Tag: HR

My post – ‘Internal Social Networks – Are They a Waste of Time?’ received a lot of attention when I polled people on Linkedin. Some recommended using Facebook and other external channels rather than compete against them. Others felt employees needed to be given more accountability. A few were divided about the viability of internal […]

Very often employee engagement is measured by surveys that ‘ask’ staff about how they feel about their commitment in their respective organizations. What they fail to do is to gauge what employees actually ‘do’ or identify parameters that directly impact behavior. Also, employee engagement is considered an organization’s imperative while in reality it is a two-way […]

Seeking a role in internal communication and not sure how to go about the interview process? In this blog I am sharing pertinent themes and relevant questions that you should ask and seek answers for while planning your move and interviewing for a role in internal communication. I an earlier post I had written on potential […]

All of us must be familiar with policies and guidelines such as ethics, gifting, dress code, behavior and office infrastructure among others that are foundations for any organization’s success – either as recipients of these policies or the creators.  However how, when and what needs to be communicated will determine how your employees perceive your company in […]

The Business Today -Indicus-People Strong Survey is out (February 7, 2010) and the top names sound familiar. Infosys ranks numero uno followed by Google. TCS, Microsoft also feature in the list. Noteworthy names missing are NetApps, Adobe, Cisco, Intel and HCL who were ranked highly in other studies last year. With an all new methodology […]

I recently partnered with an internal team to submit content for a ‘best places’ entry. This blog post is to share ideas on distilling your organization’s interesting internal ideas and to engage employees along the way. Most of us may be familiar with the following tag lines which organizations aim to place in their communication. […]

‘A small favor’ said the subject line. An e-mail winged in from a motivated employee calling interested individuals to chip in aid of the victims of the worst floods South India has seen in decades. The mail goes on to articulate the project, the effort, the expectation, the plan and people involved. Right down to […]

How closely you engage your employees can be the difference between sustaining through tough times or sinking into insignificance. Unlike ever before the barometer of engagement is been tested so intently by employees in organizations world over. Sustainability means different things for different organizations – ranging from work-life balance to being a great place to work, from […]

Your leadership wanted to beat the recession. We had layoffs. We were pressurized to revisit our operating expenses. That led to a wave of reforms (pay cuts, reduction in benefits among others). You (the HR and Communications teams) believed it was necessary and you communicated it the right way. Or did we? Were we sensitive […]

The India Attrition Study 2008 (October 2008- March 2009) conducted by Business Today and People Strong  is out. The May 3, 2009 dated edition of Business Today carries an article on key findings.   The study tried to understand why employees quit and how this current slowdown has impacted the way employers view their employees. […]