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Judge whether it is a good practice

By Deepa

Carl Lewis, an athlete I admire was in Singapore recently. He was quoted in the Straits Times: ?I was speaking to some coaches about how to train, and they told me: ‘Oh, that’s not how we train here’. I got mad because there shouldn’t be a way ‘we train’ or ‘they train.’ There’s only the […]

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Take the time out to watch these great videos

By Deepa

Seth Godin on ‘This is broken’ Watching this video would be a great starting point for a discussion and debate in organizations pushing for change / people willing to take initiative. If you have not yet seen thevideos at the TED Conference, do so asap! From their website on what TED is about: “TED is […]

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What did successful people learn from their failures?

By Deepa

Business Week has some articles on how organizations respond to failures and what successful people learnt from failures: This one is from Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman and CEO, General Electric “In 1992, I was running all the commercial operations for the plastics business at GE. We had a product called Nuvel, which was a sheet […]

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Ideal length of a resume

By Deepa

A great interview on recruitment by Guy Kawasaki with Libby Sartain, Chief people Yahoo! in his blog One of the questions deals with the length of the resume: Question: Does a resume that?s over one page long hurt a candidate?s chances? Answer: We are looking at resumes electronically, so the pages aren?t really the issue. […]

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Understanding our Cognitive Processes

By Deepa

According to the wikipedia , the term “cognition (Latin: cognoscere, ‘to know’) is used in several loosely-related ways to refer to a facility for the human like processing of information, applying knowledge and changing preferences.” Here are some interesting links that you might like to explore: You can view some of the experiments carried out […]

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Workplace Bullying: What should organizations be doing about it?

By Deepa

From our recent HR News and Views newsletter: Workplace bullying in much more prevalent than recognized or even acknowledged. In an age, where aggressive behaviour helps achieve results, where workplace pressure is at an all time high in terms of responsibilities and deadlines, it is all to easy to cross the boundaries and becoming ‘ruthless’ […]

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“Global Mobility: The impact of trailing spouses on assignment success.”

By Deepa

Recent research produced by GMAC Global Relocation Services and the National Trade Council shows that 21% percent of expatriate employees leave their companies in the midst of international assignments while another 23% do so within a year of returning from one. Yet, global mobility continues to be on the increase. Family issues are the primary […]

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The challenges of Talent Management in the twenty-first century

By Deepa

From our current issue of HR News and Views: The search for talent seems as relentless as ever,continuing to be one of the foremost challenges for senior leadership in all leading organizations even though it has been almost a decade since “War for Talent”, coined by McKinsey figured in the corporate lexicon. Today the challenges […]

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“Why should you be concerned about Social Networks?”

By Deepa

From our current issue of HR News and Views: It seems that the old adage, “It is not what you know but whom you know” is being proven true through mathematical models now. To modify that a little bit, what you know will give you the starting point and who you know will enable you […]

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Creating the future you want

By Deepa

From our current issue of HR News and Views: It is based on Paul Dolan’s book “True to Our Roots: Fermenting a Business Revolution” and my conversation with Paul Dolan. The book is about his incredible journey which reaffirms the highest values that all sustainable businesses can and should embody. Paul Dolan’s journey of change […]

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