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Updated on: Aug 2021
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Return to Workplace – Managing Employee Anxiety in the Workplace
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Return to Workplace – Managing Employee Anxiety in the Workplace

Return to Workplace – Managing Employee Anxiety in the Workplace The future has always been uncertain and unseen. Our ability to visualize future helps us to understand tomorrow and prepare ourselves in advance for the possible obstacles and opportunities. However, sometimes the situation may catch us unprepared. This is what happened when the entire world hit the […]

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How Workplace Technology Can Help Return to Work
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How Workplace Technology Can Help Return to Work

How Workplace Technology Can Help Return to Work The last year felt like a roller-coaster ride. It encountered a fall, which no one saw coming after a gradual, steady rise. Lockdowns, deserted buildings, and public space anxieties became prevalent. Although some of these changes in the post-pandemic environment are temporary, others will likely stick around. […]

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JK Cement Case Study- Facilitating Safe Return to Workplace
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JK Cement Case Study- Facilitating Safe Return to Workplace

How has JK Cement facilitated employees’ safe return to Workplace? “You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.”– John C. Maxwell The above quote is very very relevant to the last 12-15 months. Everybody of us had a routine, which […]

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Critical factors for the Hybrid Workplace
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Critical factors for the Hybrid Workplace

The world would have never been able to cope with the demands of a pandemic had we stayed where we are in our minds. Our ability as human beings to adapt and be resilient has led to innovations and mindset shifts. I recall even a few years ago working from home was a desire to […]

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Emerging Labour and Employment Trends post-pandemic
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Emerging Labour and Employment Trends post-pandemic

As the dust settles on the immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses, clarity on the future of work is emerging. In the HR world, hot new trends are being tested against the ‘new normal’ and the road to recovery looks promising with a net estimate of 100 million jobs to be created in […]

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How to Bring Employees Back to Workplace
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How to Bring Employees Back to Workplace

Apple asked its employees to come back to workplace. In return, Apple got a long letter explaining why Apple should not ask people to come back to workplace at the rate that they had planned for. Thousands of Apple employees signed the letter of protest. This is not just the case for Apple in particular. […]

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The Role of HR in Economic Slowdown due to pandemic
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The Role of HR in Economic Slowdown due to pandemic

See-saw sacred own…the downturn certainly doesn’t stay down! As I jogged in the park, my eyes fell on three kids who were playing on the see-saw in a very unique manner. While two kids were going up and down on the see-saw, the third one was precariously trying to balance the two at the same […]

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Remote work is here to stay but what’re some stumbling blocks?
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Remote work is here to stay but what’re some stumbling blocks?

Remote work is here to stay but what’re some stumbling blocks? With the rise of the deadly COVID 19, the entire world came to a standstill. Corporates were forced to change the working modes to ‘Work From Home’ Working from home is the best way to keep employees safe. But it doesn’t come without its […]

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How HR Leaders Can Adapt to Uncertain Times
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How HR Leaders Can Adapt to Uncertain Times

How HR Leaders Can Adapt to Uncertain Times In hindsight, surviving 2020 seems like ‘base camp training’ when compared to the ‘Mount Everest-like- challenges’ hurtling at us in 2021. While dealing with uncertainty is tough for any functional leader, this extended phase of the pandemic seems to be a true test of HR mettle. There […]

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Adding More Value to HR in Uncertain Times
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Adding More Value to HR in Uncertain Times

Adding More Value to HR in Uncertain Times Among the many, our function has its roots in Welfare too. Establishments were required by law to appoint a Welfare Officer. So, if I may build on this for a bit, the key expectations from this role were: Ensuring proper facilities (water, food, restrooms, et al) are […]

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Future of Work Pivoted Around Organizational Culture
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Future of Work Pivoted Around Organizational Culture

Future of Work Pivoted Around Organizational Culture Organizations across the world shifted gears to safeguard employees and move to a new way of working beyond the realm of any business continuity plan. As HR practitioners are grappling with reimagining the future, the role of offices is shifting in a bold way. Newer contexts are coming […]

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