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Hiring from direct competition.... a few points...

While there is nothing wrong in competing for talent, and 'poaching'from your direct competition, there are some dont's - and there are very relevant to WOW the prospective employee..... 1. Never start with 'your company is in dumps...'. The candidate is willing to look at you precisely because of that... Re-iterate as to how life can be better in your place, rather than speaking the load of negatives about competition.... Reflects badly on the quality of the HR function...! 2. Engage only in a… Continue

Added by Muralidharan Chennai India on July 1, 2009 at 4:09am — No Comments

Right People in key seats… Generic characteristics (Courtesy: How the mighty fall by Jim Collins)

1. Right people fit with the company’s core values. Great companies almost build cult like cultures, where those who do not share the institution’s values find themselves surrounded by antibodies and get ejected like a virus. People often ask, “How do we get people to share our core values?”. The answer: you don’t. You hire people who already have a predisposition to your core values and hang on to them. 2. Right people don’t need to be tightly managed. The moment you feel the need to tightly m… Continue

Added by Muralidharan Chennai India on June 28, 2009 at 5:14am — No Comments

Winning.... the power of mind tattoos......

This was originally posted by me at tickledbylife.com All of us keep seeing body tattoos on the youth icons of the day, and also many youngsters seeking to convey a message or even trivia…. Body tattoos are in vogue and indeed a fashion statement all over the globe… But what we tattoo on any part of the body for others to see is not as important as what we tattoo in our minds…. And positive, successful, energetic mind tattoos are a must to attain success… The story goes, as I read somewhere, t… Continue

Added by Muralidharan Chennai India on June 27, 2009 at 6:16am — No Comments

Who is your Captain Sullenberger?! - pointers to a passionate and engaged employee?

This was originally posted by me at tickledbylife.com On January 15th, 2009, Captain Chesley Sullenberger made an emergency landing of his 50-ton passenger aircraft, US Airlines Flight 1549 - softly gliding it onto the Hudson River in New York City, saving the lives of all 155 people on board. What he did was not only a feat, but also a testimony to his on-the-job skills, dedication and passion. Plain words would not suffice to express the feat of Capt Sullenberger. What are the odds that you… Continue

Added by Muralidharan Chennai India on June 27, 2009 at 6:07am — No Comments

Successful team management... Employee engagement : 50 quick tips.

This was originally posted by me at tickledbylife.com Teamwork is not rocket science, and mostly a matter of common sense. Here are 50 simple but powerful ways you could make teamwork work. 1. Act with integrity; this is one quality that will make a great team. 2. Credibility as a team-leader is mostly as good as only it is perceived. So display credibility and act with credibility. 3. Walk the talk, you get judged well only when you walk the talk. Example: if you are asking for quality work,… Continue

Added by Muralidharan Chennai India on June 27, 2009 at 6:02am — 2 Comments

If the 80/20 Pareto principle is true, then here is a HR/employee engagement challenge?!

It has been proven time and again, in practice and theory that the 80/20 Pareto principle is mostly true, to whatsoever thing in life you could extrapolate it to...... 80 % of your revenues comes from 20% of your clients...... you spend 20% of time on the most productive things... and the remaining 80% of time on chores....... Here is the challenge then for recruitment and HR pro's..... If only 20% of your people are going to perform above par, and the remaining 80% are going to hover at averag… Continue

Added by Muralidharan Chennai India on June 24, 2009 at 11:32am — 7 Comments

...retention by counter offers....!

It may not be the in thing in these times of recession Circa 2009... But we all know that it was common to have employees come back to the management with a decision to exit owing to a higher compensation.... and the management, through HR comes back to the employee with a more attractive compensation and other employee retention tools.... I have heard a few cases then and even now, where the line/function commits something to the employee, and once the employee concurs, and almost decides to s… Continue

Added by Muralidharan Chennai India on June 16, 2009 at 1:03am — 1 Comment

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