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This playlist discusses and sheds light on aspects that organisations in India follow in the area of Human Resources. It is aimed at CEO's MD and line managers to understand how various aspects of Human Resources can help shape their organisations journey in India. Our industry leading experts offer years of accumulated knowledge from having advised clients across sectors spread across the remotest corner of the country. Let's make the workplace, a better place.

Mandeep Singh


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    45, When hiring an employee what kind of information is required to be collected (joining documents)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 4:16


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. What are the essential documents necessary to collect from a new joiner so we, as an organisation are mitigating the risk that comes with non documentation of necessary paper work.

    44, How many kinds of training are actually there

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 2:51


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. How a training calendar should be divided into technical and behavioural, what are these two and how are they planned for adding value to what type of audience

    43, Difference between compensation, benefits and salary

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 2:50


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. This session explains the terms of compensation, benefits and salary from a perspective of understanding the terms which are often used interchangeably

    42, What are the best sources for finding talent

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 6:10


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. What are the various sources of hiring and how does an organisation plan for its hiring needs, the important of recruitment consultants and how various sources like internal job positing can add value to the talent needs of an organisation

    41, How do I measure the performance of a HR practitioner

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 4:45


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. We discuss how a HR professional and their deliverables can be measured in a numerical manner and how the HR practitioners every aspects can be numerically converted so there is a higher level of focus on understanding performance

    40, What is overtime and who is it applicable on

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 4:45


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. Explains in simple terms what is overtime and on who all is it applicable

    39, What is employee engagement and what are its benefits to an organisation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 5:42


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. This session explains what is employee engagement, how it impacts the organisation and the importance of simple things like cutting a birthday cake in the overall scheme of achieving business objectives. This video tries to explain the science behind a simple act of employee engagement

    38, What is executive compensation and who is an executive

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 6:39


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. The executive compensation concept, their rewards and benefits are discussed in this video, with also a discussion on who is classified as an executive as per the Human Resource philosophy on compensation

    37, Is giving retention offer to a resigned employee a good thing and what are the successful methods of retention offers as per research

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 6:39


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. What is a counter offer to retain, what are various kinds of counter offers and as per research which counter offers have added most value to an organisation

    36, How does the salary increment process work

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 6:39


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. The steps involved in a salary increment process, the increment matrix and the important of benchmarking are discussed in this episode

    35, Hiring for performance and hiring for potential

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 4:45


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. What is hiring for performance and what is hiring for potential, and is this relevant in todays India

    34, What do we mean by the terms, Appraisal, Increment and evaluation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 2:22


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. The terms appraisal, increment and evaluation are used interchangeably, what do the mean, how are they differentiated and how as an organisation, we can look at the standard understanding of these terms to make a strong process for building careers

    33, How many hours of work is reasonable work

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 5:13


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. This discussion presents our take on the debate of number of working hours that will add value to an organisation success

    32, Hiring a HR professional, the key criteria's that we should look at to qualify the candidates

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 6:39


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. The discussion talks about how to find out if the person we are hiring as a HR professional, really has the qualifications and abilities needed to be a successful HR professional. How does one understand what are the pre-requisites for evaluating a HR professional during the hiring process, what is the eligibility to be a HR professional.

    31, Is there a difference between a specialist and a generalist and what is the decision-making change it is brining

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 7:07


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. What is a specialist and what is a generalist, how does an organisation make use of the talents that a specialist bring, and is there a difference between a generalist and a specialist

    30, How does an organisation understand what is the legal framework and which statutory directions it is supposed to follow

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 8:33


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. How does an organisation understand what is a statutory direction and whether it needs to be followed or not, what is the legal framework of India and how can an organisation be sure that it is always on the right side of knowing what the law demands.

    29, Which all laws are covered under the heading of labour laws

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 7:29


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. The journey of finding out which all labour laws to follow can be quite a complex one, also, are all employment related laws covered under the heading of labour laws. This video gives some insights into a few prominent laws that are necessary for any organisation to follow for compliance to labour and employment.

    28, How to handle romance between employees and should an organisation do anything about physical intimacy between employees

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 15:12


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. What is office romance and how should an organisation deal with it. Any group, irrespective of hat kind will eventually develop relationships, and one of the most common relationship is romance. So, how should an organisation deal with it from a legal, moral and professional manner. What should an organisation do when employees get involved into physical intimacy and is it fine to build such HR policies. List to find out more.

    27, How to exit an employee from the organisation who has not resigned

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 10:12


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. While attracting employees is a challenge, so in exiting employees, the exits could be for many reasons, one being underperformance, one being retrenchment and most importantly the tool used by many corporates and managers, to exit someone who doesn't fit in. This Podcast talks about the primary reasons and how to deal with an exit of an employee from the organisation who hasn't resigned.

    26, Is work from home really here to stay, or we are seeing the end of it already

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 8:53


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. With the fanfare of work from home dying down, and it becoming a thorny issue to discuss, what is the future of work from home and is it here to stay or are we really seeing the end of the much hyped work from home principles and way of working. Companies that gave up office spaces, started roaster based office attendance to free up real estate space, have mostly moved back to 1 desk per employee concept, hear Mandeep's views on the future of Work from home and related concept.

    25, What do the mentor and a coach really do, and do they add any value

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 7:13


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. Growing in ones professional life and growing an organisation both require a structured support system, how do a mentor and a coach contribute, are they necessary and what is the difference between a mentor and a coach in the context of a corporate life.

    24, Are bell curve and forced rating the best methods to manage employee performance and grow an organization

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 7:47


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. Managing performance and rewards is one of the most challenging aspects of any organisation. No wonder there are many methods of managing performance and it has evolved over a period of time. Bell curve and forced ratings see a lot of discussions and lot of organisations have already taken a stand to scrap them, but is it really ok to scrap them, or are these practices being done in the guise of a different name. Understand whether bell curve and forced rating have reached their end.

    23, Does it make business sense to hire veterans from Armed forces in a private organization

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 7:07


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. Hiring talent has been a very big challenge across the country, and if we were to look at hiring people who have served in the Indian Armed forces, are we right in considering them as a talent pool for the corporate India, or they should be seen as mis fits. Hear the views of Mandeep who has got extensive expertise in the area of working with corporate talent management. Armed forces provides a source of talent which has certain key qualities and certain aspects which may bring about a change, hear Mandeep's views on whether people from armed forces can really bring about a change in corporate India. @ADGPIINDIANARMY @IndianNavyOfficialChannel @IndianAirForce_mcc 

    22, Is there a business reason to give insurance benefits to employees

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 3:48


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear his views on why insurance benefits, such as life insurance, medical insurance and accident insurance are considered employee benefits and provided to employees. Analyse with Mandeep if it makes business sense to give such a benefit to employees or not.

    21, How to manage a labour union and is it possible to avoid the formation of a union

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 5:42


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource, labour unions have for long ben known to create trouble and therefore a system driven effort is there to ensure that such unions are not formed. How does one tackle the formation of a union and how does one manage a union if at all it is formed, most importantly, is there a way by which we can choose not to have a labour union.

    20, How does an organisation prepare for the implementation of the new labour codes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 4:32


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource, as the new labour codes become increasingly a reality, what is it that a organisation should do to prepare for their implementation, what are the top  two three areas that any organisation should plan and budget for.

    19, Is giving maternity benefit necessary and how to address the issue of women not joining back

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 5:13


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource, understand from him how to avoid falling in the trap of legal and ethical risk by refusing maternity benefit. Also understand how to manage the key reason why maternity benefit is such a big problem, that is women not joining back after availing the full salary paid maternity break.

    18, What are the key aspects we need to understand about the Indian labour laws

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 4:45


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource. Which all laws can be classified as labour laws, and what are the key aspects that the labour laws expect employers to focus on, and how as an organisation we make sure that we are compliant and a rule following organisation.

    17, How common are employee frauds and systems to safeguard against them

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2024 4:45


    #HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has more than 24 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear views on how various kinds of untrue aspects are prevalent in the employee management space. The top 3 frauds that are prevalent in the employee fraud space and which companies are most suspectable to frauds. Understand, simple yet effective methods of safeguarding against employee frauds.

    16, Selection or Elimination, how to attract talent

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 4:16


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear views on how talent is found. Talent is an important aspect of any organisation and Mandeep explains, how we build systems and processes to eliminate talent ourselves, and then face a shortage of talent. Understand what selection and how it can assist you build a strong talent pipeline. #IndiaHRguide

    15, Fundamentals of negotiating a salary increment

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 1:21


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear his views on how salary increment discussions should be shaped, the key fundamental of how you engage in a salary increment discussion so the chances of getting an increment that one wants are appropriate. #IndiaHRguide

    14, HR Practitioner or self managing, when to make the shift

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 1:23


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear his views on why a HR practitioner is needed and what are the key triggers that warrant having a specific HR practitioner and an owner of HR function, when to shift HR from yourself to a HR practitioner. #IndiaHRguide

    13, What are HR Policies and when does an organisation need them

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 1:54


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear his views on what are HR policies and when is the right time to introduce hr policies in any organisation. #IndiaHRguide

    12, Artificial intelligence (AI) and how it is impacting the HR function

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 4:13


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear his views on how Ai is impacting the HR professional and how the HR function will evolve over time as a result of AI. Understand what aspects of HR are getting impacted by AI and what can be done to adapt the function and the practitioner to the future of AI. #IndiaHRguide

    11, Choosing the appropriate HRMS and avoiding certain pitfalls

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 4:36


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource. Having supported multiple companies navigate their HR Tech journey with his HR tech expertise, hear his views on the aspects necessary to understand what HRMS is, some pitfalls and how some common pitfalls can be avoided. #IndiaHRguide

    10, Choosing HRMS by understanding the solutions they offer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 3:32


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource. Having supported multiple companies navigate their HR Tech journey with his HR tech expertise, hear his views on the kind of solutions HRMS offer, and what is the solution that the organisation is looking to solve. #IndiaHRguide

    9, Understanding the financial investments in a HRMS

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 2:10


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource. Having supported multiple companies navigate their HR Tech journey with his HR tech expertise, hear his views on what are the resources that should be kept in mind while calculating the total cost of the product, the management time and its importance. #IndiaHRguide

    8, Is sexual harassment act compliance required in an all male workforce organisation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 2:22


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear his views on what the prevention of sexual harassment law is trying to achieve and get clarity on a common misconception as to whether it is applicable to less than 10 employees and in an all make workforce. #IndiaHRguide

    7, Are training bonds necessary, how to get ROI of a high investment training

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 2:22


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear his views on the training RoI and who is accountable for managing training RoI, and are training bonds a necessity. #IndiaHRguide

    6, What is salary benchmarking and when is it needed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 1:54


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear his views on the why salary benchmarking is necessary and when is it to be undertaken. #IndiaHRguide

    5, Who is a loyal employee

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 2:22


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear his views on employee loyalty and how its context has changed. The historical perspective and the current perspective how it has changed from tenure to sincerity #IndiaHRguide

    4, The foundation to having an impactful performance discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 1:54


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear his views on what is a performance appraisal concept, and how to create a framework which enables candid and honest discussions about performance irrespective whether it is a good or bad performance #IndiaHRguide

    3, How to decide the number of leaves to be given in an organisation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 2:08


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear his views on leaves and what are the minimum number of leaves that any organisation needs to give. #IndiaHRguide

    2, Is it necessary to serve notice period while ending a employee employer relationship

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 1:54


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear his views on the concept of notice period, its applicability and its enforceability. #IndiaHRguide

    1, What is Organisation culture and is it necessary to understand it

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 1:48


    #HRhelpdesk #Mandeep Singh has more than 20 years experience in the area of Human Resource, hear views on what can culture do and how important it is. What is culture and how does one imbibe the culture, why is it necessary to understand the organisation culture. Does culture add value to the organisation. #IndiaHRguide

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