People Matters Magazine - February 2021

In this issue

It’s always the small pieces that make the big picture. Long before the pandemic, top-notch organizations were already debating the relevance of conventional performance management systems and embracing adaptive approaches that are based on a continuous process with periodic checkpoints to facilitate a transparent and merit-based evaluation of work that is employee-friendly. In fact, successful organizations around the world had steadily started replacing their traditional ranking system with innovative performance management solutions. Given the current environment, businesses must reinvent how they manage the performance of their employees that triggers the right behaviors in the remote working world, delivers on investment, and develops processes that result in desired business outcomes.
So, how should organizations recalibrate their productivity and performance yardsticks? What should be the key components of the new framework of performance management at a time like this? How should you define and measure productivity amid changing business priorities? Our cover story attempts to throw light on the new paradigms of performance and productivity management in the current reality.

REMOTE WORK WILL CONTINUE BUT NOT EVENLY: COMCAST CABLE'S EVP HR, WILLIAM J.T. STRAHAN

IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE MATTERS, WILLIAM J.T. STRAHAN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, COMCAST CABLE, SHARES SOME INSIGHTS ON TRENDS THAT WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON BUSINESSES GLOBALLY, WHAT THE FUTURE OF REMOTE WORK WOULD ENTAIL, AND HOW ORGANIZATIONS ARE SHIFTING THE NEEDLE ON PRODUCTIVITY MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AMID THIS UNCERTAINTY

8 mins

The new approach to performance management

Organizations serious about high performance must rethink the way they measure performance in a post-pandemic world

4 mins

Technology is simple, but culture is hard: Dr. Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks

In a Special Interview with People Matters, Dr. Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, Behavioral Scientist and Professor of Management and Organizations at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan shares that now, more than ever, there is a need to nurture an organizational culture remotely

5 mins

The future will be all about flexibility and balance: VMware's Duncan Hewett

In conversation with People Matters, Duncan Hewett, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, and Japan, VMware, dives into how remote working is addressing sustainability and diversity issues, the rising expectation from employers to provide access to digital tools, and the biggest opportunity presented by 2020

6 mins

Learning (And Unlearning) From COVID-19

The pandemic forced us to reevaluate our ways of working paving way for unlearning the rudimentary and relearning ways to function and survive in the new normal

4 mins

SHIFTING PARADIGMS in PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

THE WORLD OF WORK HAS CHANGED, SO MUST THE WAY WE MANAGE EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND MEASURE RESULTS

10+ mins

The dark side of the moon: Negative leadership behaviors to avoid

Just as there are many positive leadership qualities that make leaders great, there are many negative behaviors that drag a leader down. Leaders need to know these patterns and avoid them for the good of their followers and themselves

4 mins

The future of trade unions

Traditional trade unions seem unable to play the vital and beneficent roles they once did. What brought about this decline and how can they be reinvented in a totally different form?

10+ mins

Focus on organizational goal achievement versus goal measurement: Akanksha Sane, PTC Software

People are now being valued for their skills and contribution and not for their place in the hierarchy. The COVID situation has been a great equalizer in many ways, believes Akanksha Sane, Senior Director- India HR Delivery at PTC Software

5 mins

Is ‘Empathy' The HR Director's New Secret Sauce?

Empathetic engagement at work has become table stakes for the millennial-driven workforce in the year that has passed, and employee engagement is no longer a nice to have but a prerequisite for operational success in 2021

3 mins

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People Matters is India’s leading magazine in the Human Resources space for the HR community that aims to foster the amalgamation of new ideas between HR Leaders, HR Service Providers and CXOs, leading to growth and development of their most important asset – PEOPLE.