People Matters

Outlook for Job Growth in Consumer and Service Sectors- Part 2

By Arvind Singhal , Raghav Gupta and Purnendu Kumar

Jul 1st 2009

Impact on Slowdown in different Industries – India (Part 2)In part one we captured the situation seven industries (retail, FMCG, Fashion, Healthcare, Hospitality, Food Processing and Education) that make up about 51% of India’s GDP and employ almost 62% of its non-farm employment.In this second part, Tecnopak focuses on providing advice to Employers, Employees and job seekers. Visit peoplematters.in to read the first part.The “Jobs Recession”India’s GDP is not un... Read more »

Leadership Insights From Shakespeare - Julius Cesar

By Rajeshwar Upadhyaya

May 4th 2009

This is the first part of our series on Leadership insights from Shakespeare   The following is a series of articles on deriving leadership and management insights from the works of William Shakespeare, mainly the plays. Four tragedies will become the basis of exploring the psychology of leadership and executive failure. We will explore Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear as tragic characters. Leaders fail for a variety of psychological and psychosocial reasons – a v... Read more »

The Challenge of Disciplined Management

By Vivek Albuquerque

May 4th 2009

 Management systems don’t work without managers with knowledge and skill that are capable of leading their organizations. Organizations that experience sustained growth (year after year) have several things in common. One is superior customer service. Superior customer service relies on a committed and motivated work force that, in turn, is possible with disciplined management systems to support employee efforts. Management systems don’t work without managers with knowledge... Read more »

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 »