Look at candidates' peripheral experience, instead, to see who has great tenacity, ingenuity, creativity, etc. that has been expressed outside the workplace so far -- but could be harnessed on the job. When I was at Google last year, they were intrigued by a resume from someone who had run the 1,000-mile Iditarod dogsled race in Alaska four times. That's a very hard race. Very few people do it once. Someone who did it four times has a stubbornness and a focus that is quite remarkable. You wouldn't hire such a person if they didn't have the right technical degrees, credentials, etc. But someone who was 94th percentile in work, with that extra background, might be a more promising candidate than someone with a 96th percentile ranking on mainstream measures and no other signs of standout dedication.
June 22, 2012
June 9, 2012
The world is just so over this whole phase of doing things more efficiently. Over those are still slaving away squeezing out an extra drop of juice out of an already disfigured and dry slice of lime. The world has already figured out how to get another day’s brushing out […]
June 2, 2012
Share of voice: This ensures that the virtual team members are heard as much as those who are physically present in the meeting. It is human to seek the opinions of people when they drop by. This is where virtual employees lose out.
April 8, 2012
In 1972, the King of Bhutan proposed that his country would go beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a sign of progress. GDP is the summation of all goods and services produced in a country. The monarch of this tiny Himalayan kingdom proposed what in my opinion should make him […]
December 22, 2011
Fortune Magazine’s annual list of top companies for leaders was announced recently. The Top Companies for Leaders study is conducted by Aon Hewitt, the global human resource consulting and outsourcing business of Aon Corporation, in partnership with the RBL Group, a strategic HR and leadership advisory firm, and Fortune Magazine. […]
December 3, 2011
When I was in college, I had the opportunity to spend a day with Pandit Ravi Shankar, the sitar maestro. I was interviewing him for a college magazine. It was a magical day for me to sit and watch the legend practice his craft. As I was leaving he called […]
October 26, 2011
I used to work in an ad agency then. One day, I was summoned to the CEO’s office to discuss the case of Rahul, the hot shot Account Director we were luring away from the rival agency with a hefty salary package. Those were the days of high attrition in […]
September 23, 2011
I am always pained by Human Resources people asking for “a seat at the table”. I have never seen any other function in the business making the same demand of their colleagues. Ever heard of a Finance person asking for a seat at the table? Ever heard someone banging on […]
September 11, 2011
This is an exciting time to be in India. The employees under thirty years of age represent a very large chunk of the demographically young India. By 2030, the global labor force is expected to grow by 300 million, with India projected to enjoy a vastly disproportionate two thirds of […]