Tag: chief people officer

No mass layoffs at Adobe in 2023 assures its CPO

After laying off about a hundred people from the sales team in December 2022, Adobe is now committed to growth. Gloria Chen, chief people...

Uzair Qadeer appointed chief people officer, BBC

‘It is an absolute privilege to work alongside such exceptional and passionate global teams,” says Uzair Qadeer in his LinkedIn post, on his appointment...

Sandeep Nainwal appointed head of people, Revolut India

Sandeep Nainwal is now head of people, Revolut India. He moves to the India arm of the UK-based fintech company from Flipkart, where he...

How India Inc. Plans its HR Budget

For decades, the HR budget was mainly about salary and wages.However, with the evolution of the workplace, HR budgets are also becoming more exhaustive. This...

Should employers steer clear of frequent job hoppers?

There was a time when it was common practice for people to spend their entire careers at the same organisation. Today, a constantly- changing...

Employees with low ambition – Boon or bane?

Having worked at the same IT Company for 11 years, Rohan Pandey, a back-end web developer, was the go-to person for most rookies on...

How unceremonious layoffs impact employee trust

There seem to be distressed and anxious employees all around us. What with big giants such as Amazon, Twitter, Netflix, Facebook’s parent company Meta,...

Why hyper-personalising employee rewards & benefits calls for caution

Customising employee rewards & benefits is welcome, but organisations must manage and strategise the process with care, point out HR leaders. The importance of rewarding...

How twitter’s acquisition by Elon Musk could bring a change in...

The dramatic acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk was finally concluded on 27 October 2022. The process had actually begun in April 2022 but was...

How to eliminate gaps between employees and their immediate bosses

The differences between employees and their managers can be easily done away with if the managers are adequately trained in this area Employee retention has...

Are hackathons effective as a recruitment tool?

Today, organisations have increasingly begun embracing new-age recruitment tools to source talent. A hackathon is one such tool that several players, particularly in the...

R Sundararajan is new CPO at HCLTech; VV Apparao named chief...

HCL Technologies has elevated Ramachandran Sundararajan to chief people officer (CPO). Since 2018, he has been executive vice president – HR, HCL America. VV Apparao,...

How Page Industries has almost 90% women at the shop floor

Page Industries, the Indian manufacturer and retailer of innerwear, loungewear and socks, which is also an exclusive licensee of Jockey International in India, has...

How does the CEO-CFO-CHRO trio drive a talent-first organisation?

The equation seems to have changed. Among the direct reportees to the CEO, the CFO used to be the closest confidante. The reason being,...

Tricentis ropes in Jennifer Lucas as CPO

“Excited about the road ahead at Tricentis,” posts Jennifer (Alessandra) Lucas on LinkedIn, resharing the announcement of her appointment by Tricentis. She has joined Tricentis,...

Is it time to reimagine the workwear wardrobe?

The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped work life the world over. The idea of flexibility at the workplace has more or less entrenched itself even...

Yolanda Seals-Coffield elevated to CPO, PwC

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the international professional services firm has elevated Yoland Seals-Coffield to chief people officer. Seals-Coffield had joined PwC over ten years ago, as principal...

Amy Hanlon-Rodemich takes up CPO role at Nokia

Amy Hanlon-Rodemich has joined Nokia as the chief people officer (CPO). She moves from GlobalLogic, where she was chief people officer for over three...

Pradheepa Raman is the new CPO at GlobalFoundries

Raman, who is an advisory board member – leadership-development programme at the Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School, has moved from Stanley Black...

Airmeet’s Meena Kumari R joins Hiver as CPO

Hiver, a customer-service platform designed for Google workspace, has hired Meena Kumari R as its new chief people officer. In this assignment, Kumari will play...

Office politics can be constructive too

The term ‘office politics’ is always associated with negativity. Not surprising, since it usually refers to incidents involving one person trying to hurt or...

Why employees are equally responsible for lack of work life balance

While cribbing about the lack of work–life balance, many employees don’t think twice before blaming their bosses, work or organisations for the same. It is...

Why companies need to have their own signature culture

For the success of any business, the culture of the company is as important as the business strategy. They say, “The company culture eats...

Amagi ropes in Prasad Menon as CPO

Amagi, a cloud-based SaaS technology firm for broadcast and connected TV has announced the appointment of Prasad Menon as its new chief people officer...

Jugglers are much sought after by employers

Soham is celebrating his recent promotion. For the first time, he has been elevated to a managerial role. At first, he basks in the...

How Max Life Insurance is bridging the generational gap in staff

In India, most discussions and initiatives pertaining to diversity always boils down to gender diversity. However, ‘diversity’ is not just restricted to gender alone,...

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Layoffs at Freshworks

Freshworks, a SaaS firm listed on Nasdaq, recently carried out another round of layoffs in its Indian and US offices. The company clarified that...

Will South Korea allow people to work 69 hours a week?

The Government of South Korea is looking at certain reforms, which, if implemented, will permit employees to work up to 69 hours a week....

Do CEOs need HR experience to be effective leaders?

A CEO’s position is one of the most critical within an organisation. As such, the qualifications and experience necessary to become a CEO have...

Cadila Pharma faces worker protest over alleged termination

Employees of Cadila Pharmaceuticals staged a protest demonstration outside the company's Samba plant in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday, alleging that some workers had...

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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....

“Being good to everyone is being unjust to performers,” Mathew Job, CEO, Crompton

Q. In today’s times, what’s more challenging for a CEO like you — profit & business growth, talent & people, diversification, compliance or managing...