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The Counsellor: Full and final settlement of the employees
Oct 2nd 2011
Vivek Paranjpe is a Senior HR professional with over 35 years of experience, ranging several leadership positions, in India and abroad. He leads his consulting practice since 2003 and presently works as a Strategic HR Advisor to Reliance Industries, and is also an independent Director on the Board of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. Prior to this, he was based at Singapore for several years where he was Director HR - Operations at Hewlett Packard for the Asia Pacific Region I am a t... Read more »
The Counsellor: Working mother's dilemma
Oct 2nd 2011
Vivek Paranjpe, is a Senior HR professional with over 35 years of experience, ranging several leadership positions, in India and abroad. He leads his consulting practice since 2003 and presently works as a Strategic HR Advisor to Reliance Industries, and is also an independent Director on the Board of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. Prior to this, he was based at Singapore for several years where he was Director HR - Operations at Hewlett Packard for the Asia Pacific Region.I am a w... Read more »
The Counsellor: Not sure which campuses to visit?
Oct 2nd 2011
Vivek Paranjpe, is a Senior HR professional with over 35 years of experience, ranging several leadership positions, in India and abroad. He leads his consulting practice since 2003 and presently works as a Strategic HR Advisor to Reliance Industries, and is also an independent Director on the Board of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. Prior to this, he was based at Singapore for several years where he was Director HR - Operations at Hewlett Packard for the Asia Pacific Region.With the plac... Read more »
The Counsellor: Why this absenteeism?
Sep 1st 2011
Vivek Paranjpe, Consultant & Strategic HR Advisor to Reliance Industries answers professional and ethical dilemmas faced by our readers at their workplace.I lead the HR function for a family-run business in auto-components; I read a lot about people practices and often interact with fellow professionals as I am part of the NHRDN and also the CII western region team. Overall, I feel that our HR policies and culture is employee-friendly and I believe the benefits we provide at the plant are ... Read more »
The Counsellor: Performance-centricity vs. fun and bonding
Aug 1st 2011
Vivek Paranjpe, Consultant & Strategic HR Advisor to Reliance Industries answers professional and ethical dilemmas faced by our readers at their workplace.Every year, when we finalize the annual review, we face a similar situation: what do we do with the low-performing group of employees? Even though we have a performance improvement plan and we use it, I am not sure if that is really efficient as we do not take corrective measures if the person does not perform. We have a great culture of... Read more »
The Counsellor: Wealth sharing mechanisms
Jul 1st 2011
Vivek Paranjpe, Consultant & Strategic HR Advisor to Reliance Industries answers professional and ethical dilemmas faced by our readers at their workplace.I am the HR head in a medium sized start-up company. We have recently started and registered and we are keen at incorporating a wealth-sharing mechanism for our employees. What are the different options that I have for long term equity based programs? Do you think this is a good idea and what are the possible issues these plans may bring... Read more »
The Counsellor: Caring for employee finances
Jul 1st 2011
Vivek Paranjpe, Consultant & Strategic HR Advisor to Reliance Industries answers professional and ethical dilemmas faced by our readers at their workplace.I love your section as there is always a lot to learn from the pertinent questions that our colleagues ask. I really appreciate you taking time to run this space. Here is my question: We have recently been included in the Great Place to Work list and we are proud of all our initiatives like taking care of our employees’ career aspi... Read more »
The Counsellor: Is not knowing a policy an excuse for not following a policy?
May 15th 2011
Vivek Paranjpe, Consultant & Strategic HR Advisor to Reliance Industries answers professional and ethical dilemmas faced by our readers at their workplace.Question: In our recruitment processes, it is clearly mentioned that a manager cannot be part of an interview process if he or she has a family connection with a candidate opting for a job. A newly joined manager was requested to supporting a large recruitment drive we had for our Southern region within the first month of his joining. In... Read more »
The Counsellor: Incentive Policy Dilemma
May 15th 2011
Vivek Paranjpe, Consultant & Strategic HR Advisor to Reliance Industries answers professional and ethical dilemmas faced by our readers at their workplace.Question: I am a HR Head of an organization with 100+ employees in the travel industry where most of our employees are in customer-facing roles. Last year, we decided to include a sales incentive plan for all our employees involve in a given sale as we thought it was important to drive a more aggressive behavior towards sales. This polic... Read more »
The Counsellor: Cost over quality
May 15th 2011
Vivek Paranjpe, Consultant & Strategic HR Advisor to Reliance Industries answers professional and ethical dilemmas faced by our readers at their workplace.Question: I am the CEO of a start-up and facing many talent challenges. The biggest issue is of performance. Because our affordability to attract experienced professionals is low, we are forced to hire fresh graduate and undergraduate candidates. The problem is that these employees need a lot of guidance and training, and from my experie... Read more »
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