Training
The email nobody acted on: writing so people do the thing
Four people were copied, everyone read it, nobody moved. What separates an email that produces action from one that produces a thread.
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HR Insights and Guides for Indian Businesses
Practical writing on HR process, management, training and software for founders and HR teams at Indian startups and growing businesses.
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"I just get a feel for people": why structured interviews win
The manager with thirty years of experience and a great instinct has a worse hit rate than a scorecard. Why, and how to run interviews that predict performance.
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Half your team is already using AI. There is no policy.
Client data pasted into a chatbot, a report nobody checked, and no guidance anywhere. What a workable AI usage policy contains, and what to train on.
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HR Management
The engagement survey that made things worse
Eighty per cent responded, the report was thorough, and six months later trust was lower than before. What went wrong between the survey and the silence.
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HR Management
Attrition is 14% and that tells you almost nothing
One headline figure conceals which people are leaving, from where, and when. How to cut the number so it becomes a decision instead of a slide.
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HR Management
"We need two more people": the headcount plan nobody wrote
Hiring decisions made one request at a time, in the month the pain is worst. What a workforce plan contains and why a twelve-month view changes what you hire.
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HR Process
The safety poster nobody reads
A laminated notice, an annual drill, and an incident register with three entries in two years. What workplace health and safety looks like when it is real.
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HR Management
The HR transformation that was announced and then stopped
A town hall, a roadmap, eleven workstreams, and by month five nothing had landed. Why large HR change programmes stall and what to do instead.
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Training
When the script runs out: customer service beyond the SOP
The SOP covers eighty per cent of calls. The other twenty per cent are the ones customers tell people about. What to train when the script stops helping.
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Two people who will not work together
Everyone knows about it, work is routing around it, and nobody has said anything for four months. How to intervene before it becomes a grievance.
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The team that is always busy and always late
Nobody is slacking, everyone is at capacity, and deadlines keep moving. Why that is usually a prioritisation problem rather than a time management one.
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Forty slides, eight minutes, and a question in the first two
You prepared a thorough deck for the leadership review. They interrupted on slide three and the rest never happened. How to present upward.
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