The speed at which some of the supposedly and most respected financial institutes have melted down is stunning. Bear Stearns disappeared almost overnight. Shareholders in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are virtually wiped out. WaMu is down 93%, Lehman has filed for bankruptcy, and Wachovia, AIG, Merrill and others have suffered huge losses. Lehman and [...]
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Can L&D save organizations from melting down?
Posted in General, tagged Employees of Lehman, Employees of Merrill Lynch, Financial Crisis, Role of L&D in crisis on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Best practices are for the incompetent?
Posted in General on May 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
At the recently concluded TOI HR Forum in Mumbai, K Ramkumar, HR Head of ICICI Bank, raised an imperious eyebrow or two from amongst the audience when he declared, “Best practices are for the incompetent!”
The seasoned orator that he is, Ramkumar did warn the audience beforehand that he was about to make a “provocative statement”. [...]
From R&D to L&D (1)
Posted in Aligning to corporate strategies, Delivering for business results, Developing quality content, General, Managing resistance to change, Measuring bottom-line impact, Optimizing costs & resources, tagged Business Challenge, Failing Marketing strategies, HR concerns, People Differentiation on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Business Case
It’s the end of the first quarter, and the conference room of Acme Corporation was buzzing with activity with “Channel Partners Meet”. Channel partners were generally displeased with the products and services of the company. They were unable to sustain competitive advantages through product differentiators. Though the company kept innovating to offer world-class [...]
