Tag: Productivity
Will Google resort to layoffs?
In a bid to make Google 20 per cent more efficient, the tech major may have to resort to job cuts.
Admitting that the pace...
Google expects staff to work harder
With fears of recession and revenue growth slowing down, Google expects its employees to work harder and be more productive.
While several organisations have resorted...
Aussie company takes team on all-expenses-paid holiday to Bali
Employees at Sydney-based marketing firm, Soup Agency, were met with a very pleasant surprise when their employer revealed to them that they would get...
How to keep productivity high during notice period
It is natural for employees to disconnect from work when they are on their notice period. “Why should I bother? I am anyway about...
Twitter to reopen office from March 15
Twitter has decided that it will reopen its offices as the impact and cases of COVID 19 has declined in the last couple of...
Taking a coaching approach to management
The role of managers in modern-day organisations has changed. They manage in complex environments and highly-competitive markets. These are significant pressures on ongoing peak...
5 ways to maximise the impact of L&D programmes in 2021
Employee training and development programmes are crucial to the success of businesses across the world. Since they offer opportunities to the workforce to improve...
Japan’s economic policy recommends 4-day work week
The new economic policy of Japan, released recently, suggests that employers adopt a four-day work week so that employees find time to fulfil their...
Bank of Baroda offers flexibility to staff
Bank of Baroda (BOB) is preparing to offer its staff immense flexibility with the ‘work from anywhere’ and ‘hybrid’ work models being implemented. The...
Amazon’s ‘time off task’ policy under scrutiny
Amazon has decided to extend the period over which the average of ‘time off task’ is calculated. The e-retailer has been using complicated algorithms...
Australian firm resents employee spending too much time in the loo
A firm in Australia has sought advice on Reddit, the social news aggregation and discussion platform, on dealing with an employee who spends too...
Some companies ask employees to go ‘slow’ even at the cost...
The year 2020 was a nightmare for everyone. People want no memories of it. They were happy to bid farewell to it. All hopes...
How employee autonomy aids innovation & creative thinking
Gone are the days of reporting to the manager with files and folders after a work is completed. The pandemic has set every employee...
At work, the tortoise is the ultimate winner
The story of the tortoise and the hare seems to be relevant in today’s workplace. Every manager wants her team to be fast paced...
5% rise in employee engagement can cause 3% rise in revenue:...
A report by Forrester shows that a five per cent enhancement in employee engagement can lead to three per cent rise in bottom-line revenue....
Will terminating underperformers safeguard the remote working setup from toxicity?
The pandemic has led to a majority of the workforce working from home. With remote working come several challenges, most of which revolve around...
Individual productivity higher than team productivity during pandemic: BCG survey
With almost 40 per cent of employees being forced to work remotely the world over, a significant 75 per cent of the employees admitted...
Oyo staff successfully use combo of home + co-working spaces
Hospitality company, Oyo, has allowed its employees to follow a combination of ‘work from home’ and ‘work from flexible co-working spaces’. It is mainly...
With 100% telecommuters, how is Mindtree ensuring productivity?
Being proactive is the right approach as far as flexible working is concerned, and for companies such as Mindtree, shifting towards remote working, was...
How productivity is being redefined
What is productivity? Is it output or outcome? In the Indian market, the focus tends to be more on the output than the outcome....
How to deal with ‘Zoom-call fatigue’
Employees, who earlier complained of longer meetings in the conference rooms of offices, now whine about longer zoom calls or conference calls hampering their...
UNITE demands 6-hour work day for IT staff amid lockdown
The Union of IT and ITES Employees (UNITE) has sought the fulfilment of certain demands by the state governments and the Centre. The first...
Gujarat state government employees to get 10-days leave for meditation training
To improve the productivity and focus on work, Gujarat government will give 10-days ‘on duty’ leave to the state government employees for Vipassana or...
Does air quality also affect employee engagement?
We have time and again discussed factors that affect employee engagement and productivity. But who would have thought pollution will also one day feature...
How to deal with goldbrickers in the workplace
Goldbricking refers to the act of making a worthless item seem valuable. Literally speaking, it is akin to plating an ordinary brick with gold...
Why we need multiple satellite offices
Towards the end of October, CEAT launched a new office in Borivali, Mumbai. In a LinkedIn video, Anant Goenka, MD and CO, CEAT, shares...
Employee enablement: The next step
Modern organisations have begun to look beyond employee engagement to employee enablement. While engagement keeps employees loyal to the organisation, it cannot guarantee higher...
A gentle nudge can boost productivity
Developed by Richard Thaler, a 2017 Nobel laureate, ‘nudge’ is a concept in behavioural economics, which uses positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions to influence...
Global warming will cause productivity loss: ILO report
According to an International Labour Organisation (ILO) report, global warming is expected to increase heat stress amongst workers, especially in the agriculture sector. The...
Should employee engagement only focus on retaining employees?
Engaged employees are definitely happier, not just at the workplace but also at home. How many times have we heard this? Employee engagement has...
How to up productivity during festive months
With the festive season already having kicked in, people are soaking in the spirit of merrymaking. However, the energy, enthusiasm and festive aura is...
How sleep deprivation reduces productivity at work
Organisations should realise that sleep impacts cognitive performance, and lack of it may jeopardise relationships between leaders and their teams.
The topography of employee engagement
One may argue that a happy employee is an engaged employee, however, these are two entirely different facets and the former may or may not lead to the latter
How rising temperature affects productivity
South Asia will be the most affected region, with productivity losses equivalent to 4.8 per cent corresponding to around 40 full-time jobs.
How rudeness in the workplace hampers productivity and performance
Witnessing morning rudeness may adversely impact performance and goal progress.
Traditional approaches have to take a backseat: Sriharsha Achar
From more empowerment to moon lighting, Sriharsha Achar, executive director & chief people officer, Apollo Munich Health Insurance shares eight major trends for HR to look forward to this year.
The ‘Hawthorne Effect’ in the modern workplace
Employees, irrespective of the era they belong to, always desire to be heard and valued; this is what motivates them and ultimately enhances productivity.
Indian employees are vacation deprived
Around 55 per cent Indians feel that lack of vacations decreases productivity.
How biophilia boosts productivity at Piramal’s new Mumbai office
Experts opine that a biophilic design impacts productivity, creativity and collaboration.
How to maximise remote staff productivity
Here’s what organisations should do to ensure they keep their remote staff motivated and performing well
Long work hours don’t ensure high productivity
In Luxembourg, people work for only 29 hours per week, and the country has the highest productivity of £51.80 per person per hour. Find out about the most productive countries with minimum working hours.
Why it is important to appoint a ‘vibe manager’
These managers ensure the workplace is trendy enough for its employees, which, in turn, ensures better productivity.
Employees & employers are diagonally opposite on ‘work from home’
According to a survey done by TimesJobs, while 90 percent of the respondent employees were keen to work from home, 75 percent of the respondent employers weren’t comfortable with the idea.
Creative makeover of workplaces
Chairs in offices are giving way to quirky bean bags or couches, and swanky coffee tables are replacing the boring study/work desks. Even the conference rooms are getting more playful, be it with the furniture, the décor or the entire setup itself.
Accenture launches IA platform myWizard
The platform will help organisations increase productivity by 60 per cent.
Does ‘work from home’ affect productivity?
Companies are increasingly allowing the ‘work from home’ facility, but does this benefit them? HR Katha finds out…
Why a coaching culture and not any other culture?
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,”...
Is Facebook preparing to fire 12,000?
There are reports of Meta, Facebook’s parent company, quietly laying off people. The Company is reportedly aiming to cut down 15 per cent of...
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Tools, skills or collaboration – what’s the hierarchy of priority during automation?
What is digital transformation all about? Is it easier said than done? What does it really take to be able to ride the waves...
WazirX layoffs 40% of staff amid global economic slowdown
The Indian crypto exchange platform, WaxirX has joined the league of growing start-ups in the country laying off people in this current global economic...
What’s in ‘Edge,’ the new L&D initiative at Crompton
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals, the electrical equipment company with more than 4000 employees, has initiated a new capability-development programme for its employees called ‘Edge.’
An...
P&G launches new mental wellbeing initiatives — Happy Minds 2.0
P&G has announced new mental wellbeing initiatives for its employees under its recently launched programme called Happy Minds 2.0. By this initiative, the Company...
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“The big change has been that we have moved from jobs to skills,” Amaresh...
Q. How would you define the culture at GE?
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“Being good to everyone is being unjust to performers,” Mathew Job, CEO, Crompton
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