It is one thing to condemn a system and criticise it for its dysfunctionality; it is a different thing to offer a viable option that guarantees success, especially to a system that has been deeply rooted.
Author - Dr. Aquil Busrai
currently CEO of Aquil Busrai consulting, is a University rank holder and a Gold Medallist from XLRI. He has to his credit a Post Graduate Degree in Law, an Advanced Diploma in Training and Development and a PhD. He is currently pursuing his second PhD and a Master's Degree in Anthropology. He has five decades of HR experience with blue chip companies like Unilever in India and Kenya, Motorola in Asia Pacific countries, Shell in Malaysia and IBM in India.
The opportunity for the HR fraternity is to play the employee advocacy role to the hilt. Show its resolve to be employee champion. How would you define leadership role in HR in the current environment? AB Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the one with a signature moustache, became a hero...
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