Anyone remember Encarta’s Mindmaze? That single game got me to learn more General Knowledge than all teachers and parents combined. Gamification isn’t new. We’ve all witnessed it in one form or another. Who doesn’t enjoy playing games? Noticed what a lot of employees do when bored or in terribly long meetings? They play games on … Continue reading Game on!
Redefining Total Rewards
Like all things that need to be regularly upgraded, World at Work is attempting to redefine Total Rewards. As a part of the process,they have launched a survey to help gather views. The survey contains interesting questions like: Should performance mgmt be a part of total records? What term should total rewards be replaced with? … Continue reading Redefining Total Rewards
Walk me through the toughest business decision you’ve made!
I hope you've got the answer to this one ready. An interesting read:http://fistfuloftalent.com/2014/01/least-credible-hr-person-know.html
The various options: Critical Resource Group
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
Track it all!
After the craze of tracking expenditures and calorie intake, there is a new obsession – one that of tracking time. In a small pilot run in our company, we ran one such tool. The results were astonishing. A top management guy realized that he spends 2.5hrs on personal calls in office as opposed to the … Continue reading Track it all!
Apologies!
Travelling, flying in and out of meeting does make for poor blogging. I apologize for being away for long but there is so much to talk about.....expect a flurry of posts appearing. Cheers
Critical Employee Group: Identification – Reverse Engineering it!
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!
Get the green in!
Does this image instantly relax you? In this short post, I'm going to let the experts to the talking! Innumerable articles talk about the close relationship between nature and higher productivity. The below articles say it better than I can. Read on: http://www.fastcodesign.com/3021742/evidence/want-to-be-more-productive-buy-some-desk-plants http://www.fastcompany.com/3007642/stuck-idea-walk-through-park So what say, we start giving out some desk plants as … Continue reading Get the green in!
Critical Employee Group!
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!
Happy Holidays!
It’s the time of year for hot chocolate, holidays and much merriment. It’s also the time to look back and reflect on the major HR trends that dominated much of 2013.While a lot of us will be looking at the major trends for 2014 and trying to incorporate them in our organizations, it is important … Continue reading Happy Holidays!
The HR Business Partner Story 