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Amazon’s Work Culture – A Classic Case of Mismanagement of ‘Human Resource Data’?
Last weekend, an inside story of Amazon, published by The New York Times, stormed the Internet. The story led to a huge outcry on social media. The outcry was so loud that Amazon’s PR team could not handle it. Mr. Jeff Bezos, CEO of the company, immediately issued a memo. He urged his employees to … Read more
How to Baseline your Goal Setting Process?
An excellent article on Forbes Why You Should Be Writing Down Your Goals says that most of us don’t have a clear idea on how to write goals and hence don’t spend time in writing them down. There are over 84% employees who do not write goals and hence there is a significant loss of … Read more
Top 7 posts in the HR space ( August 12th – August 18th)
We know that being an HR manager can be particularly taxing – from outlining workplace rules to preventing the next discrimination lawsuit. Wouldn’t you just love it if all the latest in HR news was condensed into a capsule for a quick read? Help us, help you stay updated. Why Online Onboarding Is Better For … Read more
What should be the size of my HR Department?
HR Department is a very important function in an organization. The HR professionals are involved in critical jobs such as hiring, employee data management and query handling, employee engagement and development, exits, reporting and compliance. CXOs often wonder if they have too few or too many employees in the HR department and often question what … Read more
Top 7 posts in the HR space ( August 4th – August 11th)
We know that being an HR manager can be particularly taxing – from outlining workplace rules to preventing the next discrimination lawsuit. Wouldn’t you just love it if all the latest in HR news was condensed into a capsule for a quick read? Help us, help you stay updated. Minimize Risk When Terminating Employees Who … Read more
4 Steps to Douse the Fiery Flames of Office Politics
We all tend to disagree on various matters, have different priorities and may even want to change other’s opinions to achieve our vested interests – but what lengths should one go to achieve it? A research team from at the University of Amsterdam found that 90 per cent of total office conversation qualifies as gossip. … Read more
How to Ensure Gender Equality at the Workplace?
Gender Equality at the workplace, is it a myth? While there is lots being said and done about gender equality, and even with global progress in women’s pay-scale parity to men – there is much left wanting. The workplace is still a man’s world, with a significant share of Americans (45%) who feel that the … Read more
What Competencies are most used across Performance Appraisals?
Our customers often ask “What key competencies should we use during the design of a Performance Appraisal System?” Using data for over 110,000 appraisals, we could quickly identify over 800 competencies that were being used. Since this was a large set, we used the SHRM Leadership Competencies to group these into 3 categories and 20 … Read more
Top 6 posts in the HR space ( July 28th – August 3rd)
We know that being an HR manager can be particularly taxing – from outlining workplace rules to preventing the next discrimination lawsuit. Wouldn’t you just love it if all the latest in HR news was condensed into a capsule for a quick read? Help us, help you stay updated.
Top 7 posts in HR (July 21 – July 27)
We know that being an HR manager can be particularly taxing – from outlining workplace rules to preventing the next discrimination lawsuit. Wouldn’t you just love it if all the latest in HR news was condensed into a capsule for a quick read? This week we have focused on what the industry leaders are doing. … Read more