Every year, India adds 12 million youth to its labour pool. We do not see creation of a comparable number of jobs to absorb these new minds. So, many remain unemployed or under-employed. Nearly 20% of our people who have the minimum qualification of being a graduate do not have a job. Scarcity of employment […]
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 to say the least. We realised, these on-the-job learnings were contrary to what we learnt in management schools. Strategy and Structure: what comes first? In […]
Ups and downs are a part of life. They say, if you have none, you’re not alive. Right from the waves in the sea to seasons of the year and experiences in life have crests and troughs. One has to embrace them and make the most of them. Organisations have their own lives and their […]
Each day we leave our workplace, yet keep on thinking about the events of the day, the conversations we had, the unfinished agenda, the reactions of people and various such scenarios. After work hours, we do check our emails, answer messages, make work-related phone calls. Do we really check out of work? Most of us […]
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 members in the audience feel emotionally charged, get transported to a world they relate with and feel influenced deeply. They forget the presence of the […]
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 based on reviews on Rotten tomatoes, self-drive cars on Zoomcars, decide on job offers based on Glassdoor ratings and openly air our opinions on social […]
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 organisations’ strategy that help them stand out. More often than not, they have a strong reputation built over the years for the practices they follow […]
Companies want their employees to deliver desired levels of productivity on a consistent basis. We see innovative products and services coming up every now and then challenging the existing players. So, this becomes all the more important for companies to stay flexible in their approach towards all their resources including talent. Cities are facing historically […]
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 slowdown was a decade ago during the global financial crisis. We learnt several lessons then. All stakeholders of a business, right from the owners, management […]
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 to many other parts of the world. HR leaders in India have a task cut out for them. All of us know, happy employees are […]
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 that they create a better everyday life for the many people. They look for people who are keenly interested in home furnishing. That set me […]
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 folks who were excited about the prospects of the journey and passionate about co-creating an institution. We were bootstrapped and didn’t have much on the […]