Younger people are not enticed to trade union movement

July 1, 2023

The days of assurances, good intent and fashionable and symbolic demonstration of gestures are over. The new challenge is "How much you care for me."

What reasons do you to attribute to the fact that Industrial relation skills which was considered as one of the most desired and pre requisite skill for any HR person to succeed, has now become almost extinct?

AK Post 2000, the trade union movement has substantially gone down on account of variety of factors like technological and digital changes, speed of reforms and demographic changes. Younger people are not enticed to trade union movement.

Have industries committed a mistake in assuming the lost relevance of this people management skill that prompted educational sector to marginalize the subject resulting into producing the new generation of HR managers totally unaware of IR nuances and employment regulations?

AK Let us face it. There is increasing realization in the industries to pay attention to People processes. The new breed of HR...

Dr. Anil K. Khandelwal

Dr. Khandelwal (PhD in management) is a well-known transformational leader of India who is credited with the transformation of one of the largest public sector banks- Bank of Baroda having 38k employees in just three years (2005-2008) from decline to most powerful and valuable brand during his tenure. His brand of leadership is based on building Intangibles like culture, people, brand, governance, leadership and technology. He had a long stint in Personnel and IR.
Dr. Khandelwal is a prolific writer and has authored/edited eight books. His best-selling book - Dare to Lead is one of the most authentic narrations of his transformative interventions. The Bank of Baroda transformation story has been extensively written about by the academics and has found place in articles on leadership in India, mentioned in Harvard Business Review articles. Leading Management institutes like IIM Ahmedabad and Bangalore have written case studies on the transformation of Bank of Baroda during his time. His another best- selling book is- Chess Master or Gardener.
He also chaired a committee on HR in Public sector banks, popularly known as Khandelwal committee.
He is a multi-awarded leader having received Asian Banker, Singapore's highest honour, Life time achievement award for leadership in the financial sector, the only Indian to have received this honour so far. He is also a recipient of Life time achievement award from National HRD Network, India for his contribution to HR profession. Economic Times has rated him among the 100 most powerful CEOs of India consecutively for three years. His brand of leadership and the work is globally recognised.
He is on the Board of SBIL, Kolkata and also on the central training committee of SBI.

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