Networking Intelligence!!!!

We have witnessed various forms of intelligence gaining wide acceptability. Who can ever forget the immense focus on emotional intelligence followed by spiritual intelligence in the past decade. This led to some genuine consideration of such types of intelligence being used for gauging personalities and even being used while hiring and appraisals.

However, in many instances it was merely romanticized and was not leveraged upto it's fullest capacity.

Anyways the classification did help by making us more open minded in our pursuits. Hence inviting better possibilities.

Considering the fact that networking has now evolved further because of linkedin, facebook, twitter etc; there is a need to recognize 'Networking Intelligence' in an exclusive manner.

In my own words I would define 'Networking Intelligence' as the form of intelligence that would aid the individual to get connected with people and get benefited in a symbiotic manner'.

This is not only keeping the sky rocketing popularity of social network sites or blogs in mind but even the old world networking that is as relevant today as ever.

How we network in present and in future will decide a lot about our possibilities and hence opportunities and even success. Let's keep in mind that success stems from opportunities and opportunities are created often by people.

Our networking intelligence will determine whether we will be at the right time meeting the right people to collaborate towards mutual success. One of those major networking grounds would be the web space.

More about 'Networking Intelligence' later.

Got quoted in Indian Express for my views on the Ruchika Case.

I got quoted in the Indian Express for my views on Ruchika Case. The views are candid and I am sure many of you feel the same. Click this link for the e-paper version.

Performance Up-Raise-All :-)

It's performance appraisal time for one of my friend, who is not only getting appraised by his superiors but is also in the process of appraising his juniors [First performance appraisal after getting promoted from entry level]

It's that point of the professional life which helps the person to become more objective about the Performance Appraisal process.

He either does his sincere bit to do justice to the process by exercising his work ethics & performance orientation or he might just get swayed along by the bureaucracy and politics already plagued in the process.

It's that point of time when a senior associate like my friend wants to raise his voice against an obnoxious bell curve system in the company which neither makes sense to a wise old man or a kindergarten kid but makes sense to quite a few. The purpose of a performance appraisal is to recognize the employee's present level of performance & help them to raise their performance level and not raise their level of frustration.

Of course!!! any performance appraisal would create demarcation. It is right to do so as it even happens in a kindergarten school too.

But it lacks logic when someone assumes the demarcation even before the performance appraisal takes place or actually even before the performance itself takes place.

Who would be the least performing 10% players from the T-20 World Cup Winning Indian Team in 2007???? Who would be the 10% least performing Army Jawans who won the Kargil War for us????

Whenever any team wins a great cause, it's the entire team performing. Each one playing their significant part with aplomb.

If your company creates demarcation before the performance itself then either there is something wrong with the company's purpose or it's people. The demarcation will not help.

It's that point of time when you either genuinely align your company's purpose with the associate's performance or hope that someday the company will rise from it's ashes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An innocent yet useful analogy for HR folks...

I love the relationship between analogies and HR. It makes the process of understanding HR concepts more interesting and relevant. However, many might feel a tinge of insouciance associated with them.

I belong to the former school of thought.

Consider this quote:

"Marriage is the chief cause for divorce"

The quote is funny and even though it might be seemingly impractical, it is the 'truth'. No one can refute the aptness of the quote.

Let's consider it from HR context now.

" Recruitment is the chief cause for attrition"

The effect is similar here too. It is funny and even though it might be seemingly impractical, it is the 'truth'.

Many might laugh it off. Well!!! let's laugh but also learn along the way.

Such a simple analogy can infuse a greater thought process and sincerity in the execution process of recruitment.

Happy New Year!!! Keep laughing!!!!!