Managing change and people in organizations

Await my new enlarged book on change management this has extensively researched  inputs the new methodology for implementing change in organizations The case studies include the world's biggest scams and their mistakes lessons on value-based leadership These two examples prove the point that change is not an option and a hundred years of existence is no guarantee  for survival for the next hundred years. The answer lies in Change and transformation. Change management is a fascinating subject because it deals with rewriting and reshaping the destiny of not only organizations but also of people and their emotions. For anyone who has a responsibility to manage people,  and leaders who love to initiate the creative intervention, this is the subject to explore and learn to make life meaningful for many who come with dreams to be with the organization.                                   Change is a necessity and not an option If you happened to be a senior a management t

Change management challenge the status quo Is there a way to decipher how our brain helps to see and comprehend the world? Cognitive science and Human-Computer Interface (HCI) have been trying to find the answer to mindsets, based on research to establish the commonalities among the ways human beings and computers understand the world. When we see and interpret the prompts from outside, does our brain apply any logic? This hypothesis is not supported by research studies so far. There are limitations associated with segregating, studying and validation of the mental models. Individual’s behaviour when confronted with new thoughts have been inadequately studied with a comparable knowledge base. An approach was made to isolate complex knowledge and behaviours apart and study mental models, cues, and their interrelationship. Study techniques and results in this area have been challenged as the mental models seem to be not very robust and stable. The studies have been highly subject

Employee Reward Recognition : Motivating and Retaining employees     Creative ideas for employee recognition Want to find out about the reward strategy for employee rewards/recognition? Please read my latest book written after 40 years of HR experience. https://www.amazon.com/dp/198323222X There are two schools of thoughts on the subject of rewarding employees. why spend above pay and benefits to employees? The book presents  both views -positive and negative - about introducing formal employee reward or recognition programs and other types of incentive plans. There is always a dilemma about issues like having the formal reward or no reward, cash reward or non-cash, long-term or short term. When it comes to decision making on rewards these issues are debated hotly. Find an answer? Find the answer to these questions in my book. both kindle and paperback search in the author's name as Dr.E.J.Sarma in amazon.com 

Here is what the employee engagement effort is all about.  According to me, in the current Millennial workforce  scenario engaging assume a totally different view 1-Money is not the only piece of the puzzle but an important piece. Being paid  properly is important as far as an employee is concerned, so it runs against management and  HR perception of  proper adequate pay 2-EE is about culture in the organization. If the senior managers are not aligned learn and implement EE,  it does not work. 3- Stress-free workplace is a myth, and cannot be guaranteed these days as customers are very demanding. 4-Satisfaction has no correlation to employee happiness or EE. Creating a mere nice workplace syndrome does not work for EE. 5-Satisfaction can at most reduce turnover but cannot induce motivation. 6-Not every employee will align unless they identify the personal hidden vales to org values.HR has to work overtime to match this. 7-Recognition will work more

Ten Most weired  company perks to  employees . In my book The Invisible hand-How to reward employees without killing the motivation of others . you will find more examples, anecdotes.          1-One Florida based American company offers beer cart Fridays -Free beer to employees every Friday My boss would say " alcohol at work place. Go away".  2-The company that held an orgy to ‘reward' their salesmen. A german  company  held an orgy to ‘reward' their salesmen in budapest Spa.  Participants in the orgy  revealed that far from being a chaotic free-for-all, the occasion was extremely well organized, . 3-Another  company that offers free Botox injections and tanning beds to their employees Employees can  access to a 72,000 square-foot fitness center, also to on-site Botox injections and tanning beds.Parent/child yoga classes, lesion removal, cancer screenings and complimentary scuba diving certification.  4 -A company  declared a naked Friday to b

Amazon.com Culture and its impact on work ethics “Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].” Bible. Recently a famous business man from Bangalore  from a reputed family committed  suicide by jumping off the bridge to a swollen river below. apparently because of guilt consciousness. he addressed a letter to the board and employees  asking for pardon. learning from this event is that without principle and value driven life , life is meaningless despite having plenty of money. In global organizations  of today, the fundamental  requirement for  effective people management is , a sound  understanding and appreciation of  the work ethics in different cultures on the part of decision making   managers and leaders who influence the individual and team morale at work places. The effectiveness is lost without this. Different  cultures prescribe different  norms that greatly influence the work place lifestyle . In the cu