The Last Working Day!

So the last working day of 2012 is a Monday. For a change, we hear stories of joy (away from the usual 'Monday Blues' discussions) on how we survived the Mayan prophecy and the  corporate world lives on to see another appraisal cycle! As we prepare to put our feet up and party, we thought it would be prudent to share a few thoughts on the year to come and our view on Employee Engagement & People Management and some of the people challenges for 2013! 

While the job market is open for the ‘right candidate, one of the key challenges that human resource managers have faced across industries is ‘engaging talent’ once on board. Another challenge that remains is ‘building effective and transparent’ dialogue between the core management team and everyone else. There is no dearth of employable talent with the sheer number of employable ‘Gen Y’ candidates coming from colleges and B-Schools across the country, we feel recruiting people who ‘fit the company culture’ needs to take precedence before their pedigree. Only then can we have the right task force.

With a fresh batch of employees joining each year, a clear cut strategy on their career progression during their stint needs to be in place and this needs to be communicated regularly and effectively. Especially since this new and diverse breed of employees also come with a different set of expectations as compared to their predecessors. Managing these expectations in an attempt to curb attrition seems to be one of the biggest challenges HR professionals face today.  Attrition numbers in the first year or 1.5 years across companies or industries is an indicator of the amount of work that is needed in the space of active employee engagement.

While companies remain open to caring for their employees and paying ‘attention’ to engagement scores, organizations need to truly start looking at employees as their greatest asset (not necessarily just a cost center)  and undertake initiatives and prove this belief on a consistent basis.  This can be either to rewarding emotional intelligence or taking steps to build the right ‘top down’ culture across the company by ingraining company values while remembering that this is not a one-time task. We sure have miles to go before we sleep

On this note we wish you a happy new year. May 2013 be stress-free and; may you remain hale and hearty. May your bonuses multiply and appraisals be a cake walk. Here's  to the new year and a fresh start!  

Brian is Back !

A few months back, Brian wrote to us creating magic and sharing an ode to Never Grow Up. Read the story : http://bit.ly/BrianStory 

Today,after 6 months, he is back with a brand new mix ' Good Morning Magic ' - a track sure to spruce up your day :) The beat has sort of a live dance feel and a lot of positive energy within the instruments. This is Inspirmentalist's second project with and for Never Grow Up and we are super duper excited and happy to share this new track and video with you :) Check out the Video : http://on.fb.me/MorningMagic

To Brian, a BIG Thank You for sharing this and letting us have the track. You sure made our day ! Cheers ! 

The Instrumental or beat has been composed and produced by Brian Davis Jr. for Never Grow Up who goes under the alias Inspirmentalist and is based out of New Jersey, USA. He has produced this instrumental beat and sampled the song Magical Dreamers from The Chrono Cross Original Soundtrack. The original song was created by video game composer Yasunori Mitsuda. 

Get ready for the first Monday in 2011 :)

The New Year has begun! While the hangovers may have gone, the party spirit lives on. As we approach the first Monday of 2011, for all those going back to work ... here's a little something to spruce up your Life @ Work and make it fun! 11 brand new Office dares to do in 2011! Each dare gets you 5 points. Go ahead and make the most of this... while you can :)

# Put post-its all over your boss’s desk saying My Boss Bestest! (Extremely relevant if you have quarterly appraisals)

# Set up a mini golf kit @ work and shout ‘Goaaall’ every time you succeed.

# On a particular day, shake hands with everyone you see and say ‘Subah Ho Gayi Mamu’

# For one week, during lunch hour, in the cafeteria, clap once every five minutes!

# Send flowers to yourself and blush every time someone asks you about it!

# At the water cooler, tear the paper cups to make a collage that says ‘I know what you did on New Year’s. Give me 1 Million dollars’ # Now write your email below the collage ~ 10 points.

# During a staff meeting, fold your legs on the chair and go ‘Whooosaaa... breathe...breathe...this is just a test’

# Juggle stuff while talking to your colleagues. 5 points extra if you can do this while talking to your boss!

# Staple every single page in the weekly forecast report and hand over copies to everyone.

# Put up a huge red ribbon around your head (or a bandanna) for one whole day and say ‘I am Superman. The King of Gondor’ when someone asks you why you are doing this.

P.S: While we take no responsibility of what may happen to you in the days to come, feel free to reach out if you can think of more dares:) © Never Grow Up. All rights reserved.