Identifying a capable successor does not mean the succession plan will work. For Jeeva Balakrishnan, CHRO, Cholamandalam Investment & Finance,…
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A successor may be announced at the end of a leadership transition, but the preparation can begin years earlier. Drawing…
The obvious successor may not necessarily be the leader an organisation needs next. As regulation, technology and business models change,…
Being identified as a potential successor is not the same as being promised the role. At Equitas Small Finance Bank,…
Succession planning is often treated as an HR process. For Saba Adil, CHRO, Edelweiss Life Insurance, that view is increasingly…
They did not arrive announcing themselves. They joined as analysts, engineers, content writers, recruiters and consultants. On paper, they looked…
Interviewed by Tata’s Russi Mody in 1977, GS Ramesh was asked where he wanted to start his career. “Where did…
Nobody announced that work would change this way. There was no strategy document, pilot programme or change-management communication. An employee…
Walk into almost any organisation and you will hear some version of it. In town halls, one-on-ones and all-hands addresses,…
When performance falls short, training is often the first prescription. Someone is not delivering. A team is struggling. A new…
A succession plan can identify the next leader. But can it tell you whether that leader is genuinely ready? That…
Succession planning has traditionally been built around a reassuring assumption: organisations know roughly what the next leader will be required…
Every year, organisations spend considerable money and management time pursuing workplace certifications. Employees are surveyed, submissions prepared, policies documented, results…
In this short clip from the first episode of The CHRO Playbook, Shailesh Singh, Chief People Officer, Axis Max Life…
There is a test that every employee in every organisation applies, usually without naming it. It has nothing to do…
When Shailesh Singh, Chief People Officer at Axis Max Life Insurance, talks about capability building, he does not begin with…
Winner | HRKatha Rising Star Leadership Award 2025 Every profession reaches a point when its role begins to change. For…
I was speaking recently to the HR Head of a mid-sized IT company about hiring. We were discussing how recruitment…
There is a particular kind of trust between an employer and an employee who leaves their child at a company-run…
Technology is no longer HR’s competitive advantage. In 2026, most organisations will have access to AI, predictive analytics and digital…
Maumita Sarkar has joined BASF as HR head – Global Digital Hub in Hyderabad, starting in June 2026. With close…
Many HR professionals aspire to become chief human resources officers, but few have a clear way of assessing how close…
Hire for potential, not just pedigree. Look beyond industry boundaries. Avoid groupthink. Value transferable capability. Bring in fresh perspective. Do…
What is the hub-and-spoke model? The hub-and-spoke model is a way of organising systems around one central point, the hub,…
The logic behind retirement at 60 once made sense. India was younger. Jobs were scarce. Retirement created predictable generational turnover.…
The org chart did not predict this shift. Business urgency did. Corporate HR structures still suggest a clear hierarchy. The…