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big interview
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interview
Talent Hunt: How companies can get competitive on best hires
It is time to think about rebuilding the workforce Ramesh Kalanje, Vice President, Center of Excellence, Commvault By Sudeshna Mitra
Ayaskant Sarangi, CHRO of
Wipro Enterprises
By Mamta Sharma
22 E m p l o y e e e n g a g e m e n t
Why you should embrace remote-first culture
By Matt Norman, Chief People Officer at DigitalOcean
C O N TE N TS
58 E m p l o y e e E x p e r i e n c e
Employee Experience – Do you CARE?
27 S t r a t e g y
Uncertain 2022? A well-defined strategy can help
By Rita McGrath, professor at
Columbia Business School and founder of Valize
By M Muneer, Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist at the non-profit Medici Institute 30 I n t e r v i e w
Communication is a critical enabler to ensuring wellness adoption
Satish Kannan, Co-founder & CEO, MediBuddy By Drishti Pant
By Clinton Wingrove, Principal Consultant of Clinton HR Ltd
66 T h e r o ad l e s s t r a v e l l e d
HR Speak
By Visty Banaji, Founder and CEO of Banner Global Consulting (BGC) 74 B l o g o s p h e r e
62 E m p l o y e e e n g a g e m e n t
Emotional Intelligence: Why business leaders must have it in the post-pandemic world
By Mamta Sharma
Featured In this issue Ayaskant Sarangi Darci Darnell Maria Zhang Rakhi Shaha
Ramesh Kalanje Professor Ranjay Gulati Ritu Rakhra Satish Kannan
CONTRIBUTORS to this issue Ankita Singh Arvind Laddha Clinton Wingrove Jayanthi Vaidyanathan Matt Norman M Muneer
Rachel Ranosa Richard Smith, Ph.D. Rita McGrath Shanthi Naresh Visty Banaji
LGBTQ employees in the workforce
By Ankita Singh,Senior Vice President & Global Head of HR at CIGNEX Datamatics
regulars
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From the Editor’s Desk
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Letters of the month
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Quick Reads
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Rapid Fire
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Knowledge + Networking
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Blogosphere
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