Tag: Chandrasekhar Mukherjee
Making the workplace ideal for everyone — How much is too...
It has become a trend for companies to invest heavily on creating office spaces that cater to the needs and preferences of all their...
“HR will support the CEO to drive the culture of the...
2022 was a volatile year for HR & workforce
The Year 2022 was extremely volatile due to the after effects of the first two waves...
Why do leaders and employees hold different views on flexible/hybrid working?
Bob Iger, CEO, Disney, has mandated that employees return to the office for at least four days a week starting March 2023. Iger's reasoning...
How GenZs are influencing workplace culture
This is the dawn of GenZ, a more digitally native generation. It’s been a few years since this new generation has entered the workplace...
How the definition of remote workers has changed
Does ‘remote work’ mean the same today as it did during or before the pandemic? Well, the pandemic sure did turn the world upside...
How to deal with credit stealers
Shaila, a budding marketing professional, began her career with an FMCG firm. It has been three years since she started working in the marketing...
Why companies should abandon the Purple Squirrel Syndrome
The ‘purple squirrel’ in the recruitment and staffing world is the perfect candidate who ticks ALL the right boxes. Such purple squirrels have the...
Lessons for promoters on how to manage their teams
Recently, the founder of Ola Cabs and Ola Electric, Bhavish Aggarwal was in news because of his people management skills. As per media reports, apparently he...
How can hiring managers steer clear of interview bias?
A 2019 study by the Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology revealed that 60 per cent of interviewers know within the first 15 minutes...
How leaders without title play a role in transformation
Not everyone in an organisation or a team has a fancy designation to flaunt. However, that doesn’t keep them from commanding respect. In fact,...
Can pay transparency help reduce pay gap?
Achieving pay equity has been a challenge for most organisations, not just in India but around the world. Multiple research reports suggest that genuine...
“New imperative for HR will be to influence day-to-day changes, and...
A big change in 2022
Human resource leaders will have to see how the new trends have and will alter the organisation’s strategic goals and...
Why we need to rewrite the employee handbook
There has been a drastic shift in the mindset of the employees and the employers when it comes to maintaining an employer-employee relationship, thanks...
How some companies are fostering psychological safety at work
The importance of psychological safety and how it affects the business has been talked about and discussed. In fact, firms such as Google and...
Luring talent with higher salaries — a short-lived trend?
The talent market today is one of the most dynamic ever. There is shortage of quality talent across functions, which is posing challenges for...
How to ensure meritocracy while having diversity
It has been a while now since diversity and inclusion or D&I became one of the biggest agendas for organisations. In fact, for many,...
Has immersive technology established its effectiveness as a tool in L&D,...
Immersive Learning — an experiential training technique that uses virtual reality (VR) to simulate real-world scenarios and train employees in a safe and engaging...
What learning technology would look like in 2022
HRKatha is back with yet another engrossing and meaningful edition of The Great HR Debate (TGHR).
The upcoming edition is a LearnTech special, where HR...
Are workplaces suffering from ‘singlism’?
“One reason you may not get a raise or paid time off is that you do not have a spouse or children to take...
Why other functions need to pace-up with HR for successful digitalisation
In the last 16 months of the pandemic, the workplace environment has been undergoing drastic change. Though many progressive companies had already embarked on...
Who are the biggest cribmasters in an organisation?
Happiness@work is a regular series, where HRKatha talks about how companies are ensuring happiness at work. With work stress and employees’ mental wellbeing becoming...
Gender inequality and the hybrid workplace
There are conversations going on in the organisations about which working model fits best — a 100 per cent work-from-office model, or a fully...
Will full vaccination be compulsory for employees to return to office?
Given the positive signs in the form of decline in daily number of positive cases and deaths due to COVID in the country, many...
Talent acquisition vs talent retention – What’s more important?
Talent acquisition and retention are both key elements of an HR strategy. Businesses strive to attract the best talent for key roles so that...
Chandrasekhar Mukherjee joins Magic Bus India Foundation as CHRO
Chandrasekhar Mukherjee, who was heading the people function at South Indian Bank, has stepped down from his role as CPO to join Magic Bus...
Why employees are wary of learning and development programmes
If you search for ‘learning and development’ on Google, you will see hundreds of articles emphasising the importance of training and development in the...
Enhanced payment transparency obligations for employers: Report
The European Parliament and Council, has passed a directive aimed at enhancing the implementation of the equal pay principle for men and women. The...
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HR — Mere ‘agony aunts’ or much more?
Human resources (HR) professionals often find themselves wearing multiple hats in the workplace. They help manage employee relations, ensure compliance with labour laws, foster...
Amanppreet Singh Bhatia joins Hinduja Group, as group CHRO
Hinduja Group has appointed Amanppreet Singh Bhatia as its group president – human resources. He will be based out of Mumbai. Bhatia moves from...
Mamata Banerjee unveils promotions and benefits package for state government employees
Mamata Banerjee, chief minister, West Bengal, has unveiled a range of benefits for state government employees. These include improved promotional prospects, enhanced cashless benefits...
Airmeet’s workforce reduced by 30%
Airmeet, a domestically developed virtual events platform, has recently downsized by approximately 30 per cent of its workforce. The company has terminated employees from sales, marketing,...
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Data analytics and not technology will redefine HR
Q. How satisfying has been your professional journey of 39 years?
A. It has been a bagful of mixed experiences. At times I have been...
EQ, IQ & empathy define the success of a CEO
Q. You spent 16 years at LIC before moving to a corporate role at ICICI Prudential. Now, 22 years on, I am still curious...
“The big change has been that we have moved from jobs to skills,” Amaresh...
Q. How would you define the culture at GE?
A. Having been present in this region since 1902, GE has been around for 120 years....
