Leadership & Culture | Abhijit Bhaduri

June 12, 2011

Meerkats symbolizing the theme of leadership in work and career with text: "Three Ways to Build a Culture of Dissent." Perfect for HR talent insights.

June 12, 2011

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Three Ways To Build A Culture of Dissent

It is hard enough trying to swat the annoying dissenters who spring up like flies all the time. No matter what idea you propose, there will be some naysayers who will find fault in your well thought through plans, point out flaws in your personality and style. There are only […]

May 1, 2011

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The Changing Perception of Time

“I am an old timer. I have been working in this company for a long time.” How long do you think this person could have worked with that employer? Your spontaneous response to this question represents the “cultural generation” that matches your way of thinking about time. A cultural generation […]

April 16, 2011

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It Is All About Personality

“The underlying personality tendencies will remain the same, but the behavior can change by being regulated with self-control.”- Robert Hogan Ph.D. He is the president of Hogan Assessment Systems, is an international authority on personality assessment, leadership, and organizational effectiveness. The author of Hogan Personality Inventory, Bob Hogan is often […]

April 10, 2011

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Outsourcing Dissected

Outsourcing is a word that can instantly divide the guests at a party. Is that eventually generating more jobs or taking away jobs? Global Insight, a private consulting firm hired by the Information Technology Association of America, an industry lobbying firm, while outsourcing does result in some short-term unemployment, its […]

March 27, 2011

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ROI of Leadership Development

A young man joins a gym having paid for a full years’ membership fee. On the first day at the gym he meets the girl of his dreams. They meet every day for a year (clearly, the man’s gym routine is off) and then they get married. Has he got […]

March 19, 2011

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TV Is Still Bigger Than You think

On 1st August 1981 a new channel called MTV started beaming its controversial content. They tee’d off by showing the music video called Video Killed the Radio Star.Thirty years later, it is time to ask the question if the Net killed the TV star.The Wall Street Journal‘s year-long What They […]

March 12, 2011

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The Future of Work

On 10th March 2011, I got an opportunity to address the HR Leaders of Airtel Ltd. (http://www.airtel.in/) This company has a turnover of Rs42,000 crores and have just 15,000 employees running their business. They have a presence in all the 22 Telecom Circles in India, and run operations in Srilanka, […]

March 11, 2011

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Why Apple Connects With Consumers

Talk about Brands that have grown to be Lovemarks and you got to think of Apple. For the fourth year in a row it tops the Fortune List of the World’s Most Admired Companies. It ranked no 1 in Innovation, no 2 in People Management, no 4 in Use of […]

March 5, 2011

Onboarding strategies: Creating impactful first-day experiences. Boost your career, enhance HR talent, and embrace leadership skills for work success.

March 5, 2011

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Designing Onboarding Experiences

If you want to recast the whole onboarding process, a good place to start with is to examine what are the assumptions that have been the underpinnings of your onboarding process design. Each assumption results in the kind of process that the new hires experience. The onboarding process has two stages - start off by questioning both: