People Matters

Elections in India: Mammoth Deployment of Resources

By Brajesh Kumar

Jul 1st 2009

Every five years or so as India, one of the largest democracies in the world undertakes the mammoth exercise called general elections, the world looks on with admiration and envy in equal measure. Termed as the largest and the longest celebration of democracy, Indian election, as the Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla pointed out recently, is the largest ‘event management’ in the world. As head of the Election Commission (EC), the quasi judicial body that undertakes the enorm... Read more »

People Matters interviews Mr. Ajit Joshi, MD & CEO, Infinity Retail - Croma

Jul 1st 2009

What have been the key contributors for the quick success of Croma as an organization? One of the major contributors was having the right team in place from the beginning. The complete team was chosen from different industries to bring about a unique set of skills.Additionally, the team had a shared dream to achieve something unique in the Indian retail industry. The concept of retail of electrodomestics and consumer durables in India was very new and anybody had taken yet the challenge to mak... Read more »

Croma Story: Customer Experience From Vision To Execution

By Sumit Sahay and Priyanka Gidwani

Jul 1st 2009

The birth of Croma came forth in late 2006 through a desire to seal a long business alliance with two collaborators - the chairman of Tata Group and the chairman of Woolworths Tata group wanting to strengthen their bond. The Tata group had a strong existing relationship with Woolworths Limited of Australia (the largest retail chain in Australia and New Zealand) as TCS was a key provider of IT services to Woolworths.A detailed market study and concrete research after studying the Indian consume... Read more »

Cover Story View : Hari Krishnan, Country Manager at LinkedIn India

Jun 30th 2009

How do you see the potential of professional networking in India?LinkedIn has more than 5 million users today in India. Considering that the estimate of white collar professionals in India is somewhere between 40 to 80 million, taking the conservative figure we have around 10 to 15% of the white collar population today. There is a huge scope for growth. Since November 2009 we have almost doubled our number of users. We are optimistic of Indian professionals wanting to network professionally a... Read more »

ACC Concrete - Getting Nimble Today To Grow Big Tomorrow

By Tanaya Mishra

May 4th 2009

There are perhaps few companies in this genre who have been able to achieve so much in so little time in an environment which could not have been worse. Is there a lesson out there? Yes there is. While big budgets, strategies and all matter, it is people who make it happen. Selling Concrete, like selling pizza in the real estate market Concrete, as per common understanding is made by mixing cement, small pieces of crushed rocks or stones and sand called aggregate and wate... Read more »

Managing Business Transformation at Nirula's

By Ajeet Chauhan

Apr 7th 2009

In assessing the challenges of mergers and acquisitions, the first issue that companies need to focus on are aspects related to ‘culture’. One of the main problems with a merger or an acquisition is that, for all or some employees, there is not commitment to the new organization. Very few of them form an immediate bond with the new organization and its management as; they were not involved in the decision making for the future of the organization.Besides culture, other big contribu... Read more »

Being competitive in a new business order

By Gyanendra Kumar Kashyap

Apr 5th 2013

In the run up to the 42nd IFTDO World Conference on April 23-26, 2013, Dr Pritam Singh – DG, IMI and B.P. Rao – CMD, BHEL, talk to People Matters about the need for organisations to be cutting edge by building capability to remain competitive in the new business order. “Never in human history has the change been on such a scale,” says Dr Pritam Singh, Director General, International Management Institute (IMI). Perchance, he couldn’t be more apt. The pace at wh... Read more »

Why ‘the middle’ should be your top priority

By Vivek Chachra

Feb 4th 2013

Developing middle managers is a growing priority for most organisations. As the economic environment continues to challenge organisations, the big gap between strategy and execution, lies in capabilities and skills of middle managers. Almost all organisations are also realising that if they don’t develop these managers, their leadership pipeline will suffer.Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) believes that organisations need to focus on developing all middle managers and not just the high ... Read more »

Are your managers accountable for grooming leadership talent?

By Nishchae Suri, MD, Mercer Consulting, India

Feb 4th 2013

Given the global economic headwinds and a challenging macroeconomic environment, companies across the board are finding innovative ways to sustain profitability. According to the CEOs who responded to the 2012 edition of The Conference Board CEO Challenge survey, the race to innovate, the war for talent, ‘black swans’, bad debts, and the hunt for new markets — all driven by an increasing drumbeat of regulation and oversight — define today’s global business environ... Read more »

The List is Out: India’s HR leadership talent unveiled

Jan 24th 2013

Twenty-five young Indian HR leaders presented with the People Matters’ Are You In The List? Awards at a gala event Gurgaon, 24 January 2013: The 25 winners of People Matters’ Are You In The List? Awards 2012 were unveiled at a spectacular Awards ceremony at Gurgaon’s Crowne Plaza on Thursday, January 24, 2013.The gala event saw the who’s who of India’s HR fraternity come together to honour the brightest of emerging leadership talent. The evening’s welcome a... Read more »