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Capability Building For HR

HR’s value lies in its power to leverage technology, employee insights, creativity, data, diverse perspectives, and new ways of working to close the gaps between what employees expect and what we actually deliver

The ‘H1B' factor

In a bid to tighten the H1B visa law and ceasing the subcontracting of the American jobs, the "Protect and Grow American Jobs Act” attempts to make notable changes to the eligibility requirements of H1B visa exemptions.

Getting Your Rewards Strategy in Order

As rewards strategies get more complicated, rewards professionals &experts investigate the question – “How do you know your rewards strategy is working?”

The Long-distance Runner

He is the ‘insider’ who is filling in the position that was left vacant by the sudden eviction of Cyrus Mistry at Tata Sons. He is Natarajan Chandrasekaran aka ‘Chandra’, the recently appointed Chairman of Tata Sons, the CEO and MD of Tata Consultancy Services, a distinguished personality who features in the list of the leading chief executives in the world.

Hire People Who Are Better Than You, & Then Get Out Of Their Way

Harsh Mariwala, Chairman & Managing Director, Marico Ltd. discusses his journey of entrepreneurship, his resolve, integrating values to the culture, and what the role of HR needs to be.

New Dilemmas In The War For Talent

Apart from the dilemmas between traditional organizations espoused orientations, there are also dilemmas adhering to the image of a large organization, and doubts whether these orientations can be put into practice. So, what makes an organization attractive to a young, ambitious and talented employee?

The Openness To Experiment & Learning Would Be Imperative

There will be the rise of specific types of jobs that would require people to not just be operationally excellent but who can look at what the algorithms/bots can’t spot or do

Expect The Expected - Prepare For Jobs That Don't Exist Yet!

The nature of jobs will change. In a business ecosystem replete with data, algorithms, AI, and automation, what jobs will people do, what jobs are under threat, how will organizations train for such jobs and, how will organizations support them? We find out!

Artificial Intelligence Is An Opportunity

Michael Fraccaro, Chief Human Resources Officer of MasterCard shares his insights on integration of business and talent strategies, automation in financial institutions, and issues of cyber security.

Extending The Theory – Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs & Leadership

While we may be familiar with the concept of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, we may not have realized its implication on leadership styles of the future. So how does this theory apply to the concept of leadership?

A Multidisciplinary Approach To Propel HR

Planning the workforce for the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) from the scratch to hiring top-class faculty members from across the globe, in a candid interaction with People Matters, Dr. Jaclyn Lee, CHRO of SUTD shares her perspectives on how HR can adopt a multi-disciplinary approach for structuring itself, agility in workforce management systems, and attracting and retaining multidisciplinary talent.

A True Democratization - L&D Of The People, For The People, & By The People

Businesses are asking L&D functions to be hyper-agile in responding to the everchanging demands, but in a dynamic environment where organizations themselves are not clear on what skills are required for the future, where does the L&D function stand?

Innovation And Talent: Exploring Key Linkages

The need for companies to innovate and transform their business processes has never been more relevant. But how successful have the investments to push up innovation really been? We take a look!

In-focus: Learning & Development

This special L&D feature profiles the People Matters L&D League Award Winners 2018 - organizations that have re-engineered their L&D interventions, spearheaded learning with innovation, and solved business-critical challenges by establishing a culture of self-learning.

Time To Respond Aggressively - 2019 - A Year Of Pragmatism For HR

For HR, 2018 was about a lot of 'anticipation'. But what business trends and strategic priorities will most impact HR's agenda in 2019? What will it take to pioneer strategic change? This cover story compiles the biggest priorities for HR in 2019, and what HR professionals need to do to prove their worth!

More Than A Game! - Team Sport & Its Influence On Corporate Business

‘Sports’ is becoming an industry while the corporate world is being asked to get ‘sporty’ in its strategies and operations. Here’s a perspective on that!

Leading Learning

Setting up his own startup in the learning technology space to highlighting the most relevant trends that will dominate the future of this industry, David Yeo, Founder and CEO of Kydon Group, Parenthexis, and LEARNTech Asia gives a glimpse on how he started out on the journey of entrepreneurship and his perspectives on transforming the learning technology space

Kalyan Krishnamurthy Behind Flipkart's Volte Face

Apart from overseeing the finance function, he will now supervise the Human Resource department, while other prominent teams at Flipkart including category design management as well as private labels, customer shopping, and marketing, will continue to report to him directly

The NDA Report-Card - Has The Needle Moved At All?

From promises to commitments, policy formulations to real solutions — in the three years that Modi has been in office, we assess how his government has fared in skilling people and creating jobs

Dealing With Talent Acquisition Paradoxes

We need to be more agile, get accustomed to regular reviews and be prepared and willing to say, "What we put in place a year ago no longer meets the needs of our workforce today"

A Story At A Time

Does collecting and sharing stories send the attractiveness of your company soaring and help in talent acquisition?

Solo Act To Symphony...Future Of Employer Branding

Employer branding is not a spectator sports but a contact sport! But is it already a mega trend? Have companies redesigned their organizations to factor this as a full time role?

Big Leaps Vs. Incremental Changes - Does A Piecemeal Approach To Gender Diversity Work?

The benefits of gender diversity and inclusion are not unknown and neither is the imperative of building a better working world for all genders. EY in partnership with the confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Indian Women Network (IWN) released a research paper ‘The future is HERe’ that gives a peek into the current maturity levels of organizations and understand how the benefits of D&I can be optimized for all stakeholders.

Corporate Lessons From Tampergate

No one wants to take a chance with winning. But why? Do you feel there is something inherently wrong with the business of winning?

A Creative Pursuit - Creativity In Leadership Workplace

Is ‘Creativity’ in leadership a mysterious, inaccessible attribute? Can you remain inspired when you constantly find yourself at odds with the larger part of your team(s)?

Learning Often Falls Behind Because It Gets Stale

In an interesting interaction with People Matters, Chad Gaydos, Chief Operating Officer of the SkillsoftGroup talks about digital transformation, enabling cultural shifts, innovation, and the role that L&D has to play in rising to the digital challenge

Re-Visioning The CEO & CHRO Engagement Algorithm – 2030

CHROs tend to suffer from a healthy dose of an inferiority complex and when they measure themselves with other CXOs, they are found wanting and end up in selfflagellation about “Do we deserve the seat at The Table?”

Factor Analysis - Managing Expectations A CEO-CHRO Saga

Although much has been written and spoken about CHROs and their capabilities to be strategic business partners, there is usually no communication between the CEO and the CHRO on many things. CEOs expect HR leaders to be partners, but they are frustrated by how far HR leaders are from becoming actual business partners; on the other side, these very expectations have proven to be the top challenges that the CHROs face today

To Shape An Innovation Culture, Start With A ‘Problem Bank'

Much against the widely held belief that innovations start with great ideas, they, in fact, start with ‘well identified problems’

Cyrus Mistry – the Mysterious Sacking of an Industrialist

In 2012, Cyrus Mistry was chosen to lead one the largest global conglomerates, the TATA group, and take it to greater heights. Four years down the line, his mysterious exit has the entire nation speculating.