Shiraz and his work

why HR professionals need to have an HR plan? discuss its merits and demerits

HR management: The (new) rules of engagement

So how do you see the future of OD and what will be the relevant skills for this profession

Global status quo is today challenged by 2Ts. The first being ‘Technology’ and the other ‘Talent’ . Richard Dobs (Director McKinsey Global Institute) wrote in Mckinsey Quarterly November 2012 that “Technology has produced 900 million non-farm jobs in the developing economy since 1980”. The emergence of high tech companies amongst Fortune 500 lists have been a phenomenon during the last 10 years. Google, facebook and Apple are few!  In today’s wonderful world an app can make you a millionaire or even a billionaire at a young age! D’Aloisio, only 17 years old, sold an APP “Summly” to Yahoo for $30 million. Recently facebook, itself started-up by teenagers, acquired ‘whatsapp’ for $19 billion! This is just beginning of technology and more will come in future. Numbers with a dollar sign have grown exponentially while the numbers denoting age have become almost irrelevant! The disruptive fuel that drives Technology is human Talent. A study by MGI (http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/...

Much has been written on leadership. Research after world war 1 and 2, emphasized on traits and believed that Leaders are born. But after the human relation movement and emergence of OB study, the research inclined towards that “leaders are made” i.e. Everyone can become a leader, if he or she wants so. In this regard DDI, has done remarkable work.  This post is dedicated to get opinions from people what they think about the crucial leadership qualities. Kindly limit your qualities to minimum 3 and maximum 6 points. My view is: Strong Will Trust Interpersonal skills Decision maker

How do you see future of training and development?

    One may think that confidence is something which comes naturally, however for a majority of people this is not the case. Confidence is not just about being good at something and being able to communicate it and use that talent effectively, is much more than that. Confidence is all about showing courage in what you think is right when everyone else around you may think is wrong, confidence is overcoming your own worst fears and doing something that is out of your comfort zone, which pushes your boundaries. By the discussion above it may all seem very straightforward for someone to build confidence just like that, however like everything else there is a systematic and logical way of acquiring confidence. The formula is simple, all you need to remember is the 3C’s. Let’s look at those 3Cs in a bit of detail. Cause, this is the 1 st C that is essential in order for someone to build confidence. You as an individual need to have a cause that you’re working towards, because this...