Most successful people are hardworking, smart, bright, dedicated and a lot of other adjectives. However, they also have one other common factor – someone who pulled them up the ladder. All the successful ones have a fire in their belly (or was it heart). Now this fire is either naturally lit, kept burning by their … Continue reading Who pulled you up the ladder?
Tag: Human resources
The ones who should be making Resolutions
I love the beginning of the year. It’s the time of the year when you are fooled into thinking that you could set unrealistic goals and achieve them too despite having failed year on year. By now, I’ve read and heard a lot of people all around the globe set resolutions for the New Year. … Continue reading The ones who should be making Resolutions
Pick two!
Tell me two things, two lines you would like to use to describe the population group that you handle. Are they eccentric, high maintenance, transparent, frank or just poor people managers? One department that I take care of is ‘Product Lifecycle Management’. I am going to re-narrate another interesting bit of a conversation I had … Continue reading Pick two!
Making Mistakes, Taking Risks
Imagine living in the constant fear of being punished for every mistake that you may make. A dreadful thought, isn't it? On the other hand, imagine a world where you are allowed to make your fair share of errors? The choice is obvious. Allowing someone to make mistakes ensures the growth of an individual. Very often … Continue reading Making Mistakes, Taking Risks
Making it special!
Most organizations have their fair share of awards ranging from the most prestigious to the ones not as big. As HR’s, sometimes our focus shifts to the larger awards and we tend to begin giving less importance to the awards that in our opinion are ‘not as big’.Similarly in our organization, we have an award … Continue reading Making it special!
What would you tell your department head?
Most people hold a certain level of inhibition when it comes to conversing freely with their managers especially if what they have to say is not positive. This level of inhibition only increases with the skip level manager; and gets worse when it’s the department head. Changes always have a consequence. It isn’t necessarily good … Continue reading What would you tell your department head?
Here it all began
A year and a month into life as a HR Business Partner and I already have a bunch of tales to narrate. Life in this line is rarely predictable and never boring. Very often now, friends come up to me from all walks of life and ask me how things are at work. In the … Continue reading Here it all began
The HR Business Partner Story 