Cab-hailing firm Ola, Founded in 2011 by Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati and run by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Department of Employment of Haryana Government to create 35,000 entrepreneurial opportunities in the state.
The MoU is part of the state’s “Saksham Haryana” initiative which was launched last year by Hon’ble Chief Minister...
Today’s CXOs war room discussion continue to be on workforce management .Strategic Workforce Planning is currently Static, Manual based and Excel sheet intensive. The urgency caused by digital disruption, changing employee skill sets, technology and innovation and Geo - political environmental changes are the factors that influence the need for Strategic Workforce Planning backed by Analytics to ensure that...
A McKinsey survey of more than 3000 executives around the world found that only one transformation in three succeeds. So the key point is – more than 70% large “change programs” fail.
Transformation in other words change or change management has become a buzz word today. Today a number of organizations have started focusing on large “change programs” such as...
Technology has had far-reaching effects on all aspects of life. With various technological advancements in place, the role of an HR professional has undergone a complete metamorphosis from just being administrative and handling the day-to-day operational aspects of the organization, to being strategic, proactive and more aligned to the needs of business.
CEOs of top organizations have now started believing...
Swedish furniture maker IKEA is launching its first store at Hyderabad on July 19, 2018. According to company spokesperson, it aims to reach 200 million customers in India in the next three years and there would be 1,000 direct and 1,500 indirect employments at the store and 50 per cent of them would be women.
The Hyderabad store has come...
In an exclusive conversation with SightsIn Plus, we have Alok Mehta, Executive Director – Human Resources at Hexagon, Swedish IT product organization which is a global leader in digital solutions that create Autonomous Connected Ecosystems (ACE).
Alok has over 25 years of professional experience across Indian & Multinational Companies, in local, regional & global leadership roles. Prior to current role...
Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Rajasthan Government to provide free digital training to 9,500 college students in one year.
PRESS RELEASE- Jaipur, July 9, 2018: Microsoft India signed an MoU with the Department of College Education, Govt. of Rajasthan to improve the integration of technology in teaching and skilling of students and educators in government colleges.
The...
"You cannot mandate productivity;you must provide the tools to let people become the best." – (Steve Jobs)
HR Technology can be defined broadly as the use of scientific knowledge and skills in the practical application of HR tasks and activities. It essentially includes the use of tools like big data, statistical analysis and systems automation in the application of HR.
One...
Few doubt that leaders matter and that leadership matters more. An individual leader makes good things happen. And a leadership capability throughout an organization sustains long-term success.
About ten years ago, Norm Smallwood, Kate Sweetman, and I did a meta-analysis of the views of leadership experts to define what effective leaders know and do. This work resulted in The Leadership...
The Transformational Leader is the New Superhero!
Leaders who can help transform an organization have always been in demand, however, with the clichéd VUCA world upon us, it has moved from being a desirable trait to a vital and an essential one.
Speed and complexity of change are the new super villains. There is so much happening and so fast. The...