Julie Sweet, CEO, Accenture, revealed mid-August that it plans to lay off five per cent of its global workforce, affecting…
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By the end of the next decade, an estimated 60 million workers will be looking for jobs in the non-farm…
The story of General Electric’s downfall from being an indomitable behemoth to a tier-II company, has been well documented. At…
Just as we make friends in school and college, we also make friends at the workplace, and some of them…
Everybody makes mistakes in their professional lives. Sometimes, those mistakes are huge and have severe consequences. Even so, it is…
Gossip mongers are an integral part of any work culture. Almost everyone tries to avoid them until the time they…
It is a tough job to keep one’s boss happy. Tougher still, when there is more than one! Dual reporting…
Due to the financial crunch, which has hit all sectors, many companies in India have decided to defer increments and…
In the mid-90s, when South Korean companies started capturing global markets from Uzbekistan to England to Vietnam, they often encountered…
Over the last five years, Citibank shrunk its global workforce by 18 per cent. This may sound like downsizing, but…
The pandemic has been both devastating and disruptive. On the flip side, it has also taught a few right lessons.…
As the coronavirus swept across the country, it infected around 2.7 million people and hit the economy hard. According to…
Empathy is more critical today than ever before. During the current crisis, the workforce across the globe is under additional…
With active hiring expected to resume by January next year, about 74 per cent of the 114 human resource (HR)…
To survive and thrive through the current pandemic, the job of the HR leader is of paramount importance. The level…
Employees’ performance has always been the topic of discussion at the workplace. From intense discussions and Powerpoint presentations, to a…
The role of the chief information officer (CIO) has undergone change of incremental nature over the past five years, which…
With digital learning becoming the new norm, the scope for learning and development has changed completely including for the finance…
Imagine this scenario — Ankit starts his usual day by logging into his official email address. Instead of any task…
With almost 40 per cent of employees being forced to work remotely the world over, a significant 75 per cent…
‘People are your greatest asset’. How many times have we heard that? The statement may be overused, but remains true.…
There have been a few unusual realisations for every organisation during these past few months. For the manufacturing sector— across…
Often, when businesses are in turmoil, the leadership is faced with the task of making some tough choices, and downsizing…
As organisations are making the transition from ‘working from home’ to ‘working from offices’, there are a lot of considerations…
The COVID-19 pandemic has given birth to the remote-working culture. This has left many of us stir-crazy and in desperate…
Discussions around the concerns and challenges for employees while working from home, have filled the internet in the past few…