Glasshouse meeting (def. in my company): A meeting held between the HR manager and a group of employees (excluding their managers) to assess the situation on the floor, to provide a forum for the employees to voice their concerns and communicate with them.There are a number of forums designed in our company where the employees … Continue reading Meeting the employees
Month: June 2013
Shadowing the Board (Part 1)
Selecting the future leaders of a company has always been a pain point for organizations. While some organizations believe in bringing in flesh blood, picking someone from the inside has always won the maximum votes.One option has been the formation of a ‘Shadow Board’. It’s not a new idea; it’s one which has been tried, … Continue reading Shadowing the Board (Part 1)
Passing Thought
Finance and HR departments have been infamous for not getting along. I have seen traces of it in my organization and in few organizations my friends work for. Surprising, isn't it? I would have thought that fellow support functions would stand by each other.(Don't kill me for using the term - support functions). Or am … Continue reading Passing Thought
Friday Fun!!
One of my responsibilities as a Business HR includes organizing monthly ‘Friday Fun’ events for my business units. Events like these have given me a slight insight on what the management views as employee engagement. There are innumerable definitions of ‘employee engagement’ out there but when it comes to practice, most organizations associate engagement as … Continue reading Friday Fun!!
Retaining the young ones
With the appraisals coming to a close and the data pouring in, we've been busy with reading into what this data has to say. This year, we went ahead and did a separate analysis for our campus hires. What the data said to us raised some very serious concerns! To begin with, most campus hires … Continue reading Retaining the young ones
Communicating Change
One of my departments recently underwent a change in reporting structure. With high growth predicted in the Oil & Gas sector, the current department head has been asked to focus entirely on the oil and gas project, while other accounts were re-shuffled and directed to different heads. A new department head has been brought it. … Continue reading Communicating Change
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