Human Resources Strategy

The Enshittification of the Talent Function​

Whenever the stock market is on a bull run, every investing expert appears to be a genius and every strategy a winner — but when the bubble bursts, the ones left standing are the “real experts,” or the lucky ones.

The same logic holds for the talent function. The IT sector has been on an extended bull run for the last 20 years; in fact, the COVID pandemic gave it a boost, with the world hailing a new paradigm of digitization and work from home. Easy capital spawned a startup frenzy, with fintech, B2C e-commerce, and SaaS firms scaling up — and the talent function was at the core of this growth:

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The dark knight – how the talent function can save the it services industry

The dark knight- How the talent function can rescue the IT Services industry The Indian IT industry is at the crossroads – and the options are survival, slow decline  , revival & renewal. I believe the HR function can spearhead the renewal of IT services and lead the industry out of its current rut; And

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4 FORCES REDEFINING THE TALENT FUNCTION

Spoiler-  This is not an AI centric post 4 Forces redefining the talent  function  Force 1- Software & Technology has been eating jobs and with AI , the appetite will be insatiable   Force 2- Data driven  Mathematical Corporation   Force 3- Productivity & Performance will tend towards the  Power Curve  Force 4- The Talent Cloud will become

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winner takes all- the talent economy ruled by power law

You see in this world , there’s 2 kinds of people , my friend, those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig. Clint Eastwood. The Good , the Bad & the Ugly. Tweet The Vanished About 12-15 years back there were small shops on every corner that would set up a basic website

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2023- technology talent market in india

Talent Market Predictions We segment the  Indian Talent Market into 5 different sub- markets – Services, Captives, FAANG, Product/SAAS, E-Commerce/Fintech Services Dec 22 ended with the Big 4- HCL, TCS, Wipro & Infosys  recording  a net addition of 1,940 employees.-the lowest in 11 Quarters.   Variable pay will be reduced drastically & we expect middle management

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low productivity is the issue to tackle- not salary differentials

A Moneycontrol artictle on 30 May caused the usual 3 day outrage and hyperventilating  when it declared that – “IT CEO pay shot up 835% in a decade while fresher’s salary grew 45%” . Now that the din has died down- I have tried to dig deeper. Summary of the Moneycontrol article Ratio of pay between

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Executive Search at the Intersection of Strategy, Leadership & Culture

Why Do New Executives Fail The failure rate of new  Executives is approximately 50%, largely due to an inability to lead others (Hogan and Kaiser, 2005). On average, nearly 30% of  Standard and Poor 500 CEOs are dismissed annually and the tenure average is approximately 5 years (The Conference Board, 2015). In a study done by Ulrike Malmendier, assistant professor of

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The 5 Pillars of Succession Planning

A well designed Succession planning program has an invigorating effect on Organisation Culture , reduces HiPo ( High Potential) attrition and helps the firm tide over unexpected brain drain . An outperforming Succession Planning program is a combination of the 5 pillars of Philosophy, Role Analysis , Performance Management, Training & Development and Reducing Information

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Three Battles for HR’s Soul

If you want to know what differentiates a true People Champion from the bosses lackey/ executioner , look at their battle scars. The Wonder Woman Fight Removes the God of war- aka The Exceptional Asshole from the organisation- The great performer who is invaluable to the Business/ functional leader and everyone is blindsided to the collateral damage

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