A lowdown on what's going on in Hollywood.
Manish Porwal, CEO of Percept Talent Management, says cricket and films unify us and help us escape from our difficult day-to-day lives.
The way to attract the best non-family executives is to reframe the job of running the business as non-executive chair rather than chief executive.
An ad in the papers launched her modelling career and 3 years on, Delhiite Garima Parnami will be making her mark on the Lakme Fashion Week runway for the first time this week. In a chat with rediff.com, she discusses her career, beauty tips and a few of her favourite things.
Enthused by the stock market rally, an increasing number of Indian executives believe the economy is on a recovery path, although a majority still feel that the worst is not over, a survey says.
Tata Consultancy Services, the country's largest IT company, has changed its hiring strategy and will focus on just-in-time hiring or real-time talent management."TCS has decided to adopt the policy of real-time management whereby we will hire in the last three months of the final year of graduation rather than a year before," said S Ramadorai, managing director and chief executive officer, TCS.
Trevor Hohns has been named Australia's interim chairman of selector following Rod Marsh's resignation from the role, with former Test great Greg Chappell also joining the national panel on interim basis to rescue the team from current crisis situation. Marsh, who is due to finish his contract in June, stood down from the post in the wake of Australia's fifth consecutive Test defeat, including an innings and 80 runs defeat at the hands of South Africa in the second match in Hobart.
In an interview with rediff.com, the CEO of media, entertainment and communication company Percept Talent Management fills us in on his career, his success mantras and his advice to youngsters looking to make it big.
Separating the roles of chairman and chief executive officer increases the effectiveness of a company's board, according to directors on corporate boards across the country.
Company insiders said Ganguly, who was in the cold after he was removed as the captain of the Indian team, has been unable to attract advertisers for over 18 months. Sources said the company had committed a minimum guarantee of Rs 50 crore for five years.
About one-third of executives have expressed concern over the compensation for their respective CEOs, reveals a new survey. 34 per cent of executives surveyed expressed at least some concern regarding the salary for the CEOs. The executives surveyed are registered within the firm's online executive centre, ekornferry.com. Moreover, four out of five executives (80 per cent) indicated that shareholders should have at least some say on pay of their company's executives.
M&M has been declared as the 'Employer Brand of the Year' for 2007-08 at Asia Pacific HRM Congress.
Major ad agencies face a rise in attrition rate, as top officials change jobs at the beginning of the year.
Sreesanth has bagged contracts from beverages maker, Pepsi and sports goods company, Nike this month. Yuvraj Singh endorses 10 brands with an annual net worth between Rs 1.25 and 1.40 crore a brand.
Big Pharma execs may not know more about the disease than the rest of us, but a group of them are using their power to fight it.
Tim Ringo, the global leader of IBM's human capital management practice, believes organisations that have integrated, end-to-end talent management strategies, processes and technology will have lower attrition rates of top talent.
Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh is close to sealing a deal with tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi's sports marketing agency Globosport after his seven-year contract with Percept Talent Management ends in a few weeks. The move could prompt Percept taking Yuvaraj Singh to court because it is believed to have the first right to refusal to match the Globosport offer.
Increments in 2017 would be less than in 2016, says survey.
Rupert Murdoch's elder son, was in Mumbai last week to partner Percept Holdings, a communications company, in a 50:50 joint venture for a celebrity management outfit
The cricketer launched an online cult streetwear brand.
State-owned banks simply cannot match the compensation packages paid by their newer private sector counterparts.
A long-term commercial deal, reportedly worth $40 million, was inked with Saatchi and Saatchi's Indian firm ICONIX.
Young off-spinner Arjun Nair, the Canberra-born son of Indian immigrants, has been included in the New South Wales (NSW) squad for their upcoming Sheffield Shield match against South Australia.
Forty-two per cent employees could potentially leave their job in 2 years.
Start-up Belong.co uses an unconventional way of hiring that trusts more on data available on social media or tweets than the resume.
India's most talented international basketball player Amjyot Singh Gill is all set to soar higher. After dominating in the Asian circuit over the last two years, the power forward from Chandigarh has signed the standard NBA Development League player contract making him eligible to get drafted into the D-League.
Here's looking at some of the most stylish women who are not on the Lakme Fashion Week runway!
Former Australia captain Greg Chappell feels that Steven Smith is a worthy candidate to lead the national cricket team but adds he is not the only choice if Michael Clarke decides to step down some day.
Look at her! Many of us will pass this strikingly-beautiful girl as some supermodel. But what she REALLY is -- or is alleged to be -- may send you in a tizzy.
India's list of non-cricket sports stars is growing, but when it comes to endorsement deals, the bulk of the money is spent on a handful of cricketers.
The English 'keeper will become first woman to play alongside men in an elite cricket competition in Australia Two years ago she'd played beside men for Walmley in the Birmingham and District Premier League in England.
Greg Chappell said the defending champions cannot be written off as one of the strong contenders for the World Cup.
Seventh-placed Liverpool, who have 14 points from nine matches, travel to a Newcastle side buoyed by their League Cup victory over Manchester City.
'Middle-level managers account for 10 per cent -- or 450,000 people -- in the IT industry in India.' 'And of these 225,000 would lose jobs over the next one decade as their work would get automated.' 'This is grim news for many reasons,' says Aakar Patel.
The 100MB app casts the cricketer in a digital avatar that can be used in a variety of ways. Celebrities, Urvi Malvania reports, are increasingly leveraging their fan following in the real world to build virtual empires.
The HRX story will be watched closely by many, for Bollywood stars have rarely made the transition from movies to business.
'We have great demographics, and are the fastest growing large economy. And we save.' 'All of which is great for financial services,' Aditya Birla Capital CEO Ajay Srinivasan tells Niraj Bhatt.
Parliamentary panel seeks 5-yr jail term and penalty of up to Rs 50 lakh if a celebrity-endorsed product misfires
Dhoni's track record as captain of the Indian team is formidable.
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