Organizational & Employee Development

A sizeable number of writings exist today, which bewail the gap between what is taught at schools and colleges versus what is really needed by businesses to be sustainable in a contemporary knowledge-based economy. Senior business leadership often cites workforce talent as a key concern in global competitive environment. As rightly put forward by Santhanam B, MD, Saint-Gobain Glass India, in the May-June 2011 issue of People Matters, The key question that keeps CEOs awake at night is “Do we have the right people to capture the opportunities ahead of us?...

Changing the Hierarchy- Conversation With vineet Nayar of HCL

Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies, has written a book that describes how he defied conventional wisdom that says companies must put customers first, and helped
make HCLT one of the fast growing and profitable IT service companies in the world. In doing so, he has grabbed the attention of the business community, and turned the
hierarchical pyramid upside down by making management accountable to employees, not the other way around

Coaching has today become a buzzword in organizations with the number of coaching models and practitioners in India increasing exponentially day by day. However, the concept of “coaching” is often confused with related concepts such as mentoring and counselling. The plethora of coaching institutes, models, ethical or professional guidelines and approaches available also tend to confuse newcomers to the subject. In this context, the SHRM Forum at Trivandrum on September 11, 2012 demystified the various facets and principles of coaching.

In my work with leaders, I find that one common complaint of direct reports is that their leaders do a poor job of coaching. Yes, executives tend to be poor coaches.

They often neglect to schedule coaching time, and some leaders fear that coaching will come across as negative, alienating direct reports.

How can successful people get even better? Successful people are much more likely to accept coaching from those whom they respect and whom they see as successful.