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Lakshmi Venkataraaman

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Lakshmi Venkataraaman

Self Employed

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Attract good people, Retain Better Performers and Advance the Best:

Be a coach and mentor rather than being a boss. Give them the free hand, motivate them. Instead of focusing of 8 hour time job, train them on 5 hours quality job. look for the good worker than efficient or knowledgeable worker. Good worker who has an intention to move forward will learn fast and acquire capable. Give the chance to one who needs a job instead of who needs just to pass the time.

Leadership Programs in Place:

Take them where ever you are performing. Give them the equal chance. Introduce them to all the peers of your clientele. set the goals and give them the guide lines in an american way, instead of Japanese way.

Advice For Fellow HR Leaders:

Be sympathetic to your colleagues and loyal to your management. Don't try to excel by pulling down others

Pain Points:

Analytic, judgement, expect the unexpected, nurturing talent

Current HR Trends:

Instead of specialization moving towards multi-tasking. decentralization of tasks. performance awards, stock options

Improving Education system

System should be such students take a trial programmes during their school days on various subjects before finanalisinga any speacilisation. Here in India if you want to become a computer engineer you need to finalise in your 10th or 12 class itself. By this, students lose their vision and a chance to explore other avenues. I suggest before selection they should be given an option to try out and explore other subjects for a period of 5 years prior to embarking on their choice. Selection of speciality should be by choice rather than the compulsion. In other countries that is why in school stage itself lot of other programmes to make the children understand and select what they feel is better for their future and capability.

Helping to develop the country

Strict compliance and diligence in what ever they do and not to forget they only promise what they can deliver. Mostly the migration to other countries for betterment should be avoided.

Identifying and Promoting New Leaders:

by their actions and intentions.

Parting Thoughts

Give importance to ethics, governance. Be a professional.

Qualities that we Look For While Hiring:

Difference between what is submitted in the application and what is in reality. Ascertaining the correctness of data, appraisals, what they can deliver, suitability, retention etc.,

Relationship with HR and Top Management

Bridge

HR Strategies In Place

Understanding the job requirement, creating a profile, PI analysis instead preliminary interviews. Followed by screening, and selection based on result.