LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report 2025: What it Reveals About Work Today

April 7, 2026April 7, 2026 ~ Ankita Poddar ~ Leave a comment

I’ve always held strong opinions on how organizations tackle learning, development and career growth. Rarely have I come across solutions that truly impressed me, though I’ve never questioned their importance. When I began my career, assigned learning hours, in‑person training sessions, and large learning and development teams that swore by the 70:20:10 rule were the … Continue reading LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report 2025: What it Reveals About Work Today

Lowering the tax on the modern-day people manager

March 28, 2023 ~ Ankita Poddar ~ Leave a comment

We all have the image of the modern-day woman depicted as juggling a laptop, diapers, a spatula, washing machine, pets and more, staunchly entrenched in our minds. The evolving role of a people manager evokes a very similar image. At first it looks easy. They have an entire team rallying to complete a series of … Continue reading Lowering the tax on the modern-day people manager

The Great Regret & Second chances

September 24, 2022September 24, 2022 ~ Ankita Poddar ~ 2 Comments

Let’s call it the month of trends. After the crying CEO and quiet quitting, it is time to discuss The Great Regret. I first came across the term on the HR Famous podcast and a quick internet search later, discovered a whole host of statistics and articles (mostly US focused) on job switchers experiencing regret … Continue reading The Great Regret & Second chances

Sweat the fluff

January 8, 2022 ~ Ankita Poddar ~ Leave a comment

Life feels like it’s come one full circle. My first role as an HR Business Partner amongst other tasks included organizing events, Friday fun, editing the company newsletter and a few similar activities. For someone straight out of college and working in the field of HR for the first time, I assumed that it was … Continue reading Sweat the fluff

The various options: Critical Resource Group

January 26, 2014January 29, 2014 ~ Ankita Poddar ~ Leave a comment

If you thought I’d abandoned my Critical Resource Group project, you’re wrong. I’ve used my travelling to only discuss on how this little idea is implemented in other organizations and how to fix the many gaps that exist in my idea. Over the course of my discussions, I realized that the initiative can be run … Continue reading The various options: Critical Resource Group

Critical Employee Group: Identification – Reverse Engineering it!

January 9, 2014January 29, 2014 ~ Ankita Poddar ~ Leave a comment

Remember the fiasco of meeting 1? This next one was really amazing. Why? Because we decided to reverse engineer the entire process. We are so used to first fixing a framework and then working within the constraints, that we miss out on some aspects and increase the process time. We looked at our earlier selection … Continue reading Critical Employee Group: Identification – Reverse Engineering it!

Critical Employee Group!

January 3, 2014January 29, 2014 ~ Ankita Poddar ~ Leave a comment

The most amusing thing happened at work today! But first, I must give you a little background. The Business unit based out of the location for which I work consists of close to 80 employees most of who are new hires or have been with us for less than 2 years. This location serves majorly … Continue reading Critical Employee Group!