Partnership conversations with IIMB commenced after Paul Smith, CFA, President and CEO at CFA Institute, was an invited speaker at IIMB’s Centre for Capital Markets and Risk Management.

The Genpact Centre for Women’s Leadership (GCWL) is an  industry-academia partnership— combining the power of research with industry best practices — to empower women, make them leaders and drive gender-inclusive growth. 

HR Analytics is the most challenging among different types of analytics as it involves both the hard and the soft data points.

New skillsets will be required to thrive in the new landscape, attributed to new fields, such as artificial intelligence, machine-learning, robotics, nanotechnology, 3-D printing, genetics and biotechnology.

The credit for this achievement goes to the company’s robust framework for employee growth, supported by its collaborative culture, competency framework, internal job posting, educational assistance, and focus on internal promotions.

A study indicates that many companies are not only causing unnecessary stress to their employees, but also wasting money on ineffective bonus schemes. 

The company will allow all onshore employees to work 20 per cent less at full contractual pay, for up to six months— after they return to work, post childbirth or adoption— apart from 18 weeks of maternity leave and one week of paternity leave.

Digitisation has emerged as a key disruptor and game-changer, with enterprises leveraging the integration of big data, cloud computing and mobile, and smart technology becoming a key business priority. 

Branded as CIEL Stars, these franchisees will be located in IT parks, SEZs, industrial estates and places housing many corporate companies. The franchisees will also be extended to tier-II and tier-III cities across India. 

A major part of this investment has gone into creating Accenture Connected Learning, a blend of classroom-based training and a digital learning environment to link its employees to professional content and world-class experts.  

The biggest challenge for organisations is to retain employees as attrition increases from 10.3 per cent to 12.6 per cent between 2014 and 2015.

Mobile services have been around in India for 20 years. What they have done to the country is nothing less than transformational. The network effect on India’s social and economic fabric is immeasurable. Its impact on personal living styles and family relationships is intense. And there is more to come! The future is going to be very different. For employees in this sector, it will all be about ‘jobs never done before. Here is a parallel drawn between telecom and startups.

Srinivas Kandula, chief people officer, IGate has replaced Aruna Jayanthi, CEO, Capgemini India.

Nearbuy, erstwhile GroupOn, has launched an initiative allowing a chosen employee to play the role of a CXO of their choice for a day. 

New technologies, data analytics and social networks are expected to have a deeper impact on how people communicate, collaborate and work. Are organisations prepared for the new workplace? 

With 55 per cent of Indian companies hiring through employee referrals, this platform is clearly gaining popularity in the market.  

AuthBridge’s Identity Verification service offers an instant, economical and reliable solution.

The infrastructure industry is ready for a boom—both from the government policy front, and due to heavy investment from the private sector. But where is the talent in India to execute these projects?

Enhanced security concerns across the world in response to terror; a possible slowdown in growth economies as well as subdued oil prices will all have a role to play in how business is shaped this year. This will have a deep impact on the amount of leverage the people function will have.

Hypocrisy is what is observed these days, in the name of decency and tolerance, and the key source of most IR trouble.

Acquisition increases ability to service clients with Salesforce cloud solutions for sales, service and marketing.

Traditional, copybook HR practices are fast outliving their relevance and some of the HR beliefs and practices need to be shunned this year.

Last year, performance management had to adapt to dramatically changed worldviews. It is expected that many such HR concepts will come under scanner this year. Read to find out more.

An analysis, on upcoming challenges in ‘Strategic People Management’ which people leaders will have to gear for this year.

In 2016, digital marketing courses emerged as one of the most sought after professional courses, followed by Android app development, Big Data & Analytics and The open Group Architectural Framework (TOGAF), according to simplilearn. 

Big data deployments will become mainstream in 2016.