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HR and Finance – The Payroll Drama

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Raghav and Sonia were forever seen together in meetings. No – It’s not that they loved to work with each other. It’s just that they didn’t have a choice. More often than not, their meetings were not to discuss about work but they were to discuss about how the other person should work. No month passed by without a mediatory meeting being called by the Business head to resolve the interpersonal issues between Raghav and Sonia, the HR and Finance team leads respectively. There was an evil devil playing havoc in the lives of Sonia and Raghav that protruded its head out once every month and left behind trails of destruction for all to see. They had lovingly named this devil as ‘PAYROLL’. Payroll was to Sonia and Raghav what Shakuni was to the Kauravas and Pandavas. Payroll played the role in their lives that Manthara played in the lives of King Dasharath and Kaikeyi. It all started when Sonia joined Precicon Systems, a growing organization in the precision machine tools industry, ...

Building visibility for career growth

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So, you just missed that coveted promotion? Were you expecting a higher performance rating this appraisal season, after all that hard work through the year? Visibility matters as much as efforts do, if one wants to grow in today’s corporate world I have encountered numerous colleagues and fellow professional who profess the clichéd “I believe in hard work and I don’t need to advertise myself” as a solid excuse for missing the bus. Fair enough. If hard work is what matters to you, you will continue doing that for the rest of your life – working HARD! Let’s face it – It’s not enough for the powers that be to see you work hard. It is important for them to see you work the way they want you to, if you have to grow any more but not only hard work is enough for the growth one should find their talent and if you are struggling for that then Talent Consultants is much needed . And that is the exact reason I have always professed ‘Purposeful visibility’ as an important strat...