It was the 5th of July 1996, and Harsh and myself, had just appeared for our final engineering exams. We were submitting our forms for the MBA entrance exams. Harsh directed me to an open window, which was reserved for candidates who were also sportspersons. Harsh was a great cricketer, and had represented...

Could an employee in the manufacturing textile industry develop the proficiency to work in the insurance business? Does an IT professional have what it takes to work in the financial services industry? That depends on the individual, but the nature of business today makes it important for talent...

The Consistent Risks Inherent in All Hiring Decisions To err in hiring is human – and is considered to be very expensive. Many “standard” hiring procedures are actually common mistakes, so to choose more competent candidate, you need to be prepared to revise your hiring methods. Learn...

today’s job market is as bad as the PICTURE. if you work in your existing company you will die like the MAN and if you quit the job you will die like the fish

Each international assignment represents an investment – a monetary and talent investment for the organization, and a career and family investment for the individual. Whether the organization is a large multinational with expatriates in multiple locations or a small firm just entering the global...

The global nature of business today oftentimes entails overseeing teams comprised of foreign nationalities – a reality that has spawned “Outsourced,” an NBC sitcom that documents the journey of a manager whose department gets outsourced to India. “I worry about people seeing...

A well-structured talent organization helps drive strategic intent and support core business processes. But designing the optimal talent management system is not an easy task. Should it be centralized or decentralized? What about spans of control and decision rights? Tension exists between these and...

As the economy sputters toward recovery, what can organizations do about massive discontent among individual contributors? Think of musical chairs. The popular children’s game is an apt analogy for the state of talent over the past couple of tumultuous years. In 2008, the economy crashed and the...

A Queensland employee who was sexually assaulted by a customer has been awarded almost $500,000 in damages after a court found her employer failed to address risks associated with working alone. The optical technician was working in her employer’s Brisbane store when an elderly man brought in...

Most employers are reluctant to openly identify and label key workers as “critical talent”, but fears this status will be used as a bargaining chip are misplaced, says human capital expert Anthony Sork. Many HR professionals believe that “identifying and labelling” individuals...