Category: Leadership

The ideas we did not learn at our B-school

It was a leisurely lunch meeting with an old colleague who is on an entrepreneurial journey. We chatted about multiple things, market opportunities to organisation design. The discussions were invigorating...

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Captivate your audience

We have seen leaders, performers and speakers who captivate their audience as they deliver a speech. Everyone says ‘wow’ after listening to those words of wisdom, inspiration and imagination.  The...

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HR for the next decade

In 1999, none of us imagined, we would book taxis on Uber and Ola, hotel rooms on Makemytrip, Oyo and Trivago, plan holidays looking at TripAdvisor, decide to watch movies...

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Talent Brand : Build and Leverage

Some companies are strong talent magnets while many are not. The attractiveness of a company is a function of multiple parameters. However, there are a few critical components in the...

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Turning the tide

The ability to tide over a crisis is the mark of a robust organisation. And the HR can play a seminal role in turning threats into opportunities. The last major...

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Are you happy at work?

Employee engagement scores are high among Indians compared to the global averages and Asian benchmarks. This is good news, however, retention of workforce is a bigger challenge in India compared...

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Hire People aligned with your organisation’s Purpose

Last week I was hearing Peter Betzel, Managing Director of IKEA India talk about IKEA’s history and ways of working. IKEA, the world’s largest in furniture and home furnishing says...

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Making interns your future star employees

Four years ago, we started with a belief that we could make a difference in the way companies acquire talent for themselves. We were quick to get a bunch of...

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Get employees to own their own performance

A couple of years ago, we heard the voices on the floor about delays in incentive payout. Naturally, it was an area of concern for our team members. We were...

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Can HR Drive Change?

 Years ago, I was attending classes on EFQM Excellence model. I learnt, excellent leaders must do five things consistently, one of them is to lead the change initiatives from...

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