Employee Retention Employee retention concerns are emerging as the most critical workforce management challenges of the immediate future. Recent studies have shown that in the future, successful organizations will be those which acclimatize their organizational behavior to the realities of the current work environment where longevity and success depend upon [...]
Most start-ups focus on product, service and finance during their critical initial years. However due to the intense pressure of survival the people and process aspects get neglected. Performance Management system hence gets the last number in priority list because it is considered as HR process. This can be a [...]
It is proven through hundreds of research projects, that if we collaborate and pull together our individual strengths we can deliver great product/service consistently and efficiently. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” –Michael Jordan. Each of us brings our special talents, technical/functional expertise and unique style of managing [...]
An employee is as good or bad as his manager. A manager is as much responsible for an employee’s performance as the employee himself. Great managerial skills go beyond mere assigning of duties and supervising them. In fact, manager has a far bigger role to play than these activities. A [...]
Strategy is the backbone of any organization. It can be compared with a ship’s rudder. One can imagine the state of the ship that tries to sail without a rudder. Similarly, it is impossible for an organization to keep functioning effectively without a proper strategy in place. Oftentimes, top officials [...]
Workplaces and work cultures have developed immensely over time, but there still remains to be one problem – there are lesser women in the workforce than men. The reasons for this inequality in the professional fields are many, but the most significant one that applies to the Indian context is [...]
In a recovering economy that is building itself around the dynamic change in the business scenario, retention of valuable employees is a hard task. Talent might be easy to find owing to a large young workforce, but retaining them in your company is the real challenge. Losing a valued employee [...]
Quite often during my consulting work I have come across business leaders who have expressed that they feel a sense of discomfort with the way their organization is operating. There are oft quoted symptoms such as: Lack of team spirit, initiative and ability of challenging the status-quo in employees Departments [...]
Competency is a determining factor in an employee’s performance. Their motivation, understanding and knowledge of their field, and their attitude towards work are important in their success at the workplace. How does an organization develop competency among its employees? Competency is defined as the ability of a person to work [...]
Though performance and behaviors of employees are critical for organizational success, there is one differential competency that most organizations seek in their employees and that is, leadership orientation. Leadership is not restricted to any designation, position or availability of few leadership skills. Simply put, it is a mindset that inspires [...]
