Delving Deeper

I found this while Google-ing.. Excerpts - HR professionals at corporate have responsibility for HR philosophies that permeate the entire organization. They represent the firm to external stakeholders (regulators, investors, communities) and need to help establish a corporate brand or reputation. They also help senior executives select HR initiatives that will permeate the entire organization. They work with Boards to ensure effective governance and with senior executive leaders as coaches and team facilitators.

I found these words in a fast company article - You can divide any working population into three categories: people who are engaged (loyal and productive), those who are not engaged (just putting in time), and those who are actively disengaged (unhappy and spreading their discontent). The U.S. working population is 26% engaged, 55% not engaged, and 19% actively disengaged. You can read the article here - http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/49/buckingham.html?page=0%2C0

Attention - Legal eagles... During my student days, the only way to catch up with legal i.e labour law stuff (case laws etc) was to rush to our Law college Library on Senapati Bapat Road campus. So, when I heard about this site which gave most of the updates on laws and also allows search, the first feeling was that of jealousy :-) Here is the link to site - http://judis.nic.in/scwelcome.htm . Yes, it's free .. .I gather that there are some pay sites too with decent subscription rates but those I'll leave for lawyers. I'll recommend this to all HR pros who occassionally would need to check out on 'those laws' ....

Jack Welch addresses SHRM Conference I've always admired Jack Welch... was fortunate to get closer to his thoughts and their impacts during my stint with GE Capial- Genpact. So i was glad to know that Jack Welch was taking part in the SHRM conference...here a link to some excerpts from the session which Workforce's Blog captured.. http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2009/06/28/jack_welch_does_shrm/ This let me to do a search on utube and got to see this video bit from the interview he gave.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycm8Ak4dkS0

Upclose with Malcolm Gladwell Tipping point made me a Gladwell fan.. and Blink sort of confirmed it.. for starters, here a quick glimpse.. http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/conference/2008/gladwell

Gallup has brought out a sequel to First Break all the rules.. Find out more on this by following this link http://gmj.gallup.com/content/25390/Gallup-Publishes-Long-Awaited-Follow-Up-to.अस्प्क्स

Managing Millennials: Eleven Tips for Managing Millennialsby Susan M. Heathfield[About Human Resources: Vol. 8 No. 111 - ISSN: 1533-3698 September 16, 2007] The millennials joining your workforce now are employees born between 1980 and 2000, or 1981 and 1999, depending on the author. Unlike the Gen-Xers and the Boomers, the Millennials have developed work characteristics and tendencies from doting parents, structured lives, and contact with diverse people. Millennials are used to working in teams and want to make friends with people at work. Millennials work well with diverse coworkers.Millennials have a "can-do" attitude about tasks at work and look for feedback about how they are doing frequently - even daily. Millennials want a variety of tasks and expect that they will accomplish every one of them. Positive and confident, millennials are ready to take on the world.They seek leadership, and even structure, from their older and managerial coworkers, but expect that you will...