Monthly Archives: December 2012

The inevitability of death, taxes and the 11% salary increase prediction

Looking at the headlines, one would not be faulted in thinking that in fiscal 2014, the business environment will be not too different from 2013. The Indian economy is expected to grow in the 5% to 6% range. Europe continues … Continue reading

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Indian cricket team and IPL. Can money kill motivation?

Taking a detour from analytics into analysis. I thought this to be a fascinating case study in performance management and incentive design. I will try to stay clear of technicalities! The problem statement goes like this; From 2008 to 2011, … Continue reading

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Manager is also an employee!

Just realized that I had missed out this point. It is easy to point to the hypothetical manager as the source for departure from an analytical perspective. However, each level of organization is being managed from a level higher. If … Continue reading

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” People leave managers, not companies” a myth in need of revisiting

It was a big insight, when Gallup published this analysis and their Q12 in the late 20th century. It was great, coming from a researching 25 years of back data they had. I respect that research and several insights there. … Continue reading

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Has the sick mother in Kolkata killed the practice of exit interviews?

Exit interviews formed a key component of attrition analytics. Even today, companies make it a point to put an exit interview on the things to be completed before an employee leaves. However, over the last 5 years, the information flow … Continue reading

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Tall, Grande or Venti? What attrition rate you want?

Starbucks has arrived in grand style in India. Much like their Baristas, HR analytics teams are often in a position to ask the HR head on what rate you really want? Is it monthly annualized, quarterly annualized, last twelve months … Continue reading

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