The number of reports an organisation publishes is increasing with each passing year. As organisations reminisce about simpler times when the quarterly financial report and the annual shareholder letter sufficed, it is fair to say, it is still not enough. With governments and stakeholders now asking for sustainability (ESG) reports, energy consumption reports, gender pay … Continue reading The three other reports every employer needs to publish
Author: Ankita Poddar
How well should I know the business?
Where did January go? As much as I wanted the month to go slow and savour every moment, the pace threw me off balance; but before we talk about my challenge for February, stopping by really quick to answer a question I’ve been asked a fair bit recently. When it comes to our profession, the … Continue reading How well should I know the business?
2024: The trends & non-trends
We are bang in the middle of prediction season. That can only mean one thing! Today, I’m sharing not only my top five predictions for the year ahead but also my three ‘not a trend’s. 2024 promises to be yet another turbulent year. Will the ‘2024 word of the workplace’ be stability? I doubt it. … Continue reading 2024: The trends & non-trends
2024 Word of the year – Positivity
It has been seven years since, inspired by a YouTube video, I began setting a ‘word of the year’. I want to say I’ve been true to the words but much like with the monthly challenges, there lies great scope for improvement. However, that is no reason to break tradition. As 2023 drew to a … Continue reading 2024 Word of the year – Positivity
Happy Holidays!!!
I started with the intention of drafting a long post with my favorite reads, tunes and wins from the year and had just finished typing the first draft when I scrapped the idea because all I really want to say is - no matter where in the world you are, I hope you have the … Continue reading Happy Holidays!!!
Respond; not react
If you’ve interacted with me over the past few weeks, you may have noticed a departure from my usual calm, sensible and balanced demeanor. Instead, you came face to face with an angry young woman who’d snap at you at the slightest provocation. It isn’t that I haven’t identified the change in my approach but … Continue reading Respond; not react
Rejoice: We survived (almost thrived) yet another year
What does December represent to you: a month of celebration, a month of reflection, a month to catch up with everything while the world rotates a little slower or are you an overachiever who wants to do all of the above? If you are anything like me, you’ll try to bundle it all into December … Continue reading Rejoice: We survived (almost thrived) yet another year
Five things; from one professional to another
Mid way through this year, my manager sat us (the team) down to share a bunch of documents and lessons he’d picked up from a recent leadership offsite. As I was cleaning out my office desk last week, I found the documents and scribbled in corners were my top takeaways from the day. I sat … Continue reading Five things; from one professional to another
The OpenAI drama
I have two half-written blog posts at the moment but having witnessed the OpenAI drama unfold over the last five days, albeit from a distance, those two can wait a little longer. Never in an organization’s history, has there been so much going on in less than a week. The last time a fired CEO … Continue reading The OpenAI drama
It’s (not) all about the money!
I recently spent some time perusing the LinkedIN The Future of Recruiting 2023 global and India report. Like most LinkedIn reports, it is a treasure trove of data and while the report explores 17 trends under the themes of role of recruiting, economic uncertainty, employer branding, skills-first hiring and internal mobility & upskilling, the trends … Continue reading It’s (not) all about the money!










