Work Culture

Fire those managers who don’t fit

It is no brainer that employees who fit your organization’s culture stay longer and hiring the right match assures continued success.

Organizational culture is civilization in the workplace – Alan Adler

I read this interesting article on HBR.org, ‘Culture is a social control system. Here the focus is on the role of culture in promoting and reinforcing ‘right’ thinking and behaving, and sanctioning ‘wrong’ thinking and behaving‘.

That is true, and sometimes the whole business model can be your culture. For example – the friendly and open culture in organizations like Disney, Zappos, Facebook etc. And most often it is the consistent pattern of behavior in the organization. So beware of the risk of having someone continue working with you who is detrimental to your organization’s culture. Not only can he influence others negatively, his actions can also effect your brand. I talked about why hiring a culture fit is important over a post here, and now I wanted to highlight why you should be willing to let go of those who don’t fit. Especially the ones who are in leadership or managerial roles. (more…)

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TOP 50 shows in DriveThruHR history

TOP 50 shows in DriveThruHR history

DrivethruHR podcasts have been the best resources for our audience to stay current on what’s happening in the HR industry. And the things that have been keeping our guests up at night and the experiences that they share on our show have been an amazing way to learn from other HR peeps!

As of now the #1 internet radio show for the HR professionals has aired over 824 shows! And as we do great work to contribute to the community, here are the Top 50 shows that our audience has listened to the most. (more…)

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How to spur innovation at your organization

How to spur innovation at your organization

‘Technology tools are helpful but they aren’t a substitute for human creativity’. I read this from HR bartender blog authored by Sharlyn Lauby, one of my favorite HR thought leaders. Where she was talking about the best way to innovate today! Read it here!

As she mentioned the best way to innovate is to leverage the people and corporate culture that you already have in place.

Those are the two pivotal factors and any mismanagement of those can go wrong especially when your talent has an innovative idea in making. (more…)

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Leadership perspectives from East to West

Today’s guest blog is from Prabhjit Kaur, a Global HR Professional, Founder of KaurSkills, joining us to share some cultural muse and talks about her thoughts on leadership perspectives from East to West!

Being a member of the professional body CIMA and a Chartered Manager with CMI; I read a lot that supports management trends and thought leadership globally.

This blog concentrates on two articles, which I share with you on performance management and team management practices in India. These are very insightful; sharing leadership perspectives from the East – with my leadership hat on from the West. (more…)

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Intercultural workplaces – East and West

Intercultural workplaces – East and West

Today’s guest blog is from Prabhjit Kaur, a Global HR Professional, Founder of KaurSkills, talks about her thoughts on intercultural workplaces from East to West!

I am pleased to be blogging for Your HR Buddy!!. There is so much we could all write about, but the aim for our partnership is to focus on successful cross-cultural workplaces. We hope to engage, share knowledge and encourage some inspiring discussion on creating impactful, high performance teams that is inclusive, engaging and energetic. This starts with some basics.

There is a lot online, about HR needing to reflect on intercultural competencies as businesses progress and expand operations globally.

As founder of KaurSkills, I am working across 2 very distinct and culturally diverse countries – the UK and India. Some of my knowledge has also been shared beyond: South Asia and the West. So for my initial blog with Nisha, I will focus on some current reading and a little of my professional thoughts …. (more…)

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