DIGITIZATION AND BUILDING SKILLS OF TOMORROW

DIGITIZATION AND BUILDING SKILLS OF TOMORROW

As HR purists, we have witnessed, what has been a practice for many years now, the concept of ‘Hire to Retire’. When businesses began to get exposed quite a few times during its life cycle, we amended it to ‘Recruit to Retain’. Mainly because we knew that lifetime employment is not sustainable. Truth be told — every individual, irrespective of organisational hierarchy is fearful whether expressed or not of one crucial aspect, that being— Personal Relevance or Obsolescence. There are numerous times where one encounters ‘relevance checks and what next’ during their professional life cycle.
This thought piece is to ensure... Read More

Is HR a Station or a Destination?

Is HR a Station or a Destination?

 

In the three decades of my corporate world experience, HR has always been the fulcrum of change and has eternally questioned its new form of future. Many a times we have been defensive in this function without realising the fact that almost every single organisational transformation begins with the leadership and cascades to the people across. Holding this lever well has been key for big successes and sustainable organisations apply this well to create  enterprises of tomorrow.

The HR function has produced leaders who have mostly been functional lifers. So while most of the baby boomers (more than 90%) hail ... Read More