India HR Guide

#HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh who has 24 years of HR expertise, emphasizes that a well-designed Rewards and Recognition (RNR) strategy is essential for any organization aiming to drive employee engagement and retention. RNR refers to the structured approach of acknowledging and rewarding employees' contributions- be it through trophies, certificates, public appreciation, or other incentives. A robust RNR program not only motivates employees but also reinforces organizational values, fosters a culture of fairness, and ensures that every individual feels valued. Investing time and resources in RNR helps build a positive work environment, boosts morale, and ultimately leads to higher productivity and organizational success.

#HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh an HR expert with 24 years of experience, explains the concept of percentile positioning in salary benchmarking and compensation philosophy. Percentile positioning helps organizations compare their pay levels against competitors by showing where they stand relative to the market—for example, at the 60th or 90th percentile. Unlike percentages, percentiles reflect comparative positioning rather than absolute numbers. This concept is crucial when building compensation strategies and interpreting salary benchmarking reports. Understanding where to position your organization's pay—whether leading, matching, or lagging the market—ensures you attract and retain the right talent effectively. 

#HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh an HR expert with 28 years of experience, describes the Organization Effectiveness (OE) function as a vital part of HR that helps define the right roles, skills, and headcount needed in an organization. OE works with business leaders to determine appropriate job descriptions, levels, and competencies for positions like executives, managers, and assistant managers. This function ensures the organization has the right people in the right roles and the right number of employees to meet business needs efficiently. Simply put, OE helps align talent with organizational goals for maximum effectiveness. 

#HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh an HR Expert Mandeep Singh, with 24 years of HR experience, highlights that talent shortage is actually talent blindness caused by biases. He identifies four talent sources: job market, campus recruitment, hidden talent, and knowledge searching. Effective hiring combines these sources with methods like interviews, skill demonstrations, and solutioning. Mandeep warns against shortcut “plug and play” hiring, which leads to high errors. Instead, organizations should develop smart, inclusive strategies to find and nurture talent, aligning hires with business goals for long-term success.

#HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh an HR expert with 24 years of experience, explains the complexities of succession management in this insightful video. He emphasizes that preparing individuals for future leadership roles goes beyond current performance and requires a strategic approach. Mandeep highlights the importance of involving specialist advisors and tailoring development programs to the specific demands of future roles, not just present responsibilities. He uses the example of grooming future CEOs in the pharmaceutical industry, stressing that exposure, mentorship, and training should be aligned with the skills and behaviors needed for the next role. Ultimately, Mandeep underscores that succession management is about building future capabilities, even if it means the individual may not excel in their current position during the process.

#HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh an HR expert with 24 years of experience, discusses the challenges of hiring leadership talent in this insightful video. He stresses the importance of clearly defining both the formal job description and the informal expectations unique to the organization's culture, such as political navigation or assertiveness. Mandeep warns against the common bias towards candidates' brand affiliations—like their previous employers or educational institutions—and suggests focusing instead on their actual achievements and impact. He highlights that leadership impact typically takes 3 to 5 years to manifest, so consistent leadership tenure is a key indicator. Additionally, he strongly recommends involving an independent reviewer—an unbiased HR professional—to provide objective feedback on candidates. These strategies together help reduce leadership hiring errors to less than 10%, ensuring better organizational fit and success.

#HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh an HR expert with 24 years of experience, explains the ideal HR to employee ratio and how to determine the right size for your HR team. He clarifies who should be counted as an HR practitioner, excluding recruitment and dual-role employees, and confirms that HR leaders are included. Sharing industry benchmarks for manufacturing and knowledge sectors, Mandeep highlights the impact of technology on HR staffing. He emphasizes that HR professionals should spend 2-3 hours daily coaching, mentoring, and providing solutions to employees. This video offers practical guidance to build an effective and balanced HR function. 

#HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh, with over 24 years of experience in Human Resources, recommends using salary benchmarking to determine fair and competitive compensation for HR staff. Organizations should compare HR salaries with similar roles in competing companies, using the same market universe and compensation positioning as for other functions. HR leaders, especially at mid-management and above, should be compensated on par with technical leaders to reinforce organizational culture and motivation. This approach ensures equity, supports retention, and helps build a high-performing HR function that drives business success.

#HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh, with over 24 years of experience in Human Resources explains that an HR budget is a crucial financial plan covering all organizational expenses related to managing people, excluding HR staff salaries. It typically includes costs for training, HR technology, employee engagement, compliance, recruitment, and development activities. The HR budget helps organizations track total outflow on people management and calculate average HR cost per employee. By carefully planning and monitoring this budget, organizations ensure efficient resource allocation and support for business goals, employee satisfaction, and compliance.

#HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh, with extensive experience in Human Resources, explains that reducing attrition requires understanding the unique reasons employees leave. Organizations should provide the right tools, address employee motivators, and create a positive culture. By implementing systems that align culture, resources, and motivation at a macro level, companies can retain talent more effectively. Regularly analyzing and adapting these factors helps build a cohesive workforce, ultimately lowering the rate of employee turnover.

#HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh, with over 24 years of HR experience, explains that in business, "line" functions are those directly involved in achieving the organization's primary objectives, such as production or sales. These roles generate revenue and are essential to the core mission. In contrast, "non-line" (or staff/support) functions provide specialized support and expertise, including HR, finance, and IT, helping the line functions operate effectively. Organizations often differentiate benefits and compensation between line and non-line functions to optimize costs and manage benefit administration efficiently, with line functions typically receiving higher benefits due to their direct impact on business goals.

#HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh, with more than 24 years of experience in the area of Human Resource, explains that a fully evolved human resource function covers several critical areas. It starts with recruitment and managing employee records, then ensures compliance with labor laws and employment regulations. HR also manages succession planning, including promotions, career development, and training. Enhancing business productivity and supporting both line and non-line functions are key roles. Ultimately, HR establishes systems and processes such as training, retention, and motivation programs to help the business achieve its goals and targets.

#HRhelpdesk #IndiaHRGuide #Mandeep Singh has over 24 years of experience in Human Resources. Assessment Centers use multiple methods such as interviews, group discussions, case studies, and psychometric tests to evaluate candidates on technical and behavioral skills. Primarily used for promotions, specialized projects, and training needs, these centers involve multiple assessors who provide comprehensive feedback. The collected inputs help selection committees make informed decisions about a candidate's suitability for a role, rather than simply selecting or rejecting them.

#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.

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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.

#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

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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 

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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