Unlocking the power of positive feedback
“We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.” - Bill Gates It’s true. We all need feedback. We need it to get better at what we do, to get closer to our goals, and become a...
Decoding new labour codes 2021
The Ministry of Labour and Employment formulated four codes on wages, industrial relations, occupational health safety & working conditions, and wages. These rules would have made dramatic changes to the present conditions and were set to be applied from April...
5 Things HR Professionals Can Learn From The Arthashastra
Over the course of time, Indian and international policies and state mechanisms have been religiously borrowed from ancient Indian texts such as Bhagvat Gita, Mahabharata, etc. Even concepts of management and administration have been inculcated in sync with the principles...
5 Types of HR Audits To Help You Know Your Organization Better
The business environment is constantly changing. To keep up with the change, you may have transformed your business model, relooked at your customer services, and even re-branded yourself. But did you make the changes to the internal organizational systems? Did...
Five Appraisal Trends For 2021 You Should Know
With FY 2020-21 coming to an end, the New Year marks a new beginning of the upcoming decade. Employees across the globe are preparing themselves for new challenges. It isn’t hidden that many jobs have come to an end in...
Shruti Kher On Taking The Lessons From Sales To HR
Shruti Kher, Assistant Vice President - HR, Urban Company started her career journey with the sales field. The experience of being in a business role helped her shape the understanding of the models, processes, operations and people, that helps her...
Implementing OKRs: A Guide To Drive A Performance Culture
The goal-setting framework enabled them to drive focus, alignment, ownership, and an outcome-orientated mindset throughout the organization. Invented by Andy Grove, and popularized by John Doerr, OKRs have also been tried and tested by other big brands like LinkedIn, Airbnb,...
6 Tips To Ace Your Remote Performance Appraisal
We all might be very much in sync with an in-person performance appraisal but times have changed, majority of organizations will be conducting virtual performance reviews as the pandemic is still to stay till we all get vaccinated but that...
Avanti Parulekar On Becoming An Empathetic & Courageous HR
In our next HR speaks story, Avanti Parulekar shares how HR helped her become more empathetic & courageous. Here's her story, as shared by her: I have always been brisk with people facing projects and initiatives since school and college. A...
Here’s how you can create a culture of continuous feedback
The definition of work has changed and so has the meaning of performance. 2020: The year of massive and rapid change have also had business and HR leaders relook at their performance management system. And one of the biggest lessons...