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Case Study: First Amongst Equals

March 14, 2009
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| Categories: case study, HR, Leadership, Management, people management, performance management, Promotion, Supervisor, Work

In my second case study, we look at a situation when one of the peers is expected to take on the leadership position amongst the team. Looking forward to your responses to learn what we can do in situations like these.   A meeting alert window popped up on Ajay’s computer reminding him of his meeting with Sangeeta, his boss. He clicked the snooze button and continued making last minutes changes to the spreadsheet he was working on. He was compiling performance data for his team that would be discussed…

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Employability, the biggest challenge

November 9, 2008
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| Categories: employability, HR, Leadership, Learning, Recruitment, Trends, Work Literacy, Workplace Learning

In my second part in the series, I share what Manish Sabharwal spoke at our annual strategy input conference. Manish Sabharwal is the Chairman and co-founder of TeamLease. Manish wanted to start a new company that was profitable, fun, and good for India. He co-founded Team Lease, a staffing company, and in six years his company has grown to 80,000 employees and $250 million company. It was great fun listening to Manish again this year.According to Manish, vocational training has to come with a job. There has been an employment…

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Using LinkedIn – Company Profiles

August 31, 2008
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| Categories: HR, LinkedIn, Social Networking

There is enough written about using LinkedIn. However I recently discovered an interesting feature on LinkedIn from a company’s point of view. Since the official LinkedIn blog introduces this feature on Aug 18, I am guessing it is a new addition to LinkedIn. LinkedIn now has hundreds of Company Profiles. Select Companies link on the top links bar. You can view companies by location, industry, name, and companies in your network.(this grab from LinkedIn blog)On the company profile there are some interesting pieces of information. It shows career paths of…

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Unofficial salary survey for elearning/content development jobs

June 28, 2007
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| Categories: Content Development, eLearning, HR, Instructional Design, Jobs, Salary

Update: See 2009 elearning and content development salary data hereThere's an interesting debate raging in various forums about salaries in elearning/content development jobs in India. So here's starting an unofficial survey about salaries in this field. Nothing official about this survey -- all inputs available here are completely anecdotal and open to interperations by the readers. I do not make any claims about accuracy of these figures.Add your comments in this blog about the salaries you have seen for various roles in various companies in India. And while you are…

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Are job sites encouraging attrition?

June 28, 2007
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| Categories: HR, Jobs, postsofthepast

I have been fascinated by the recent advertisements of job sites. All bosses are shown as being really mean. Remember Hari Sadu? Or the bosses in ‘Guess whose heard from us lately’ ad. It’s really funny watching these ads. Remind me of old bollywood films (actually true for many new ones too) where characters are shown with exaggerated stereotypical characteristics.And then there is the Happy Kumar ad. It reminds me of a conversation I had with someone who came to me to discuss this ‘fantastic’ offer she had and wanted…

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