May 1, 2022
If you are still thinking in terms of
hashtag#internal candidates vs external hires,
you need to upgrade your
hashtag#talentacquisition hashtag#strategy
January 28, 2022
The 2022 Pulse of Talent by Ceridian finds 61% employees are a flight risk. The employers have to go beyond money
January 22, 2022
LinkedIn Talent Trends 2022 talk about the organisations going through a period of redesign. What are people looking for when they browse the jobs? The data is powerful in view of the Great Resignation triggered by the pandemic.
January 20, 2022
Culture Building for hashtag#remoteteams
I was invited by LinkedIn News India to join Pallavi Pareek (She/They) and Ankit Vengurlekar (he/him) to discuss this topic. This is a special edition of my hashtag#newsletter
Three Ms That Matter (The other two are explained in the newsletter)
Mental Health: This matters HUGELY in case of a remote work culture. Build the skills of the managers to recognise emotions like grief, stress, burnout etc.
January 5, 2022
We tend to equate charisma and leadership qualities. While it takes a charismatic leader to re-energize a team that has given up, the problems of charismatic leaders far outweighs the positives. The conviction of Elizabeth Holmes on multiple counts of fraud is a warning for us.
December 19, 2021
When You Look for a Mentor, Pick a Digital Native
We are questioning conventional wisdom every day. From media to government to demographics and education, everything is in a spin. Supply chains are choking. Chip shortages are halting auto giants.
When the world is going digital, experienced leaders will do well to pick a mentor who is a digital native. Yes, I am advocating a reverse mentor for everyone above the age of 35.
You need 2 qualities to learn from someone younger. Do you have them?
December 10, 2021
More than 200,000 people were asked about what they would want if one wish of theirs could be granted. More than 4000 people responded. More money in the same job was the second choice on their wish list. What did they want more than money, I wondered.
November 30, 2021
Hiring from Tier1/ Tier 2 Colleges is Unfair
If hashtag#diversity of the hashtag#talent pool is a necessary condition for building innovative solutions. The practice of hiring from Tier1/ Tier2 colleges (and paying them a premium) is an unfair practice.
November 30, 2021
Technology must be viewed as a means to simplify work rather than the employee looking at it as yet another piece of work that gets added