Tanuja Abburi
Global HR Director
Intelligroup
Tanuja Abburi is a member of:
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HR Strategies in Place in your Company
At Intelligroup our strategy of -"EMPLOYEE FIRST CUSTOMER WINS" believes
in creating of cohesive team of highly motivated employees can provide
truly differentiated value to our customers and help us as a business.
This
Strategy revolves around the principle of Plan-Build-Manage-Improve
with the focus on employee development. The strategy is consistent with
organization strategy of Employee First, Customer Wins and hence caters
to development and enhancement of the companys self-renewing ability
through potential growth succession planning.
Today trends seen in HR
a. Collaboration Vs Competitiveness -We believe in building a truly
collaborative ecosystem. We conduct session to groom our managers where
our trainers are the leaders from competition. This enables us to mentor
our managers through collaboration.
b. Proactive Vs
Active-Our first impressions framework enables us to cater to our
potential hires and this proactive reach-out program helps us to build
engagement further.
c. Strategic investment in HR systems We
have thought through and well planned and managed HR systems and
processes be it attendance, payroll, performance management, early
attrition or exit management system.
d. Family Matters - We at
Intelligroup believe that the primary relationship of the associate is
with the family. Espcially in India, family plays a major role in all
important decision of the associate. Our engagement programs are
designed to create a stronger bond between the family and the
organization.(Eg - Family Day, Bring Kids to Workplace, Associate family
getting a call from his manager on his achievement or any award that
he/she receives)
e. Inside-Outside view-HR plays a significant
role in becoming more business and client centric; One such initiative
is getting customers involved in our key project outings, team building
activities. This helps our clients understand the developmental needs of
our employees and be our partner in the true sense.
Difficulties in Planning Human Resource in an ever changing business
Economic Irregularities
Manpower planning for specialist projects
Attaching and retaining talented workforce
HR Relationship with the CEO
All our engagement strategy is planned keeping in mind the business
impact. The CEO is the sponsorer of our "EMPLOYEE FIRST CUSTOMER WINS"
strategy and plays the role of a mentor & guide of most of our
engagement processes and this is how we align ourselves to the business
strategy.
Biggest Pain Point
To strive towards emotional connect between employees and organisation
Motivating Employees with Rewards
Reinforces & rewards the most important outcomes as performance
Repeated actions and behaviors
Recognizing "Value Add"
Different Qualities looking while hiring people
Intelligroup hiring process is focused on
The key differentiator for Intelligroup is that we strive to match
three major components - the person to job, company and culture fit.
The individual values and overall personality (a strong character and
background) which is congruent to the companys core values - ICARE
(Integrity, Customer delight, Accountability, Respect and
Entrepreneurship in a collaborative environment).
Some of the leadership development programs being held & results obtained
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
We have a unique program which is
aligned to the organizations mission to provide employees a platform to
learn, grow and innovate. Considering our business environment today and
the need based on the feedback received in various employee forums on
enriching managerial talent, the LDP is designed as a 3 prong approach:
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP)
Business Leadership Program (BLP) The course curriculum design and
delivery is in partnership with best in class education institution of
the country thereby bringing best practices and specialization to the
course.
Subsets of LDP Program-E-learning Programs, Workshops by
Industry Leaders, On the job learning and Ongoing Learning Effectiveness
Measurement - throughout the program and linkage to the performance
management system
Identifying Leaders promoting them to the next level
The HR Strategy aims at identifying people with potential; develop
their talent through structured programs of professional and personal
growth; and thereby attaining the objective of retaining the
high-potential performers/leaders.
Our performance management
process, hot skills and criticality with core leadership skills helps us
identify the budding leaders. These leaders are engaged in First time
managers program which trains them in necessary skills and the 6 month
period of assessment helps in building them to next level. Our
progression assessment where different leaders gauge the associate also
provides inputs.
Our 6 monthly promotion assessment is a rigorous
process of reviewing the talent. The interview panel for each case is
carefully drawn from cross function teams, thereby bringing in
consistency and excellence to the process.
Engaging Gen Y - Leadership and Organization Culture
Reverse mentoring
Fun n Festivity
Recruiting & retaining the diverse and ambitious Generation Y. Are they really ambitious
We recruit through Virtual environments-LinkedIn, Facebook; Hangouts-Cafe coffee days etc
Retention-Individualized career plan, transparent and open environment.
Attrition Management: Retaining vs. fresh hiring
Definitely Retention; Retention is co-owned between the HR, Delivery
& Practice and Leadership Organization which is best described in
the following diagram:
Promotional techniques work best & reason behind it
Branding People practices through various press initiatives, media
invited to our internal events, participating in external surveys and
conferences.
Workplaces are changing. Cultures are evolving. The average employee today is different from his/her counterpart from a decade ago too? What is lacking and what does he/she need to keep in mind in todays working scenario
Yes. With companies becoming globally one, adaptability to different
cultures, environments & people, plus cutting edge technology with
premier soft skills is something all employees should keep in mind
Attract good people, retain the better people and advance the best peopleHR Strategies in Place in your Company
At Intelligroup our strategy of -"EMPLOYEE FIRST CUSTOMER WINS" believes
in creating of cohesive team of highly motivated employees can provide
truly differentiated value to our customers and help us as a business.
This
Strategy revolves around the principle of Plan-Build-Manage-Improve
with the focus on employee development. The strategy is consistent with
organization strategy of Employee First, Customer Wins and hence caters
to development and enhancement of the companys self-renewing ability
through potential growth succession planning.
Advice/ suggestions to fellow HRs
Collaborate is the mantra of the era!