BPOs can transform the face of rural India if they can retain even a small proportion of educated youth in villages.
FMCG firm Marico's success lies in its ability to pick its fights, exiting areas where MNC competition is high and concentrating on creating niche segments instead.
CEOs must answer this question from employees if change initiatives have to be successful.
Companies are developing a surrogate education system to create a skilled labour pool.
Future Group Chairman Kishore Biyani says he takes immense pride in the fact that he is a miser. As a slowdown towers over the economic landscape, Biyani says the biggest worry for retailers these days is the increasing cost of doing business, and passing on the costs to your customers is no longer a feasible solution. Biyani's company has distributed thousands of T-shirts among his employees with the inscription: Garv se kaho ham kanjoos hai (Say with pride that you are a mi
At a time when salaries continue to rise, ICICI Bank says it's important to keep economic realities in mind.
India may soon lose its slot as the world's largest talent supplier to China.
Most IPL team captains need to be told that respecting your people is not some fuzzy new-age management fad.
Studies have indicated that only one in four graduates from India's colleges are employable. This means till the time the quality of education improves, the other three will have to remain content with either door-door canvassing for savings accounts, or watching people's tea and toilet habits, or honing up their American accents in graveyard shifts.
Gagan Banga talks about how one of India's largest NBFCs still retains the financial discipline of a start-up.
This stupendous success of Indian talent for Unilever globally is in no small measure on account of the strong foundations that were laid in the early years of the organisation, which is celebrating its 75th year in India.
Any economy, which has to sustain a wage CAGR of 6-7%, slips into recession within 15-20 years.
Workforce participation rates are twice as high for Chinese women as they are for Indian women.
The days of heady annual increments and bonuses are over - at least for now - for IT employees.
G V Sanjay Reddy, vice chairman of the GVK Group, elaborates on his plans for the much-awaited Mumbai airport makeover.
Most of the older staff had to take the stairs to the top, but GenNext wants the escalator.
India needs to provide vocational training to at least 10 million people in the 15-29 age group every year.
Ranbir Kapoor's towels and the limited edition Saawariya phones are selling like hot cakes.
It's time companies realised that recruitment ads have to go beyond those for tenders.
Intuitive hiring processes have a 40-50% failure rate. It's time to shift to a data-based approach.
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