People Matters

Evolving HR competencies – Much has changed

By Rajlakshmi Saikia & Manasi Jain

Aug 17th 2012

Dr. Wayne Brockbank, at the recent NHRDN Power Session in New Delhi, shared the global competencies demanded of HR professionals as they take an outside-in approach to their roleIn his 75th visit to India, Dr. Wayne Brockbank brought to light the roadmap to something we, in HR in India, have been toiling with for over a decade now – HR becoming strategic! Going into the root of the matter, Dr. Brockbank shared learning from the Global HR Competencies Survey underway since 1989 when the s... Read more »

The Ultimate Value

Jul 3rd 2012

For M&As to yield desired results, companies should focus on the journey as much as on the final business outcome, shares Gene Wickes, Global Benefits Director, Towers WatsonAs Indian MNCs expand their global reach by inorganic growth, what important factors should they consider when acquiring businesses?There are a few key challenges that any company would face when making an overseas acquisition. The major risk in any M&A is being able to actually realize the perceived transaction va... Read more »

Licensed, Hosted or SaaS?

By Sreekanth Lapala, Co-founder & Chief Executive, TenXLabs

Jul 3rd 2012

HR systems found their way four decades ago with large organizations looking to automate traditional HR functions. Over the last 5 years, there has been a tremendous amount of acceptance for HR automation. Over time, HR systems have also evolved from basic automation of traditional HR functions. Now with SaaS becoming the common place, it’s revolutionizing the HR industry. Gone are the days when only organizations of certain scale and size used to worry about automation. As HR administer... Read more »

Empowering buyers to buy

Jun 1st 2011

More Than HR (MTHR Global), a rapidly growing and dynamic HRD movement across India invited to their “off line” meeting this month - Bob Urichuck, Certified Sales Professional, Certified Master Trainer, Certified Social Entrepreneur. He shares with People Matters his learning on how to sell without selling.Sales intensive industries that are relatively new in India like banking, financial services, insurance and telecom are struggling to find talent for their front-sales positions.... Read more »

Are you Great Boss?

May 15th 2011

While most leaders make the mistake of starting with ‘managing others’, they need to reverse the cycle and start with ‘managing themselves’ and then look outward to create value through an effective team, emphasizes Linda A. Hill, Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration and Faculty Chair, Leadership Initiative, Harvard Business SchoolWhat was your inspiration to write Being the Boss? In my role as Faculty Chair of Leadership Initiative at Harvard Busi... Read more »

Local Talent Crunch? The Expatriate Solution

Apr 15th 2011

Paul O'Malley, Regional Leader IPS for Asia Pacific, Mercer talks to People Matters on globalization of talent pools and its opportunities for growing Indian businessesWhat challenges face Indian companies when looking at global expansion? Most challenges are common to all companies regardless of their country of origin, and most significant are those related to cultural differences that become evident when expanding operations outside the home country. These cultural differences are related... Read more »

4 Steps to Reduce Your Cost of Hiring

Apr 15th 2011

Dr. Scott Erker, SVP Selection Solutions, DDI shares his views with People Matters, on the latest trends in hiring and talent acquisition across the globe. Excerpts from a face to face interaction with Dr. ErkerAfter spending years in the field of assessments & in building talent acquisition systems across many global organizations, my view of the global talent acquisition space is that it resembles a “staffing schizophrenia”. This situation is a combination of many pieces comi... Read more »

IT/ITeS Sector at the Crossroads

By Aron Ain

Nov 1st 2010

The Indian IT/ITeS sector is at an extremely crucial inflection point in the current economic scenario and must address the critical challenges of rising labor costs and attrition to accelerate growthBusinesses across the world are under tremendous pressure to change and adjust to a shifting global economy. In the Indian context, the IT/ITeS industry has been at the forefront leading dramatic changes to many parts of Indian business and society. Massive employment including jobs for thousands ... Read more »

Cover Story: How to Hire a CEO that Lasts

By Ron Ashkenas and Justin Wasserman

Oct 1st 2010

 Hiring a successful CEO is no rocket science. All that companies need to do is to go beyond the traditional process of selection and create mechanisms for exploring the inert capabilities of the candidateRon Ashkenas and Justin WassermanNot long ago, a CEO of a major corporation called it quits after being there for only two years. Although the official statement said that he left ‘for personal reasons’, in truth he was not a good fit with the company, had alienated many of h... Read more »

Virtuously Virtual

By Julian Birkinshaw

May 1st 2010

The virtual organization has long been a neat theory. Now organizations throughout the world are turning it into reality.It is only when the tide goes out you can see who’s swimming naked. And so, it is only when times get tough that you see whose business and management models are most robust. The global downturn that we faced last year has exposed the frailties of many organizations and confirmed the strengths of others.One model that looks increasingly robust in difficult times is the... Read more »