Almost 60% of our policies have not been revisited since their conception and another 10% have been kept aside for review; the date of which keeps moving from month to month. Employees don’t take very long to figure out that the reimbursement value you put down in 2001 hasn’t been revisited yet. Why not? We … Continue reading This expires NOW!
I just came across Tim Sackett’s post about 5 common myths people have regarding HR. Loved it, agreed with it, and then here are 5 of my own, in no particular order: •Please get me a job: This statement is the single biggest reason I squirm at the thought of revealing my profession. I can’t … Continue reading Wow, you work in HR!!
I have in the past mentioned how social psychology needs to be leveraged upon and how the guys in the marketing department are way ahead of us in implementing the wealth of knowledge that social psychology/behavioral economics has to offer. Coursera once again comes to the rescue by partnering with Wesleyan University to offer a … Continue reading Social Psychologists
I saw this a few days back and wanted to share it. Source: http://dailyinfographic.com/10-shocking-statistics-about-employee-engagement-infographic
I was invited to my alma mater yesterday to judge one of their literary events at the inter college fest. This was my first visit since graduation. Although college always holds a special place, I did not expect the wave of nostalgia that hit me. It was probably the best day of the entire month … Continue reading Revisiting memories
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!
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.
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!
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
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
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