Human Capital Magazine - May 2013

In this issue

Rumours galore...
to gossiping
no more !!!Workplace gossiping is the biggest testimony of the \'love-hate\'
relationship of an employee with employer. Regardless of the
size and brand value of the organization, every employer likes
to dwell upon the utopian thought of making the workplace
rumour-free,Working around a
tight budget
While it is still not sunshine for the Indian economy, HR in
most sectors is under pressure to reduce over heads and other
HR related costs and work around shoe-string budgets.
This HR Roundtable tries to understand the ability of HR to
work around tight budgets, yet keep employee morale upbeat.WELCOME
ABOARD!
Human Capital in conversation with Mohit James, Director HR,
L\'Oréal India on the organization\'s dynamic training and
development strategies to equip its staff to cater to global markets
and how learning is supposedly, a part of the culture at L\'Oreal.Power of
self-reflection
I t was rather interesting to hear a veteran
business leader in the middle of an
ideation discussion say, \"How do we get
our folks to reflect and think?\" There was
a deep pause and the senior leaders seated at
the table suddenly looked up from their
BlackBerry screens and had a rather quizzical
look on their faces, then looked at one another
and even before they could respond, another
question followed. \"Can it be taught? Can we
design a module called \'How to think?\", asked
the leader. This made me sit up and reflect on
what he was referring to when he posed these
questions at us. My need to deconstruct
coupled with genuine curiosity led me to ask
a clarifying question, \"Can you help me
understand this better?\" to which his response
was, \"We are so caught up trying to multitask
that most often we forget to take time out to
reflect and to think. The act of self-reflection is
largely missing. Each one seems so caught up
trying to get the job done and is plagued by
innumerable phone calls and e-mails...