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Everything has changed, and yet nothing has changed
Class of ’23, prepare for wisdom from you 25 years ago! Armed with degrees, chai and Maggi-fueled memories, we stepped into the corporate world, clueless yet hopeful. Today, we’re IAS officers, teachers, entrepreneurs, couch potatoes, die-hard corporates, and weird podcast…
The Power of Obvious Questions
We highlight the power of asking “obvious” questions in the workplace and highlights how it can lead to valuable insights. Shahana explains that too many workplaces accept the status quo instead of questioning why things function the way they do.…
Horrific Corporate Jargons
A CEO loves using the phrase ‘sacred cows’ to motivate his team, unknowingly he is being quite offensive. This is just one of many corporate jargons, used all so often, that can unintentionally offend so many people – from religious…
Listening Labs – How to truly listen to the heartbeat of your organization
The Listening Labs, a methodology that combines Appreciative Inquiry, Storytelling, Active Listening, and Root Cause Diagnosis, offers a deeper understanding of the employee experience through shared stories. Contrary to traditional survey methods, these labs reveal the intricacies of the human…
What we get completely wrong about Culture…and what to do about it
Frustrated CEO John learns the hard way that culture, not just strategy, is vital for business success. His company’s underperformance was due to a culture that promoted siloed goals and politics, and an organizational design that created barriers. The post…
Leadership Best Practices don’t make a great leader. But here’s what actually does.
The future of work demands mindful leaders, not just best practice followers. Effective leaders are those who authentically care, trust their team, and understand their impact. These leaders don’t just do things differently, they do different things altogether. It’s not…
Shahana Banerjee on The Humans Beyond Resources Podcast
Shahana Banerjee, CEO of Just Human, shares how mindful leadership could be the greatest key to future of work on the Humans Beyond Resources podcast.
A powerful question to ask yourself
The post encourages mindful leadership, focusing on listening, fostering growth, caring for, fighting for, and celebrating team members. It highlights that leadership is about service, essential for future work success.
The growing impetus for a different kind of leader
A growing need for mindful leadership identifies the gap between leaders’ intent and impact. Embracing full human complexity is essential in workplace environments and is achieved through inner growth and authenticity, enabling teams to thrive.
This hummingbird changed our life
2 years ago, we quit, relocated across the country to a tiny ocean side town…that we randomly (ish) picked on the map. That was the easy part. Here’s what happened next.
The Human Future of Work Report – in video
Join Shahana Banerjee as she walk through The Human Future of Work Report in these short video clips.
The Human Future of Work Report
The future of work is hi-tech, hi-flex and human. The great resignation tells us that we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to reimagine the world of work, how work fits into people’s lives, and how we can unlock…
Pay Equity
Think you have got pay equity?Think again! Over the last decade, the focus on equitable pay has grown, making it a priority for many countries, and organizations, rightfully so. But, how do we calculate pay equity?
The one thing I wish I knew earlier in my career
Why we need a strong leadership brand, and how to build it, is the advice I wish I had received, earlier in my career.
We thought we were taking a year off, but here’s what actually happened …
We quit, decided to take a year off, moved across the country to a tiny, quaint ocean side town. This is where we landed after a year of pandemic lockdowns. This is our story.
Listening Lab 3 – Summary
Flexible working is not just about where the work happens. It is about the ecosystem that enables remote workers to be successful. Here are the questions that employees have about remote work.
Listening Lab 2 – Summary
Flexible working is not just about where the work happens. It is about the ecosystem that enables remote workers to be successful. Here are the questions that employees have about remote work.
Listening Lab 1 – Summary
Flexible working is not just about where the work happens. It is about the ecosystem that enables remote workers to be successful. Here are the questions that employees have about remote work.
Shahana Banerjee on The Beyond Barriers Podcast
Shahana talks to Nikki Barua on the Beyond Barriers podcast and shares why she chose human resources as a career path, how to tell if you are actively managing your personal brand, and advice to CEOs who might be hesitant…
8 questions to ask yourself as you ‘return to work’
Flexible working is not just about where the work happens. It is about the ecosystem that enables remote workers to be successful. Here are the questions that employees have about remote work.
Shahana Banerjee on The Power Shift Podcast
Shahana Banerjee talks to Dr. Sharon Melnick about how to find our power, how to be a change agent, how power works in an organization, how leaders can use their power to help people blossom, empowering leaders, some jaw dropping…
Flexibility and Remote Work – What are employees thinking of?
Flexible working is not just about where the work happens. It is about the ecosystem that enables remote workers to be successful. Here are the questions that employees have about remote work.
14 Insights from 10+ Surveys on Return to Work
Are you trying to make sense of Return to Work surveys and trying to make sense of how they correlate to Employee Engagement and Resilience? We collated 14 key insights for you in 1 simple infographic.
Return to work – 4 types of companies
What approach is your company taking on return to work post pandemic? Read about the 4 types of company responses. Where is your company on this spectrum?