The book – Hidden Strengths – Unleashing the crucial leadership skills you already have – by authors Thuy (pronounced Twee) and Milo Sindell aims to highlight as the untapped opportunity.
A report by Towers Watson indicates that Indian companies are seeing a major gap between the amount they spend on employee benefits and the value they get in return.
Bosses are humans too, and they have their preferences and dislikes. If you play your cards well, you will be able to work not only for them, but also with them.
Five principles of keeping your people together, the Ronnie Screwvala way.
To double its business in the country, the Company will upscale its HR division by hiring over 200 engineers, annually, over the next three to four years.
From a Class-I gazetted officer with the government of India to the CHRO of India’s largest business house, the journey has not been a cakewalk for Prabir Jha, president & group CHRO, Reliance Industries.
Jha started his career as an assistant works manager at the Dehu Road Ordnance Factory, Pune, in 1990. However, after completing nine years in a secured government job, he decided to test new waters. He took two years’ leave to pursue a full-time course in HR from XLRI, Jamshedpur, which marked the beginning of his corporate life. Jha has diverse experience across industries—from engineering and information technology to pharmaceutical and automotive— and now even a business conglomeration. His personal goal is to support people to become better professionals and more importantly, complete individuals.
He speaks to HR Katha on a subject that plagues the HR industry today — the use of data in human resources. Excerpts…
This optimism implies that organisations will have to give in to the bargain or alter their policies, to retain and attract talent.
Unlike common perception, many leaders at the highest level of management actually lack the basic guts to speak up for what is right against their bosses. Just that their designation happens to be CFO, COO, CHRO, VP, Senior V-P or President not withstanding. It’s a social trap that they have inextricably locked themselves into and lost the integrity to speak up when there is a need to do so.
An Ernst & Young (EY) survey reveals thaat most companies have a callous approach towards the Act (sexual harassment of women at workplace) without realising the penalty that comes along for defying the law.
We have seen brands and companies perish or become history on failing to predict the future. Does this also hold true for talent hunt?
With restructuring plans on the horizon, HP is all set to bolster its research and development division.
Nestle’s Maggi is undergoing a major crisis and the entire leadership is busy firefighting. However, an effective internal communication plan can be helpful in dousing the fire faster.
Around two lakh male executives in the 20 to 35 age bracket will benefit from this.
Use town-halls and newsletters for internal communication to tell our employees that whatever they see and hear about our company…
The company has laid out a new policy on maternity and parenting.
The erstwhile HR head for Lenovo India, Subhankar Roy Chowdhury has taken over as global head HR strategy, M&A and analytics.
The stores, which are not restricted to women customers alone, receive an average footfall and ratio of men and women at par with any other Vodafone retail outlet.
With effect from 1 June, 2015, the average salary hike will be seven and two per cent for all eligible offshore and onsite employees, respectively.
Addressed by senior executives from the corporate world, the lectures and real-world case studies will equip professionals with diverse perspectives, leadership styles and skills to make them efficient managers.
The recruitment process to become simpler, more systematic and transparent for employers as well as employees.
Personal commitments and search for greener pastures seem to be the main reasons for people ending their job contracts across the world.
The company hopes to create a merit-driven talent ecosystem aimed at perfecting the science of matching talent with opportunity, through credible and intelligent assessments.
Indian Banks Association has signed a bipartite agreement with employee unions.
By combining advanced analytics and big data research, its technology-driven framework will find the most suited candidates for companies, by sorting through its database of over 50 lakh freshers.
In collaboration with ManpowerGroup, which has been the world’s workforce expert for over 65 years, it organised a joint recruitment drive at its Kolkata central office to provide employment opportunities to its trainees.
The fair, organised by the Directorate of Technical Education, National Service Scheme, will be held from 5 June, at the Sree Narayana Guru Institute of Science and Technology (SNGIST), North Paravoor, Ernakulam.