There is a tendency to treat people based on how you refer to them. A lot of companies are choosing to shift away from words like employees or worse still resources. Notice how all notices, policy documents avoids the word employees and prefers words like ‘colleagues’, ‘managers’ and more?Companies are increasingly coining words to refer … Continue reading Employees!! Let’s stop calling them that.
Author: Ankita Poddar
An eccentric HR professional enjoying life in the madness, sharing thoughts & experiences with those running the same race as me.
Drop by for a new post every week and some extra sprinkles every now & then.
Big Idea 2014
A series of highly interesting posts have been making an appearance on the LinkedIn series on Big Idea 2014. As I was going through these, I realized that 2014 is going to be a year where we all just get much lazier. Out mental acumen may improve but our bodies will be abused much more. … Continue reading Big Idea 2014
Mentorship – & why it fails!
Every organization has at one point of time toyed with the idea of mentorship. Some go ahead and try it and fewer still have had a successful mentorship program running smoothly. Mentorship is instituted in most organizations to solve a problem; to evoke a positive answer to the question:‘There is someone at work who encourages … Continue reading Mentorship – & why it fails!
Idea generation
I talked about ideas in my previous post and what better way to begin than to devise idea generating mechanisms. Best ideas have most often come from our employees. A lot of companies have capitalized on capturing the imagination and ideas of their employees in various ways – be it idea boards, suggestion boxes or … Continue reading Idea generation
Eureka!
I had a Eureka moment sometime today. Remember my post on Specialization? Well, I thought I’d found mine. While preparing this strategy presentation of mine, numerous articles on engagement, mentorship, career development, appreciation, upward feedback bounced in and out of my screen. (Fistful of Talent is one of my favorite places to snoop.) And suddenly … Continue reading Eureka!
Ideas
Because I will be racking my brain for plans for the next year, I am going to share most of them or all of them here. Hopefully, you will be able to use much of what I am thinking about if they aren’t already in place at your organization. You could also help me fine … Continue reading Ideas
Year End Plans
Q3 is always a period of flurry in the company. It’s also when the Business HR team puts its head together to come up with the strategy for the next year and accordingly set budgets. It’s that time of the year when dozens of powerpoint presentations float around, calendars are booked, people are constantly in … Continue reading Year End Plans
Design Thinking
I stumbled across this interesting topic while browsing through Coursera. To be completely honest, I am extremely late in jumping on to the bandwagon which is currently discussing design thinking. The more I read about it, the more I hear people wonder if this is the new ‘business management fad’. I heard Andre Martin and … Continue reading Design Thinking
45 days later
Remember me saying that we get 90 days to prove ourself? Well, my time is half up. I flew back to our headquarters last week for work and was immediately called into my boss's office. 'What have you done so far?' he asked. When I said that i'd been studying the situation, talking to managers … Continue reading 45 days later
Love numbers
People are so wrong when they think that human resources professionals are bad at numbers and figures; we are pretty kickass. Don’t agree? Well, then you better start playing around with more facts, figures and number. And soon! Ever made presentations that are based on ‘the feel on the floor’, ‘conversations with employees’, ‘hunches’, ‘what … Continue reading Love numbers
The HR Business Partner Story 