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Leaders are not born but they are made. Great leaders develop their personal skills to lead the country or group or organsiations. What makes them the great leaders? The following are the qualities of a leader, which makes them to be the leaders. Self-belief, communication, Emotional Intelligence, Desire, Focus, Passion, discipline and influencing, Self-belief Self-belief is not egoism or boastfulness but believing one’s knowledge and resources that he has within himself to overcome obstacles and to keep the momentum going until he achieves the target. One of my bosses with whom I worked always say “If I am not convinced with the HR Policies or the Systems developed by me, it is always difficult for me to convince the Unions”. Hence, one has to believe himself. Salespeople, who don’t believe in their product, do make sales but not as successful as those who believe. So much of the leader’s role – especially the leader of a business is to convince others that the course of action they a...

Accenture All Accenture employees have career counsellors, typically two levels above them in the hierarchy, who are given a budget and specific time to mould the career of their wards. It has a Cross Entity Leadership Program to allow people to switch between bus inesses, and all openings are posted on internal portals. It allows employees to work from home and also work part time. It has set up an inhouse event management arm and employees who take part in clubs and special interest groups are expected to conceive and run programmes for each of these initiatives, ranging from sports to corporate social responsibility. Empowered employees: Employees at relatively junior levels are empowered to take decisions and managers running even 100-person units are allocated budgets to run their businesses Education initiatives: There’s a massive focus on education and training with 16,000 online courses for employees across all levels. It offers courses in association with the likes of MIT t...

My Boss asked me to suggest a few HR practices, which can be implemented in my organization to increase the engagement. Whenever, we are asked to suggest any new HR practices, we normally develop it on our own or find out the practices adapted by the other organizations for better implementation. In order to identify and adapt best-in-class practices from globally admired organisatins, I had discussed with my HR friends on the various HR initiatives practiced in their organisations. I had also referred various books and magazines especially Business Today on this. In the process, I came across the best HR practices followed by various Companies like; iGate, HCL Comnet, Microsoft India, Accenture, Marriott Hotels India, HCL infosystems, Godrej Consumer, Honeywell, which I would like to share with the HR Professionals. Best HR practices of iGATE Town Hall Meetings: iGate organises regular “town hall” meetings for all its employees where employees are encouraged to use the forum to addre...

Yesterday, I have posted an interesting topic i.e. “listening skills for HR Professional”. Today let me share some thing on improving the writing skills, which the HR Professionals use in their day-to-day business The main work of a HR professional is focused on writing Policies, developing Reports, communicating with the Management and employees. Therefore, writing is an essential and most required skill of a HR professional. In the initial stage of the profession the HR professional may not require the skills but as he goes up the professional ladder, the managerial components expand. The writing skills will definitely prove to be important for his success at the senior levels. How to develop the writing skills? The first and foremost is reading the writings of the great authors in English language. No doubt, the voracious reader would become a master of the language. The important part of developing the language is applying the finer aspects of language while reading the books of t...

In my earlier posting, I had mentioned various essentials qualities of a HR Professional. Now, let us see those items one b y one. At present, the most required quality of a HR Professional is that he should be a good communicator. In the sense that the HR professionals should have good listening, writing, reading and speaking skills. The requirement is not only in his own language but also he should have the capability in carrying out the business in day-to-day business in English. Good Listener is a better Manager Listening is not the same thing as hearing; it is not an effortless activity. It demands high sense of attention and concentration. We understand thing wrong because we have not understood what someone meant when they were talking to us. Anyone, who has ever taken the minutes of a long meeting will know how hard it is to remember - despite the benefit of the notes - exactly what everyone said. Good listeners don't interrupt. But the bad habit is that we start thinking ...

In my earlier note, I had mentioned various essentials qualities of a HR Personnel. Now, let us see those items one by one. At present, the most required quality of a HR Professional is that he should be a good communicator. In the sense that the HR professionals should have good listening, writing, reading and speaking skills. The requirement is not only in his own language but also he should have the capability in carrying out the business in day-to-day business in English. Good Listener is a better Manager Listening is not the same thing as hearing; it is not an effortless activity. It demands high sense of attention and concentration. We understand thing wrong because we have not understood what someone meant when they were talking to us. Anyone, who has ever taken the minutes of a long meeting will know how hard it is to remember - despite the benefit of the notes - exactly what everyone said. Good listeners don't interrupt. But the bad habit is that we start thinking of what ...

In my earlier note, I had mentioned various essentials qualities of a HR Personnel. Now, let us see those items one by one. At present, the most required quality of a HR Professional is that he should be a good communicator. In the sense that the HR professionals should have good listening, writing, reading and speaking skills. The requirement is not only in his own language but also he should have the capability in carrying out the business in day-to-day business in English. Good Listener is a better Manager Listening is not the same thing as hearing; it is not an effortless activity. It demands high sense of attention and concentration. We understand thing wrong because we have not understood what someone meant when they were talking to us. Anyone, who has ever taken the minutes of a long meeting will know how hard it is to remember - despite the benefit of the notes - exactly what everyone said. Good listeners don't interrupt. But the bad habit is that we start thinking of what ...

The Payment of Wages Act 1936 is meant for the benefit of industrial employees not getting very high wages and to safeguard their interest it provides against irregularities in payment of wages, withholding wages, delay in paying wages and making unreasonable deductions out of the wages. This Act ensures payment of wages in a particular form and at regular intervals. Definitions "Factory" means a factory as defined the Factories Act 1948 and includes any place to which the provisions of that Act have been applied "Wages" means all remuneration (whether by way of salary allowances or otherwise) expressed in terms of money or capable of being so expressed which would if the terms of employment express or implied were fulfilled by payable to a person employed in respect of his employment or of work done in such employment and includes - (a) any remuneration payable under any award or settlement between the parties or order of a court; (b) any remuneration to which the ...

Women at the reproductive stage are exposed to special risks during pregnancy and child bearing, and mortality and maternal morbidity are factors which require special consideration. The Maternity benefit Act was passed to regulate the employment of women for certain period before and after the child birth and to provide certain maternity and other benefits . Definitions "wages" means all remuneration paid or payable in cash to a woman, if the terms of the contract of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled and includes -(1) such cash allowances (including dearness allowance and house rent allowance) as a woman is for the time being entitled to;(2) incentive bonus; and(3) the money value of the confessional supply of food grains and other articles, but does not include -(I) any bonus other than incentive bonus;(ii) over -time earnings an any deduction or payment made on account of fines;(iii) any contribution paid or payable by the employer to any pension fund or pro...

The Minimum Wages act aims at making provision for statutory fixation of Minimum rates of wages in a number of industries. This act aims to prevent exploitation of labour by payment of wages which are necessary for normal and reasonable need of a workmen and his family. Applicability of Act This Act is applicable to all employments described in the Act i.e. minimum Wages have to be paid to all the employees of the employments described in the Act Definition "Employer" means any person who employs whether directly or through another person or whether on behalf of himself or any other person one or more employees in any scheduled employment in respect of which minimum rates of wages have been fixed under this Act. "Wages" means all remuneration capable of being expressed in terms of money which would if the terms of the contract of employment express or implied were fulfilled be payable to a person employed in respect of his employment or of work done in such employme...

The law relating to the registration of trade unions and certain other matters is contained in the Trade Unions Act 1926. This Act was passed to regulate: a) Conditions governing the registration of Trade Unions b) Obligations imposed upon a registered Trade Unions c) Rights and Liabilities of registered Trade Unions Definition "Trade Union" means combination, whether temporary or permanent, formed primarily for the purpose of regulating the relations between workmen and employers or between workmen and workmen, or between employers and employers, or for imposing restrictive condition on the conduct of any trade or business, and includes any federation of two or more Trade Unions; Provided that this Act shall not affect - (c) Any agreement between partner to their own business; (i) Any agreement between an employer and those employed by him as to such employment; or (ii) Any agreement in consideration of the sales of the goodwill of a business or of instruction in any profess...

The Workmen’s Compensation Act 1923 The passing of Workmen’s Compensation Act in 1923 was the first step towards social security of workmen. The theory of this act is that “ the cost of product should bear the blood of the workman”. This Act provides compensation to certain classes of workmen by their employers for injury, which may be suffered, by the workmen as result of an accident during the course of employment. Object To provide Compensation to Workmen for accidental injury and occupational diseases arising during and in the course of employment. Applicability of Act This Act is applicable to all employments in which the ESI Act is not applicable. Definitions "Dependent" means any of the following relatives of a deceased workman, namely :- (i) a widow, a minor legitimate or adopted son, and unmarried legitimate or adopted daughter, or a widowed mother; and (ii) if wholly dependent on the earnings of the workman at the time of his death, a son or a daughter who has attai...

The object of the Act is to “require employers in industrial establishments to define the conditions of employment under them and make the said conditions known to workmen employed by them. The conditions of employment includes the conditions of recruitment, discharge, disciplinary action, holidays of the workmen employed in the establishments etc., Definition "Industrial establishment" means (i) an industrial establishment as defined in clause (ii) of section 2 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936), or (ii) a factory as defined in clause (m) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), or (iii) a railway as defined in clause (4) of section 2 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890), or (iv) the establishment of a person who, for the purpose of fulfilling a contract with the owner of any industrial establishment, employs workmen; Main Provisions of the Act Submission of Draft Standing Orders. (1) Within six months from the date on which this Act becomes a...

The schemes of Provident Funds are meant to induce employees to save a portion from their present earnings for a rainy day. The object of the Act is to provide for institution of Provident Fund, Pension Fund and Deposit Linked Insurance Fund for employees in Factories and other establishments. Definitions "Basic wages" means all emoluments which are earned by an employee while on duty or on leave or on holidays with wages in either case in accordance with the terms of the contract of employment and which are paid or payable in cash to him but does not include: (i) the cash value of any food concession; (ii) any dearness allowance (that is to say all cash payments by whatever name called paid to an employee on account of a rise in the cost of living) house-rent allowance overtime allowance bonus commission or any other similar allowance payable to the employee in respect of his employment or of work done in such employment; (iii) any presents made by the employer; "Employ...

1. I have never been a Mentor before , How can I suddenly become one now? 1. There is no age or experience which determines when a person can perform mentoring. There are instances of people younger has used their ability and had helped many of their age and also elders to perform well and to live a life of their own at utmost confidence and mental peace. Generally as we grow and also have considerable experience, the challenges faced by us in the past make us mentally tough and confident, which helps us also to feel better to advise fresher about the challenges they have to face. Our natural ability to convey our ideas due to our long association with different types of people and different challenging situations in the organization makes us a natural choice. It is also important that fresher who has abundant talents, energy and career intentions must be properly guided and their efforts streamlined like a check dam to prevent over usage and disappointment and who else except the pill...

Introduction The process of mentoring helps an Organisation to identify and develop individual employees to not only develop competencies required for Career Development, but also evolve as complete individuals , balancing their personal and official lives with the right attitudes and approach and thus help Organisation spot talents who can occupy higher positions of responsibility. In turn , the employees so mentored to improve their personal and official lives will develop commitment, motivation and belongingness with the Organisation, thereby reducing employee turnover. 1. Objective of introducing Mentoring · To develop talented workforce · To assist the new recruit to quickly align towards organization requirements · To maintain the high levels of managerial contribution throughout the career. · To reduce the employee turnover in early career stages. 2. What is Mentoring? Mentoring is the process by which one person assists another to grow and learn...

The Industrial Disputes Act , 1947 is a principle central legislation which provides for settlement of industrial Disputes. The main objective of the Act is to secure industrial peace by preventing and settling industrial disputes through internal works committees or external machinery of conciliation (consisting of Conciliation Officers, Boards of Conciliation and Courts of inquiry) or compulsory adjudication(consisting of Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals and National Tribunals) and through Voluntary arbitration. This Act also protects the service conditions of employees during pendency of Industrial disputes proceedings. It also prohibits employers and workmen from indulging in any unfair trade practices. Applicability of Act This Act is applicable to all Industries in the country. Definitions “Industry” means any business, trade, undertaking, manufacture or calling of the employees and includes any calling, service, employment, handicraft, or industrial occupation or avocatio...