Tag: SVP-HR
How the role of a TA leader changes during mass layoffs
It is common knowledge that the role of a talent-acquisition (TA) leader is to craft a talent-acquisition strategy for the company. That means, creating...
Office politics can be constructive too
The term ‘office politics’ is always associated with negativity. Not surprising, since it usually refers to incidents involving one person trying to hurt or...
Is hard negotiation during an interview taken as a bad trait?
Today’s job market is very much a candidate’s market. With so many opportunities waiting to be grabbed, candidates are spoilt for choice, while employers...
How sustainable is it to pay star performers above the market...
Paying star performers above the market rate is quite common in the corporate world. Today’s job market is characterised by fierce competition for talent,...
Which HR policies are becoming irrelevant?
Times have changed and so have the expectations of the workforce. The needs and requirements of the new generation are way different from that...
Cadila puts under-30 HR executives in challenging roles for leadership development
Cadila Pharmaceuticals has always believed in grooming talent internally and building leaders from within. In fact, many of the leaders in finance and sales,...
Why CXOs fail to collaborate
Gone are the days when people worked in silos within organisations. All employees, including CXOs are now required to collaboratively steer the organisation together,...
How companies are preparing for ‘return to office’
Companies such as TCS, Wipro and Infosys have already expressed their wish to see their employees back in the office. In fact, one of...
“External hiring can damage the bond employees have with teams and...
A big change in 2022
Hybrid working is here to stay. ‘Work from home’ may have gone from an order to an option. Blanket instructions...
Stresslaxation: What is it and what can be done to manage...
Is trying to relax making you anxious? While sitting back and putting up your feet, do you suddenly feel quickness of breath, or a...
How right are organisations to give away super expensive gifts to...
Recently, a software company, Kissflow, awarded BMW cars to five of its employees in appreciation of their loyalty and contribution. Suresh Sambandam, CEO, Kissflow,...
“Ideally, L&D should be overseen by the C-suite instead of the...
A Big Change in 2022
Focus on deliverables with choice of flexibility
A new ecosystem will emerge at the workplace, wherein employees will put their conditions...
Is it too early to retire at 60?
In the private sector, it is not the age of the employee but how much value the individual is able to add to the...
Stay interviews are here to stay
The Great Resignation has brought in significant changes to the way the HR operates, particularly to the retention strategy of companies. Added bonuses and...
Why the process of hiring a CEO is tricky
On February 12, Tata Motors announced Marc Llistosella as its next chief executive and managing director. A month later, the automobile major made a...
Shiprocket gets Saumya Khati as SVP-HR
Shiprocket has announced the appointment of Saumya Khati as its new SVP-HR.
Khati moved to the Shiprocket — which gives tech-enabled logistics solutions to companies...
How to ensure meritocracy while having diversity
It has been a while now since diversity and inclusion or D&I became one of the biggest agendas for organisations. In fact, for many,...
Biz2Credit hires Anupama Garg as SVP-HR
Biz2Credit, a business-funding platform for small businesses, which employs more than 200 employees in India, has appointed Anupama Garg as its SVP-HR for India....
What subjects should one graduate in for a bright future in...
Clarity regarding the scope of human resources management may be absent in people fresh out of schools or even colleges. Not surprising, since this...
BukuKas-Tokko to expand India team, onboards Alexander Peter as SVP –...
Bukukas-Tokko, an online store builder that helps MSMEs pursue online selling through its product and service offering, is on a hiring spree and will...
Reference checks — What to ask and what not to ask
For many companies and recruiters, reference check is a tick-in-the-box activity. Many do not find it beneficial and some even consider it pointless. After...
How well are whistleblowers protected by their employers?
The role of a whistleblower is termed necessary. And why not, they are the ones who expose the wrongdoings or malpractices taking place in...
Has technology changed the consumption of learning? Are we going the...
During the late 1990s, Google emerged to really change the Internet market at that time. The term ‘Google Search’ became popular. With this, consumer...
What’s so special about video resumes?
With multiple functions getting digitised at companies across the world, one of the key changes witnessed in the hiring process is that virtual interaction...
Schaeffler gets Poo-Jiuan Eng as SVP-HR for Asia Pacific region
Schaeffler, a global supplier to the automotive and industrial sector, has announced the appointment of Poo-Jiuan Eng as SVP-HR for the Asia Pacific (APAC)...
Why talent from small town india is more stable
All big Indian and multinational giants have their presence in tier 1 cities and the metros. Naturally, the job opportunities in these locations are...
Workaholics can make the workplace toxic
Many a time, employees take pride in being the first to enter the office and the last to leave. Is this really something to...
Why DE&I trainings tend to fail
Three years ago, at one of the Starbucks joints in the US, an employee denied a Black man access to the bathroom unless he...
How to train managers to deal with problematic employees
There are occasions when managers have to deal with subordinates or colleagues, who become a cause for concern. The reasons could be many —...
Gender inequality and the hybrid workplace
There are conversations going on in the organisations about which working model fits best — a 100 per cent work-from-office model, or a fully...
If business travel was a perk, are we ready to let...
An American journalist’s article published in the New York Post said that in the pre-COVID era, she used to crib about business travel, as...
Is digital transformation less about technology & more about mindset?
It was in 2011 that GE endeavoured to initiate a digital transformation effort. The Company started a new venture called GE Digital, in 2015,...
HR should deal with personal biases during inclusive hiring
The year was 2006. Ravi Mishra, now senior VP, Aditya Birla Group, had to hire a site engineer for the Company’s plant in Gawan,...
‘One company, one culture’ is a myth
Many organisation boast about having ‘one company one culture’. Big conglomerates with diverse businesses have often said that even if they have diverse businesses,...
How leadership qualities change at different levels
All leaders who reach the top of their careers go through many stages of leadership before achieving the top spot. In all these stages...
Uber appoints Divya Garg as head – HR, India & South...
Uber today announced the appointment of Divya Garg as head - HR for the India and South Asia (SA) region. Garg will be working...
Urban Company ropes in Uber’s Neha Mathur as SVP-HR
Urban Company, a tech-enabled home services marketplace, today announced the appointment of Neha Mathur as senior vice president, human resources.
An alumnus of the Tata...
‘Time to challenge one’s limits, not limit one’s challenges,’ Ranjith Menon
2020: What to learn – what to erase
I think the biggest learning has been the ability to break conventions and rise to function. This...
Is ‘inside the box thinking’ the need of the hour?
Often candidates are asked to come up with a crazy, wild, out-of-the box idea for a process to map their level of innovativeness. While...
TGHRD, L&D special: Top 15 L&D & HR leaders are debating...
Many recent studies and researches have confirmed that reskilling and upskilling of the workforce is one of the biggest challenges that businesses are facing...
HSBC appoints Nidhi Arora as SVP-HR
Nidhi Arora has joined HSBC as the SVP-HR. Before making this move, she was the director-HR, at S&P Global, an American publicly traded corporation,...
Ravi Mishra elevated to SVP-HR, global epoxy business, Aditya Birla Group
Ravi Mishra, former regional HR head, South Asia and Middle East, Birla Carbon, Aditya Birla Group, has been elevated to the position of senior...
Zee Entertainment appoints Dheeraj Jaggi as SVP-HR
Zee entertainment has appointed Dheeraj Jaggi as the senior vice president-HR. Jaggi comes with an experience of around 16 years. In his new role,...
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,”...
Meta to cut costs, freeze hiring, restructure groups
Is Meta experiencing a crisis? That is the question uppermost in the minds of most people as the parent company of Facebook has announced...
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Why Sennheiser encourages employees to specialise in their roles
One of the main reasons for attrition is the lack of professional development and growth. Stagnation is a situation that employees are in a...
National Career Service portal shows over 4 lakh vacancies
The Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoLE) has reported that the Government of India’s National Career Service (NCS) portal has about 4,82,264 active vacancies...
A peep into the leisure life of an HR leader
‘Life beyond Work’ in three words
- Helping others
- Being with family
- Spirituality
Passion beyond work
I belong to a family that was uprooted during the Kashmir...
77% employees in services sector working virtually: Report
With more and more employers having to consider the remote working model for their workforces, most need to first find out which are the...
DIALOGUE
“The big change has been that we have moved from jobs to skills,” Amaresh...
Q. How would you define the culture at GE?
A. Having been present in this region since 1902, GE has been around for 120 years....
“Being good to everyone is being unjust to performers,” Mathew Job, CEO, Crompton
Q. In today’s times, what’s more challenging for a CEO like you — profit & business growth, talent & people, diversification, compliance or managing...
“A CEO needs to acknowledge the silent majority who create the company’s fortunes” S...
Q. RPG is a diversified group with businesses spread across sectors and domains. however, its brands have a strong individual identity unlike other business...
