Reflections: the stoic way!

  (51235) Building a Talent Acquisition Strategy - YouTube Here is what Prof Armin Trost talks about Building a TA strategy.. My takes on YouTube can be see below in this post.  Above in the grid we see on Y axis, the type of hiring challenge (Availability vs Strategic Relevance) and then on the X-axis we see the execution engines! The tactical interventions and under each of these tactical interventions, there will be need for bringing Critical Success Factors (CSF) and Measures of Success (MoS)! I have not read the book of Prof Trost, where he has talked about the TA strategy but what I know from his posts and video is that his book (see below) talks about this TA strategy and models as you find above in pictures.  Amazon India has this book available and can be ordered here-  Amazon.in Reference book by Prof Armin Trost-

When  Cognizant  fell in love with the human resources function ! Check this article by Cognizant:  An Evolving Profession: 21 New HR Jobs to Watch For (cognizant.com) Yeah, I call it a " function " after CEO coach and mentor  Ram Charan  asked us to keep the function while letting go of the "department"! Have a look at these 21 jobs (or roles or tasks within those roles?) It looks like  Cognizant  pulled out more pigeons than it could manage, and then searching holes for them appears to be a rehabilitative act! Honestly speaking, HR needs introspection rather than acts of deception! Our MEA S Jaishankar said, "Europe will have to come out of the mindset that Europe's problems are World's problems, while World's problems are not Europe's problems! " Likewise, ladies and gentlemen of HR (and other adorable pronouns as HR wears), many HR's problems are not organizational problems! Dave Ulrich  invoked HR as a function of change makers, tr...

 PC- Qualtrics  Report!  Perceptyx - Employee Surveys, Consultation & People Analytics I have been an ardent advocate of the firms like Perceptyx and Qualtrics for their sheer abilities to be serious players in the EX, CX and WX areas. Their team of researchers are subject matter experts are Ph.Ds.' and hold other degrees in Data and Decision Science besides Business Psychology and other Psychology areas at play at workplaces.  Strategy or Execution, the taste of the pudding is in employee performance. Employee performance draws its intrinsic motivation from how they experience organization, relationships, leadership and policies backing them.  CX has been a consistent focus area for businesses, as customer listening and keeping customer feedback/experience (CX) closest to building and correcting business strategy has been a BAU proposition.  The rise of EX and WX (Perceptyx prefers to call it Worker Experience at times) has been as a factor to keep att...

Take action on employee feedback: Collecting employee feedback is meaningless without action. If people go through the trouble of filling out a survey, but nothing in the organization changes, they’re likely to get what Didier Elzinga , CEO of Culture Amp, calls “lack-of-action fatigue.” After computer software non-profit Mozilla had to undergo a round of pandemic layoffs, the company’s HR team decided to run a pulse survey to check employee engagement. The results revealed employees were exhausted, frustrated, stressed, and (most curiously) less likely to believe Mozilla had career development opportunities for them. Employee experience | Qualtrics 1. Employee Experience/ Definition of Employee Experience - Gartner Human Resources Glossary Employee experience is the way in which employees internalize and interpret the interactions they have with their organization, as well as the context that underlies those interactions.  According to Gartner research, only 13% of employees are f...

Employer branding, Recruitment Marketing, Employer Value Proposition (EVP) and how it helps attract the one and maybe repel many.  Well, it all starts with the War for Talent! The term “war for talent” was coined by McKinsey’s Steven Hankin in 1997 and popularized by the book of that name in 2001. “Failure to attract and retain top talent” was the number-one issue in the Conference Board’s 2016 survey of global CEOs.  Next, the 2017 article by two McKinsey consultants: Attracting and retaining the right talent asks some very simple yet very powerful questions to the leadership!  Here is the question.: The best workers do the best and the most work. But many companies do an awful job of finding and keeping them! Why? (...I added this why !) 👈 Having said that, what does McKinsey prescribe?  Why is talent important?  Superior talent is up to eight times more productive!  The late Steve Jobs of Apple summed up talent’s  importance with this advi...

 Leadership assessment tests! How many have you taken and what are on your bucket list?  I have taken, MBTI, SHL, DiSC and some from platforms like Aon, Wonderlic and Kenexa, etc.  I would like to take the Leadership Circle 360 and also one by Korn Ferry (KF4D) This list below is just an aggregation effort. You should explore on your own respective providers and read their claims to have a decent firsthand information.  1.  Korn Ferry Leadership Assessment Guide & Practice - KFALP | KF4D (jobtestprep.com) Korn Ferry Assessment of Leadership Potential (KFALP) | Korn Ferry Four-Dimensional (KF4D) | and Korn Ferry via Edge Korn Ferry Assessment of Leadership Potential - KFALP P ersonality motivators ,  self-awareness ,  leadership traits and   skills, problem-solving skills, the propensity to avoid project derailment, and more.  contains 23 questions within a 40-minute time limit . Korn Ferry Four-Dimensional (KF4D) Executive ...

Watch what Textio website says and it's quite moving.. Hire and retain a diverse team What’s stopping you from building a diverse, high-performing team? From job posts to performance reviews, Textio removes the bias that turns your best people away.     Josh Bersin's list of the top 15 HR products you must check! My favorites after I spent time learning about them are: 1. Textio : All-time favorite 2. Paradox 3. Sana Labs 4. HiBob 5. Eightfold : Their talent acquisition product is their flagship product that has unmatched matching capabilities built-in through AI. I saw they have 14 positions in tech/engineering on LinkedIn, and most of them use the EasyApply button! They have 20 jobs posted on LinkedIn by different recruiters for Bangalore, Washington, Santa Clara, etc. There is no consistent way of writing JD and providing information. Director Engineering and Senior Director Engineering Delivery job posts for Bangalore look similar, but, while posted by different recru...