Ways To Work With Hated

Co-
WorkerThe Economic Times , Friday 14 Jan 2011.
Mahima Puri.
How To Make Things Work

Help Create Buddies:

It is the responsibility of the peer group
to help fellow colleagues make friends.

Other Personal counseling:

One of the ways to deal with the
situation could also be to offer the
colleague personal counseling.
Find Areas Of Mutual Interest:
As colleagues, one can identify areas of
interest that you and the concerned person
may share.

Give Feedback:
You have to make your colleagues aware of
his behavior that is making him the least
acceptable.

Talk To Peers:
Send the person to open programs,
wherein management and behavioral
training is provided.
 JAN 15,2011,07.00am IST,ET BUREAU
AS SALARIES HIT A HIGH, MORE
EXECUTIVES CONSIDER EARLY RETIREMENT

CAUSES
 Financial security
 Early peaking in career or early growth
 Burnout or professional fatigue
Many people feel the need to retire early but
how many of those actually see this through
remains suspect.

Retirement planning is more about managing

emotions than planning the finances.
HR PLAY KEY ROLE
IN M&A

The Economic Times

18 JAN,2011
Page-10
ROSISMITA BARAL-10202014
 Significance of HR in M&A:
Integrating people

employee retention is key during an

acquisition- Patni case

Cultural fit- Tejas networks case

35% of respondents identified ‘human

capital integration’ as the most significant
issue during an M&A-study by Mercer
 Significance of HR in M&A:
Integrating people contd…

ensure a smooth integration of policies-

Wipro case

Stabilizing the attrition rate- Dabur case

Address the concern of employees

‘what will we look like’ OR ‘do we have the
right mix of people?’ -TATA Sons case
 Pump up employee morale

Writankar Mukherjee,ET 18 jan 2011

ET spoke to a cross-section of seasoned HR professionals on

how bosses can take guard and boost employee morale.

•Make the office a learning ground

Research has shown people don’t change jobs just for
money. Bosses should give correct feedback to employees on
their performance, help them learn on the job and build their
capabilities

•Chart the employee's growth

HR experts say employees who know in advance their growth
plan within an organization are much more motivated.
Reward and recognize
Like talent management should ideally be a year-round
phenomena for every employee-friendly company, so should be
reward and recognition.

Make your company a dynamic one

HR experts say organizations should be dynamic enough to offer
that challenge to their employees. Rotation of professionals in
different roles is a must to ensure equitable growth of the
organization and individual

Identify the employee’s sweet spot

HR experts say bosses should identify an employee’s sweet spot,
be it job security, faster growth, desire to work out of a particular
location, or be part of a new business, and try to nurture it
Better with Age.
TOI, Jan 19th

These days, the workforce of any organization has

a strong population of employees that belong to
the older generation.
Managing the older workforce is one of most
crucial tasks for India inc today. Hence,
organizations are now devising special policies to
keep their older employees motivated and happy.
At times one sees that that the older workforce’s
contributions and deliverables are much more
substantiative and qualitative compared to those
of the youngsters.
Sushil Baveja, head- HR, DSCL says –
“senior employees, being older in the
employees, bring continuity to the
processes, practices, culture and value
system.
they form solid citizens of the
organization, thus bringing stability and
sustainability.