My View on Life Preethi Srinivasan

Realliging The Workplace - Welcome to the GEN Y

The entry of Gen Y and the gradual exit of Gen X and Baby Boomers from the workspace is spelling the onset of a new league of policy changes across organizations which wants to keep pace with their employee's changing aspirations. Across the world, some significant changes are seen to be happening in this context. With the entry of Gen Y into the workforce, the rules of the game are beginning to change significantly. Most organizations and institutions have begun to realize how "Out of Sync" they are with their Gen Y workforce. With this dramatic change in the landscape comes several key challenges that today's workplaces need to deal with - most importantly bridging the ever thickening line of difference between the earlier generations and Gen Y ; and being able to deliver on the aspirations of both these groups.

Glad to be back Again!

After a prolonged break from Blogging, am glad to be back again!

HR Timewasters

Just happened to stumble upon an interesting article at http://fistfuloftalent.com about things we do as HR; but of very little or no consequence!

Not sure if all of you would agree to these, but it is indeed thought provoking for a read...

Click here to for the full article

HR - Dumbest Management Concept of the 20th Century

After a long time a real hard hitting view on HR- posted by Geoffrey James on his blog 

Geoffrey blows the whistle on how the situation needing so-called tough decisions (otherwise called downsizing) during bad times was actually the very creation of Management. Geoffrey's criticism is more for top management and their management techniques which have led to such a situation  in the first place.

What makes it even worse is that such management flaws are covered up with harsh measures ( again called downsizing ) - meaning hardworking employees in the middle and lower levels of management face the consequences of flawed actions by top management.

Click here for the entire article on Bnet.com

Something Called Culture - An Interesting Viewpoint from NETFLIX

Culture

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The Tale of Two Seas

A Tale Of Two Seas

Sitting in the Geography class in school, I remember how fascinated I was when we were being taught all about the Dead Sea.

As you probably recall, the Dead Sea is really a Lake, not a sea (and as my Geography teacher pointed out, if you understood that, it would guarantee 4 marks in the term paper!)

Its so high in salt content that the human body can float easily. You can almost lie down and read a book! The salt in the Dead Sea is as high as 35% - almost 10 times the normal ocean water. And all that saltiness has meant that there is no life at all in the Dead Sea. No fish. No vegetation. No sea animals. Nothing lives in the Dead sea.

And hence the name: Dead Sea.

While the Dead Sea has remained etched in my memory, I don't seem to recall learning about the Sea of Galilee in my school Geography lesson. So when I heard about the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea and the tale of the two seas - I was intrigued.

Turns out that the Sea of Galilee is just north of the Dead Sea. Both the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea receive their water from river Jordan. And yet, they are very, very different.

Unlike the Dead Sea, the Sea of Galilee is pretty, resplendent with rich, colorful marine life. There are lots of plants. And lots of fish too. In fact, the sea of Galilee is home to over twenty different types of fishes.

Same region, same source of water, and yet while one sea is full of life, the other is dead. How come?

Here apparently why. The River Jordan flows into the Sea of Galilee and then flows out. The water simply passes through the Sea of Galilee in and then out - and that keeps the Sea healthy and vibrant, teeming with marine life.

But the Dead Sea is so far below the mean sea level, that it has no outlet. The water flows in from the river Jordan, but does not flow out. There are no outlet streams. It is estimated that over 7 million tons of water evaporate from the Dead Sea every day. Leaving it salty. Too full of minerals. And unfit for any marine life.

The Dead Sea takes water from the River Jordan, and holds it. It does not give. Result? No life at all.

Think about it.

Life is not just about getting. It’s about giving. We all need to be a bit like the Sea of Galilee.

We are fortunate to get wealth, knowledge, love and respect. But if we don't learn to give, we could all end up like the Dead Sea. The love and the respect, the wealth and the knowledge could all evaporate. Like the water in the Dead Sea.

If we get the Dead Sea mentality of merely taking in more water, more money, more everything the results can be disastrous.

Good idea to make sure that in the sea of your own life, you have outlets. Many outlets. For love and wealth - and everything else that you get in your life. Make sure you don't just get, you give too.

Open the taps. And you'll open the floodgates to happiness.

Make that a habit. To share. To give.

And experience life. Experience the magic!

- Anonymous