Yesterday while talking to a seasoned senior HR professional, I asked it again. My favourite question. What are your asks from a performance management system? As she answered this question, I realised that it’s not the asks that are complicated, but the sheer labour that goes into getting those asks delivered is what bothers the HR professionals. The excel sheet she spoke about that she had to put together, update and analyse would tire out any expert.
So what are these three asks?
Read MoreIt's amazing how by simply sharing right kind of reading material, mostly books, you can not just drive up learning but also align your teams at thought level. You'll see the ecosystem effect all over the workplace.
Read MoreThink about it. If you can get the highly motivated, self driven, problem solving professionals for your business, they would hardly need HR care at work
Read MoreYou've picked up all the right notes at all these industry events, panels and award speeches that you go to, then how come nothing goes down there at your workplace? You aren't doing the doing. That's the stark reality.
Read MoreMost team managers think they are good team managers because they have managed a team. Problem is, even you think that way.
Its similar to asking a Tennis player how to play a perfect two handed back hand, to which most players would give perfect answer, when 80% of them would fail to play that on court when the game is on.
Read MoreYou are concerned about performance levels and you sound it out to HR. Then for days and days, you talk KRAs, KPIs, Scorecards, blah blah.......JD.....alignment.......mission, vision.....more blah.......
........Meanwhile in pantry the word is that you are building some secret weapon with HR.....
Read MoreWhen your processes run on people, you run on fluke, every little event threatens you, every exit can bring the whole house down. Even newer entries can cause enough flutter, you are perpetually at risk.
Read MoreWe wouldn't have learnt to type with our thumbs ever, had it not been for the mobile phones. Blackberry force taught us to type with both thumbs, iPhones made us do with one. If fact once we got on the track, we figured out how to do it with one thumb, one eye and 15% neck rotation while we commit one arm, one eye and rest of the body to the wheels.
Read MoreEvery time an HR professional says "Change Management", most probably Darwin curls in his grave wanting to rewrite The Origin of Species, only this time he'd do it under the guidance of HR.
Read MoreConsulting operates in a perpendicular plane to operations. Being able to observe from that plane is central to consultant's ability to bring out what is normally hidden or lost in operations.
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