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Denying Leave can cause emotional distress – Granting Leave can hamper project deliveries! What to do?

I read an interesting case study in Human Capital magazine that was titled ‘hey! I put in my papers!”. The case study was about a brilliant engineer joining a big brand employer and leaving the organization within 2 years with dejected feelings. Among many unfortunate things that happened to this engineer, the most prominent was … Read more
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Performance Driven Culture – Key to Organizational Success

Definition of a Performance-Driven Culture According to a Gartner lexicon, performance-driven culture is a management style that looks at creating a balance between focusing on financial measures, and use of leading performance indicators and weak signals, to drive better business outcomes. Efficient leaders will seek to create a performance-driven culture, in which your business strategies will … Read more
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Evolution of the HR Function

A few years ago, during a client interaction, I was surprised by a question on security practices in our company. Apparently, the client measured the maturity of their vendors based on the security practices prevalent in the vendor’s premises. After all, they wanted to entrust their data with us! This scenario vividly illustrates the importance … Read more
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SaaS gets its due recognition

It was refreshing to see the perspective of a leading monthly magazine DARE which talked about SaaS as away to lower IT costs. Makes me proud since we were covered as one of the top provider in HR blogger. You can read about the article and even view the coverage here. And to begin with, … Read more
What’s in the name? SuccessFactors for HR

What’s in the name? SuccessFactors for HR

I stepped in the corporate office of Book Cafe, one of the largest chains of niche book stores, hoping to talk to some editors and publishers. Against all odds, while sitting in the lobby next to a training room, I saw a very smart guy conducting a training session – on sales etiquettes, sales strategies, … Read more
Why Employees Don’t Do What They’re Supposed to Do and What to Do About It

Why Employees Don’t Do What They’re Supposed to Do..

🙂 The title of this post reflects the title of a book called ‘Why Employees Don’t Do What They’re Supposed to Do and What to Do About It’ by Ferdinand F. Fournies, where he reveals the findings of a research done on this subject. The reasons that he listed are: [Source: http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadershop/4255-9.html] Many of the … Read more
Setting SMART Goals is the key to engage workforce

Setting SMART Goals is the key to engage workforce

Here is an exemplary story about a swimmer who set a world record in swimming: “When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb. She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours. Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. … Read more
EmpXtrack On-Demand Human Capital and Talent Management Software

Empxtrack Inc. On-Demand Human Capital and Talent Management Software

Empxtrack is a unique web-based Global HR product that covers all aspects of an employees life cycle in an organization – right from Recruitment, On-boarding, Payroll, Self Services, Performance Management and Training. Empxtrack provides strategic inputs to the organization through a comprehensive database (HRIS) and also provides Manpower Planning, Succession Planning, Competency Gap Analysis, Compensation … Read more

Theory X and Theory Y : Theories of employee Motivation

Theory X and Theory Y pertain to employee motivation and have been used in human resource management, organizational behavior analysis, and organizational development. Empxtrack – an Integrated Human Capital and Talent Management Tool is based on such theories and helps organizations to transform their human resource practices. Theory X and Theory Y: Theories of Employee … Read more