Praveen is the Founder & Principal Consultant of KHEdge, a boutique HR & Business Process Advisory firm. Over last 15 years he has advised & worked with promoters, founders, business leaders, HR leaders in areas of – Business Strategy, HR Strategy, Organisation Design etc.
Some observations about our reluctance at self improvement and self development. 1. We know our issues, gaps, and improvement areas but we are too reluctant to improve. Change is difficult. We don’t like changing and we don’t want to change. If we want to, we are too lazy or reluctant to take the first step.…
You need to be able to communicate & convey your value proposition to people. Positioning is important and it helps. The value proposition (real) and value proposition (perceived) have to go hand in hand for desirable and sustainable positive outcomes. Your value proposition (real) depends on your learning’s, your insights and your ability to add…
Some time back, I came across a question on a LinkedIn group. “Managing change” OR “Leading change”..what is the most important one? why ? My thoughts on the same:
This is a bit personal – a simple but highly relevant piece of “gyan” I received from one of my bosses in my first job. I feel this wonderful piece of “gyan” helped me work better, manage my career expectations, successes and failures better.
As and when you draft your resume, do remember that while its the content that matters, you also need to ensure that the content is presented in the right manner. When we suggest – “presented in the right manner” , it means – formatting, font selection, sequence & priority of content that you have tried…
Most of the time, its a challenge developing your resume. While it might be laziness, or non seriousness about planning your next move, it could also be because of the following: Paucity of time , you are too busy with work & never have time to work on resume. You have a feeling of having…
I was reading a report on Economic Times, this morning (Infosys trimming up to 5,000 staff to scissor costs) and well i see the phrase – “employee unfriendly” being used for the company’s decision to trim up the organisation by letting go the poor performers. I wonder, why is it – “employee unfriendly”. It’s just…
A professional certification helps with your – “career prospects” mostly an entry level, if the certification is for a skill that’s mandated by an employer or an industry. For Example: It makes sense if a networking professional at an entry level and for operational roles has a CCNA or CCNP certification. Experienced professionals can benefit…
Every now and then, when ever people start scrutinizing executive compensation in corporates, there is a thought amongst some section of society, investors and regulatory bodies. The thought points at a need to enforce or enable a cap on executive & CEO compensation. This thought is also echoed by some ex business leaders as well,…
It is very easy to mess up as the CEO. You, as the CEO, are the person in charge with great deal of authority and responsibility to make things happen. The board looks at you for results, investors look for better dividends and rising valuation, and the team looks at you for inspiring leadership and…
We have been seeing various HR conferences and seminars around the concept of – HR as a Strategic Partner for a business, and the need for HR to evolve as a strategic contributor etc. These conferences, seminars etc. see lots of participation, discussions; round tables where in leaders speak and share their perspectives related to…
Normally people who have been on a career break find it difficult to land a mainstream job after a career gap. The gap could be a due to a sabbatical or a planned or unplanned career break. We have tried to generate some possible justification on the case from an employers and a hiring managers…
Normally employers spend decent amount of time and money putting in place processes and systems , for the sake of – “me too”, and “feels good” to have a great process. One aspect that gets missed out , most of the time is – the effectiveness of the process, and whether the implementation is meeting…
I was planning to title this article as “Evaluating a job offer or a job prior to applying..”. I decided to keep it “Evaluating a job offer ..” since it’s difficult for one to evaluate a job on the parameters mentioned below prior to applying for the job. Most of the time an interview interaction…