There is a test that every employee in every organisation applies, usually without naming it. It has nothing to do…
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Winner | HRKatha Rising Star Leadership Award 2025 Every generation of HR professionals inherits a different challenge. Earlier generations had…
An accidental HR professional Beena Dixit began her career as a structural designer, the only woman in an otherwise all-male…
Only 8 per cent of Indian organisations have reached what Deloitte describes as the highest level of people analytics maturity,…
What does ‘downshifting’ mean? For decades, career success followed a familiar formula: work harder, earn more, get promoted, repeat. Downshifting…
When Shailesh Singh, Chief People Officer at Axis Max Life Insurance, talks about capability building, he does not begin with…
The modern workplace has become more measurable than ever. With digital tools capable of tracking everything from keystrokes and screen…
Every workplace has its unofficial career rules. Never accept a pay cut. Stay in your lane. The longer the hours,…
Leadership beyond borders Working across geographies has been one of the most defining aspects of Priyanka Anand’s leadership journey. Exposure…
The debate about AI and employment has spent three years asking the wrong question. The question is not whether AI…
What are ghost jobs? Ghost jobs are vacancies that appear genuine but are not actively being filled. They remain on…
The hiring conversation has shifted dramatically over the past few years. Once, technical expertise was the gold standard, proof that…
The first few weeks in a new job follow a familiar script. You arrive determined to prove yourself. You say…
When she realised that waiting to be invited into the conversation was not a strategy she could rely on, one…
Merck Life Science sits at the intersection of science, technology and commerce, supplying the tools, materials and services that enable…
What does it mean? For decades, careers resembled ladders. People climbed one rung at a time, usually within the same…
Walk into most large organisations today and you’ll find a leadership competency framework on the wall. Resilience. Empathy. Agility. Collaboration.…
Every office has that meeting. Someone suggests “aligning on bandwidth” or “leveraging synergies”, and everyone nods with the weary recognition…
Never a solo climb Somewhere along her corporate journey, Priyanka Mohanty discovered a second passion beyond HR: mountaineering. From Everest…
Company: Brightfield Consumer Goods (fictitious), a mid-sized FMCG company with 1,800 employees, known for its portfolio of packaged foods and beverages…
For the past three years, the debate around artificial intelligence (AI) and employment has revolved around one question: will entry-level…
What does ‘grey beard’ mean? In HR, a ‘grey beard’ is more than an experienced employee approaching retirement. The term…
For years, employee referrals have been among HR’s most effective hiring channels. They reduce hiring costs, shorten recruitment timelines and…
Leadership advice has a habit of accumulating. Read another book. Learn another framework. Build another capability. The assumption is simple:…
Pursuing a sense of purpose Niyathi Madasu did not enter HR because she was drawn to policies or processes. She…
IIFL Finance is a branch-led lending business operating at scale across India, with a workforce that is largely frontline, customer-facing…