Vijay Bankar

  Listen to the article.  According to Gartner research , the most significant emerging HR technologies for 2023 are skills management (51%), learning experience platforms (41%), and internal talent marketplaces (32%). Skills-based HR initiatives seem to be the bellwether, and cognoscenti suggest that the talent marketplace fits the bill to jump on the bandwagon. As per Gloat's report , essentially, it's a gateway to skills-based strategies to thread the needle between skills and opportunities. A Gartner report prognosticates that by 2025, 30% of large companies will implement a talent marketplace for optimizing talent.  Implementing a talent marketplace offers a convenient option for companies of consequential size working from numerous locations to proffer internal opportunities (gigs, projects, assignments, etc.) to their employees. Concurrently it also facilitates employees to reskill and upskill themselves to stay ahead of the curve with felicitous mentorin...

Listen to the article. "whatever success we have had in maintaining our culture has been instrumental in Intel's success in surviving strategic inflection points." — Andrew Grove In an earlier blog article, we could not focus enough on the importance of culture and its impact on business. As stated earlier about the reinforcing loop, implementing employee listening strategy, and developing appropriate culture. If we have a suitable culture, it will facilitate the effective implementation of our employee listening strategy. Here we will focus on effectively defining and then creating the right culture. The right culture is an indispensable prerequisite for successfully implementing our organizational strategy. Hence it is essential to change our hidebound culture consonant with the developments in the external environment. It is not immutable, albeit we can create bespoke culture according to our strategic requirements. First, let us look at how Gartner defi...

Listen to the article. "The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously."  — Hubert Humphrey 😃😃 Jokes apart, continuous employee listening is gaining momentum due to the developments in the preceding three years. It is also an integral part of the people analytics function. We implement it for devising compelling employee experience. Like other initiatives, we took a leaf out of the marketing book and initiated a continuous employee listening strategy to enhance the employee engagement. The direct upshot of continuously receiving employee feedback is gaining instantaneous actionable insights to improve employee experience and engagement. While also facilitating lower turnover and enhancing productivity and performance. According to a Bain & Company survey, 80% of organizations are optimistic about utilizing employee engagement systems in 2023. Active listening and passive listening are the rudimentary components of continuous...

Every year, SHRM India announces ‘Top HR Influencers on Social Media’ during their SHRMTech Conference. This year the #SHRMTech18 Conference was held on 26th & 27th April 2018 in Hyderabad.  On April 26, 2018  SHRM India released the report on “Top 30 Indian HR Influencers on Social Media” According to the report, SHRM India used HR-specific keywords to map 250 influencers, while considering following social media platforms: Klout | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook. On the basis of parameters like activity level and follower count they arrived at the Top 30 Indian HR influencers of the year ( 2017-18 ). The report further states that “this list in no way devalues the efforts of the rest, for imparted knowledge has always benefitted growth. Hence, we congratulate every influencer who contributes for a better HR each day.” Fortunately, I was selected to be part of this report along with other distinguished personalities. I would like to take this...