Tag: Sharad Sharma
What’s the antidote for workplace incivility?
Workplace incivility can be likened to a slow poison, gradually eroding the foundation of a healthy work environment. It manifests in various forms, from...
How employee engagement is transforming
Employee-engagement activities come in many forms, including team-building events, training programmes, recognition initiatives and wellness programmes.
Engaged employees are more productive, committed and likely to...
Ethical dilemmas HR professionals face
Imagine being in a situation where one has to make a decision, but each option goes against something one believes in. Human resource professionals...
Office red flags that can put off Gen Z
As the workforce evolves, organisations must adapt their strategies to attract and retain the upcoming generation of talent — Generation Z. Call them Zoomers...
How to curtail social loafing at the workplace
When individuals in a group put in less effort than they would if they were working alone, it is referred to as ‘social loafing’....
How to onboard a new boss
Onboarding a new boss can be an intimidating experience. Yet, it is essential to establish a positive working relationship with one’s new boss to...
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,...
How ‘biased listening’ can be a challenge for companies
It is quite common in the corporate world to come across people who only listen to what they want to hear. That means, when...
How ‘Quiet Quitting’ can harm you
The term ‘quiet quitting’ or ‘silent quitting’ has become a hot topic of discussion on social media these days. Many TikTokers such as Clayton...
How some companies are fostering psychological safety at work
The importance of psychological safety and how it affects the business has been talked about and discussed. In fact, firms such as Google and...
Can employees be monitored ethically?
All around the world, the sense of mistrust amongst employers seems to have risen, ever since the pandemic struck. A small survey conducted in...
Are those with a commercial background suitable for an HR role?
Many say that HR, as a function, is pretty soft in nature. After all, it involves the people of the organisation. For professionals working...
Is it clichéd to ask, ‘Why ‘re you leaving your current...
Armed with an MBA from a reputed college, Sanya started her career as a brand management specialist with a young startup, with a relatively...
‘Going the extra mile’ can disturb team dynamics
In a team, there always will be some who are more enthusiastic and passionate about work — people who go beyond what is expected...
Is India ready for Earned Wage Access?
The age of flexibility is definitely here to stay. Over the last two years, many companies were forced to allow their employees to work...
Will full vaccination be compulsory for employees to return to office?
Given the positive signs in the form of decline in daily number of positive cases and deaths due to COVID in the country, many...
Meet ‘Noiseless’ employee; learn to care for them
In the cement industry, there are mixers that work at a very high temperature. It is difficult for human beings to be around that...
Why asynchronous collaboration is a must in hybrid work
Collaboration has become one of the most vital challenges in the hybrid work model, where people are not working from office regularly or frequently....
From ‘survive’ to ‘thrive’ – How to transform organisational outlook
Now that we are in the year 2021, we are a little more certain and confident that things are changing, and that too, for...
Sharad Sharma joins DHFL Pramerica as SVP & head-HR
Sharma was formerly EVP & chief people officer of SBI Card and headed HR for GE’s BPM unit and the HR function for the credit card JV between GE Capital & State Bank of India.