Hey friends,
Do you miss me last week? 😃 I came back recently back from the land of smiles (Thailand), a place that every Singaporeans love to go to. Check out my IG stories if you are keen to see my experience. Over the past weeks, employers can officially bring 100% of their employees back to the office. In fact, I saw online comments that some errant employers are already doing so when it was only 75%. ☹️ An IPS survey also shows even though more people are comfortable in going back to office, there is a set of people who are completely resistant to the idea of going back 5-days straight. Unless you want to deal with attrition, a better way to convince your employees to return isn't via an edict. In my recent LinkedIn article, I wrote about appealing to the 5 senses at the office so employees desire to go back to office instead of being forced to. If you enjoy the article, do subscribe to my LinkedIn newsletter. The content there is different from my email newsletter.
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Joyita Poddar is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Livspace. She brings to the company over two decades of experience in human resources having worked with companies like Sabre Corporation, eBay Inc., Star India Pvt Ltd, Piramal Enterprises and Saint Gobain in the past. Her key specializations are in the field of organizational change management, M&A, culture and people strategies, leadership growth and leadership coaching. An alumnus of Symbiosis International University, she will lead critical people strategies and optimizing talent at Livspace. The core of her focus will be in driving engagement and investing in a high performing team with ensuring the core of the unique organization culture is retained. What we discussed: - Why are employee welfare important for organisations?
- What are some common employee welfare to consider?
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Although many people see the world returning to normalcy as more in-person meetings are taking place, the professional landscape is forever changed. In today’s digital landscape, it’s important to be on the cutting edge when it comes to establishing and cultivating personal and professional relationships.
📱Software/App RecommendationsCRM for name cards 
Perhaps not so relevant in today’s post COVID19 world, but I used this heavily when I had too many name cards to keep track of. Instead of carrying around the hard copies, I use Camcard to scan them in. OCR technology will recognize and try to interpret the wordings. It isn’t 100% accurate but good enough for me to use the Search function effectively to retrieve the information I need. | 