Tag: Rajesh Padmanabhan

Often, when businesses are in turmoil, the leadership is faced with the task of making some tough choices, and downsizing is one of them....

A few years ago, Professor Ram Charan created quite a stir by suggesting splitting the HR department into two halves and doing away with...

Welspun India has announced the appointment of Rajendra Mehta as its new president and CHRO. In his new role, Mehta will be leading the...

  Technology, data, employee experience: What’s high on agenda In the ongoing digital era, the focus has shifted to productivity through intelligent automation. Embracing the disruptions...

A general perception hovers around active job seekers in the job market— that they may end up as bad hires for a company. Why?...

Senior corporate leaders welcome this fresh move by the government, but they also have their share of apprehension. HRKatha reports. 

All facets, such as how a leader should be a coach, how a CEO creates a coaching culture and how a CHRO acts as custodian of ‘humanness’ at the workplace will be discussed at the event on 14 June.

Succession planning is a must to avoid future conflicts but most companies shy away from even broaching this topic.

Will this tool, meant for giving constructive feedback, end up encouraging backbiting? 

A coach should be able to establish trust with the team, especially the high performers.

With dipping revenues, falling hiring numbers and the kind of talent sought by IT industry undergoing a massive change, what will keep the charm intact? 

A panel of senior members from the industry – Rajesh Padmanabhan, Rani Desai, ES Srinivas, Sandip Ghose, Mahalakshmi R and Kamal Karanth – with diverse experience and expertise opine on what happiness means in the current times and how organisations can facilitate the same.  

Approaches that will change the way we look at the interventions in terms of cultural relevance, functional expertise and competency building.

This three-dimensional model develops potential leaders on three aspects – culture, capabilities and performance.

People who don't quite fit the bill have been found to make the most significant impact on a company's success.

While employee happiness is intrinsic to employees, employee engagement is driven by the employer. How can the two be juxtaposed to create a utopian culture?

Design thinking draws upon logic, imagination, intuition, and systemic reasoning, to explore possibilities of what could be, and to create desired outcomes that benefit the end user,  be it the customer or the employee.

How does an organisation ring fence the acquired talent?

Padmanabhan quit the Vedanta Group in August, 2015.

As the end of the year 2015 approaches, it is time to think of the HR disruptions and innovations one is likely to see in 2016, and beyond. One may not have the perfect handle of all changes happening but directionally these are some of the likely occurrences.

HRKatha gains exclusive insight into the perspectives of industry leaders, on the 7th Pay Commission. Rajesh Padmanabhan talks about how it could affect the Government workspace, consumerism and talent acquisition.

President & group CHRO, Vedanta Resources, Rajesh Padmanabhan believes in two things – people and change – that have influenced him greatly in breaking moulds and foraying into uncharted territories.