. The model was built…
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Every workplace runs on two sets of rules. The official ones, written down somewhere and largely ignored. And the unofficial…
Company: PrimeEdge Financial Services (fictitious) A mid-sized asset management firm with 400 employees, managing institutional and high-net-worth portfolios across equity,…
Leadership beyond labels Sonali De Sarker has never viewed gender as a barrier to leadership. Throughout her career, she has…
Titan shaped much of Raj Narayan’s leadership journey. Over decades as a people leader across industries and organisations, he observed…
Urban India appears, at first glance, to be getting healthier. Gyms are full. Meditation apps are booming. Protein consumption has…
Hybrid work debates usually belong to technology companies arguing about badge swipes, desk ratios, and office utilisation. Manufacturing firms rarely…
What is the hub-and-spoke model? The hub-and-spoke model is a way of organising systems around one central point, the hub,…
For years, employee referrals have been HR’s favourite hiring shortcut. They are faster, often more cost-effective and frequently produce candidates…
The future of work is being shaped by a fundamental rethink of how organisations define sustainability, flexibility and human value.…
Annual performance reviews are carefully constructed things. Documented, calibrated, discussed at length — and often forgotten within days. The feedback…
Company: InnovateLabs (fictitious) A startup incubator with 200 employees, supporting early-stage ventures across fintech, edtech, and consumer technology. Background InnovateLabs…
Leading with empathy Inspired by the Buddhist practice of responding with awareness rather than reacting impulsively, Shamita Ghosh’s leadership style…
There is a paradox at the top of the corporate ladder that Gallup’s 2026 ‘State of the Global Workplace’ report…
Piramal Finance is a young NBFC with ambitions that do not behave like one. It has scaled rapidly across sales,…
Fast-growing companies usually respond to pressure with more hiring. Demand rises, headcount follows. Licious, the meat and seafood delivery company,…
What does ‘cultural intelligence’ mean? Cultural intelligence, often called CQ, refers to the ability to work effectively across different cultural…
The race between technology and talent has become one of the defining workplace tensions of this decade. Skills are becoming…
There is a specific workplace feeling that rarely makes it into career conversations. It does not arrive after a bad…
Hiring in 2026 reflects a deeper recalibration. Educational qualifications still signal learning depth. But as roles evolve rapidly, employability is…
Training as an entry point Narmina Nabiyeva may not have chosen HR with a grand plan at the start, but…
Company: BrightFuture Consulting (fictitious), a mid-sized management consultancy with 900 employees, advising clients across financial services, infrastructure, and consumer sectors.…
Without HR, workplaces would lose their balance, their culture, and probably their sanity too. Today is their day to be…
Pitney Bowes has been in business for over a century, which, in technology terms, is an almost implausible longevity. It…
What does ‘at-will employment’ mean? At-will employment is an American employment practice under which either the employer or employee can…
Family businesses often discover that culture becomes harder to scale than operations. Stores can be replicated. Processes can be standardised.…