Business
Human Capital
The 5 Pillars To Engagement
Organisations across the world are rapidly evolving, with new business models, fast moving technologies, and evolving workforce requirements. In such a dynamic environment, it is required that companies remain all the more cognizant and upkeep themselves with the changing times.
4 min |
April 2018
Human Capital
Top Hiring Mistakes To Avoid
The HR industry is now leveraging the power of new age technologies such as AI and ML for more accelerated and intelligent solutions. ML helps organisations to significantly improve their process efficiencies at reduced time and cost, without having to compromise on the quality of the outcome.
5 min |
April 2018
Human Capital
Getting Ready For The Ride
A successful HR transformation today is much akin to "creating land at sea", one that can be achieved via Advanced Analytics. With the underlying theme of 'transformation', this makes a case for HR organisations to find better ways to leverage advanced analytics, and use it to build an agile, responsive, and focused workforce.
3 min |
April 2018
Human Capital
The Paradox Of Change
Change feeds change in a business. It is therefore not surprising that stories of organisational growth and survival across the world are also stories of acute self awareness and timely change.
8 min |
June 208
Human Capital
Identification Of Change And Action Plan
Change is inevitable, and, it is incumbent upon organisations to accept it as 'BAU' (Business as usual). It is therefore imperative for organisations to periodically evolve themselves in order to accommodate the flow that goes on within the ecosystems in which they thrive.
7 min |
June 208
Human Capital
Steering Change And Transformation
In an increasingly uncertain world, probably the only thing that we can believe with certainty is that change will continue to happen, possibly only faster, and, organisations and people who are nimble, curious and open to learning shall be the likely winners.
7 min |
June 208
Human Capital
Change Brings Opportunities
HR has multiple roles to play from being an influencer and consultant to being a peoples' advocate and ensure that interests and concerns of the employees are duly addressed.
6 min |
June 208
Human Capital
​Impact Of Consolidations And M & A's
Mergers and Acquisitions are used extensively for restructuring the business organisation and they have become the favoured route for either inorganic growth or consolidation.
7 min |
June 208
Human Capital
The Zen Of Sports And Wellness
That every organisation must take the first step in providing the right environment for its employees is only natural, while at the same time, it must also ensure their well-being by providing the requisite hygiene, the right infrastructure, privileges towards health & wellness, recognition programmes and growth prospects.
5 min |
January 2018
Human Capital
Be Mindful Of Adult Attention
Combining technology with adult learning principles, L&D professionals can confidently take on increasing distractions and win the war for the hearts and minds of the distracted and confused learner with utmost confidence.
4 min |
January 2018
Human Capital
Staffing For Careers
Staffing for careers works on the premise that aim at linking people, their aspirations, skills, and capabilities to an organisational purpose, despite the inherent disconnect between the staffing firm and the client firm.
9 min |
January 2018
Human Capital
The Waves Of Digital Transformation
As with all other aspects of life, technology is fundamentally transforming the workplace in an unprecedented manner. Emerging technologies such as robotics and AI are dramatically changing the nature of jobs and consequently the skills that organisations are looking for from their people.
4 min |
January 2018
Human Capital
Are You What You Tweet?
A few months ago, Fair Work Commission (FWC) in Victoria, Australia ordered a company to pay compensation to one of its ex-employees who had been dismissed on the grounds of inappropriate workplace behaviour. While the company insisted that the said employee used objectionable language on social media, the Commission observed that such language was commonplace at his workplace, and also that he was unaware of the company policies on social media usage. While organisations ensure that there is a social media policy in place, the aspect of educating its employees, and issues related to their personal spaces are left wide open.
7 min |
January 2018
Human Capital
Building The Leadership Muscle
Lao Tzu, the ancient Chinese philosopher once said "Know yourself and you will win all battles."
3 min |
July 2018
Human Capital
The Sum Total Of Change
It is common knowledge that organisations are a sum total of its people and their knowledge. Therefore, it becomes increasingly important to ensure that organisational changes are handled with utmost care and empathy.
5 min |
July 2018
Human Capital
Theatre As A Learning Tool
A person who has done theatre in his/her life is likely to handle the HR role a great deal better because theatre would have taught him/her goal setting, communication, empathy, situational leadership, time management, and, diversity and inclusion.
6 min |
July 2018
Human Capital
Technology At The Very Helm!
Human Capital interacted with some very well known HR experts who exchanged and emphasized their views on the pertinence over the relevance of HR tools, analytics and applications that lay the roadmap for the future.
10+ min |
January 2017
Human Capital
VUCA Provoking World: The Future
VUCA forces are almost certain to perpetually increase, yet those at the strategic level can be a buffer for these ever-building pressures, preventing a damaging level of influence on the broader employee population. By focusing talent management approaches on the elements of VUCA where skill gaps are most likely organizations can reduce risks and stay a step , ahead of these ever-encroaching challenges.
10+ min |
January 2017
Human Capital
Emulating Change Through Self awareness
Diversity has become an essential element among today's global workforce and organizations that effectively manage diversity will be the ones that will hold a competitive advantage.
4 min |
February 2017
Human Capital
The Journey And The Road Ahead
The trends and challenges for the Industry in the various aspects of HR as they were perceived in 2016 and how they stand for 2017 as explored by O.C.Tanner, a global employee recognition and engagement company.
6 min |
February 2017
Human Capital
Good Health, Greater Productivity
The Willis Towers Watson 2015/16 Global Staying@Work survey indicates that employers in the Asia-Pacific region are committed to employee wellbeing, but, lack of strategy is undermining their wellness programmes, thus making them fragmented, and, creating a disconnect with the employees.
5 min |
February 2017
Human Capital
3 Rs To Empower Women
With the passage of time, functional literacy will enable women to step out of their houses, make their own choices and contribute to the socio economic development of their society.
4 min |
October 2016
Human Capital
Creating Space For Data Convergence
Besides increasing the speed with which we can obtain information, an analytics platform also brings in added advantages like real time information; giving control to the user since they are no longer required to wait to be furnished with conventional reports.
6 min |
October 2016
Human Capital
Practice Makes Compliance Perfect
As learnings reinforced by recent scams and frauds across the country have shown us, a culture of being compliant must be driven from the highest management and operation heads of organisations. This is the most successful way to remain compliant in letter and in spirit.
3 min |
May 2018
Human Capital
Disruptions In Learning
The digital learning world of the modern days has also taken into account the way of learning of the traditional learner. A traditional learner might find it difficult to understand through curated content alone, and hence, virtual coaching is another option that the companies can adopt.
3 min |
May 2018
Human Capital
Smart Guys No Longer!
All high performers are adept at achieving superlative results, but managing people is in itself a different ball game. For managers who are not used to managing people, it can be a humongous challenge to establish a cohesive team.
2 min |
May 2018
Human Capital
The Team That Would Not Listen
That all is not well at the White House would be an understatement since more than 37 top aides in the Donald Trump camp have already quit office. When Ezra Klein, the Founder of Vox, interacted with those who work with President Trump, he was told that this in fact is a management crisis since "working in this White House is a frustrating, dispiriting, and often surreal experience, and it exposes staffers to both legal and reputational risks." In the corporate arena, things are not very dissimilar from the above, and as the case reflects, the management as well as the team members are equally responsible to ensure greater rapport, coordination and synergy among each other
4 min |
May 2018
Human Capital
The Art Of Leadership
“Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible”
2 min |
May 2018
Human Capital
Time To Augment Robotic Skills
While the other industries prepare themselves to reap the rich benefits that robotics brings, the robotics industry in itself is facing the challenge to find and hire the right talent. At present, the skill gap in the robotics industry is not merely hampering its own growth, but also of all the other industries which can be transformed by robotic deployment.
4 min |
December 2017
Human Capital
Aligning Human Assets As Per Needs
Human capital is in fact the biggest risk impacting business performance in today's growing and competitive environment, and although, there has been a management evolution in India, the maturity is not at that extent that it can identify human capital as a critical risk.
5 min |