Corporate toddler

“Good morning sir..!”, “Yes Sir..!” ,  that’s how actually the morning starts at any corporate, did any one ever thought why we always are actually so assertive in  our tone towards our bosses , simple we want him/her to believe that we are in line with what he expects from us, question is are we?, well not much of the crew sailing in same boat with any normal employee would disagree with me on this and if they do hatsoff to them. Saturday evening is not bad time to dig the roots of such replies which we will have to give right from coming Monday in our scrum meetings.

 People lets not flow with the waves and be so impatient that we don’t even read the coming paragraphs of this post as even I am one who goes with same situations day in and day out only difference is I am corporate toddler like many who may have in recent past entered the corporate to make their fortunes.

                Story still continues further same like a toddler has to undergo many learning curves in his life to grow by falling and again walking to fall in better way then, even we all will have to fall, walk and again fall but every time we stand up again it has to be in grand way .As here we may not have any motherly figure who on our repeated mistakes may still allow us to make any further attempts.

                There are lot of components which we as infant in the system to be looked at in order to understand what way we can climb the ladder and reach our dream destination and what it takes to actually achieve those unseen heights in our career. List is self explanatory and without any rocket science understanding requirement but still meaningful to actually go through and recollect some of these to remove the prefix of toddler from our role.

1.       Job role:

When I am talking about job role, we all new aspirants have very macro idea about what can be best suited job role for us and how we can align to our designated role in efficient manner. I don’t say that everyone will have same picture visualise for the same but it can be on the same line which means that at the end achievement of expected  results which will help us to walk on the path of success.

2.       Brand Name:

Very key and important thing for all of us brand name, well name is name how does it matters to us, but we all know gold when termed gold has some edge over silver in terms of value so name matters. We should on our own decide what should be our way of operating whether it should be normal way like almost more than half of population has done and will do or we have our own modus operandi in the sense that we will be the one who wants to play like gayle does in cricket stand and deliver but in his own trademark way.

3.       Salary:

When I am myself wondering about this aspect how can I write anything on this front but “Paisa bolta hai, meri jaan” so money has power and weightage which cant be neglected in any sense and has to taken care when we are talking about corporate toddler who is just on his knees walking to understand the unseen corporate world.

                What’s so new in corporate toddler is the killing desire to prove that yes he suits the bench of people who have performed in the past and are key players , only thing he needs is belief of his system on him/her to deliver as teething problems are always faced by every one whoever is new only point is to overcome those problems and stand rock solid.

The art of mentoring:

For any organization to sustain in today’s neck to neck competition the most important thing required is to have right kind of resources employed in right and efficient manner. Out of this resources the most important one is human resource, the way its employees work becomes more and more important for the organization and has direct relationship with over all company’s output as an whole, cumulative effect of individual employee draws the picture of organization performance chart.

   Here the art of mentoring for organization becomes very important from the view point of making organization efficient in their working. Mentor is an informal word which is formal in length but otherwise not exactly the way individuals term it. For any employee selecting mentor becomes more important, mentor basically not only means a person who can impart the proper way of working in them but also goes a step beyond and helps them to overcome all the hurdles which they face in process of becoming efficient and be what they want to be. Mentor-Mentee relationship is like light house who helps vessels to locate their directions when near to shore, this also means that when vessel is in trouble and needs some kind of assistance light house always helps it to reach shore safely. Mentoring is a powerful personal development and empowerment tool. This makes this art more interesting as it revolve around individuals It is an effective way of helping people to progress in their careers and is becoming increasing popular as its potential is realized. It is a partnership between two people (mentor and mentee) normally working in a similar field or sharing similar experiences. It is a helpful relationship based upon mutual trust and respect. There is no hierarchy as far as this art is concern, generally it is seen that mentor is always someone from senior position but also what should be known that people working at same level also can be mentor as both may be having same issues to be solved and thus it can make them more comfortable. Selection of mentor is more of personal decision taken by an individual, as personal issues also align somewhere or other in professional frame and mentee can seek help from mentor to get out of it and mange it in the best way he/she can. Mentor should be friend in disguise, philosopher in nature and guide in behavior, when all this three elements are mixed the real purpose is served.

   Mentor is a guide who can help the mentee to find the right direction and who can help them to develop solutions to career issues. This makes this art more important as it’s not easy to make people aware of their internal score card which is the main reason for them getting affected in adverse way, when an employee is facing some hassle with certain job specific issue its easy for his superior to educate him in depth and solve the problem but when particular mind block is not allowing him to do that job in efficient way that’s where mentor’s role gets highlighted.  Mentors rely upon having had similar experiences to gain an empathy with the mentee and an understanding of their issues. An sales manager knows that through what all sales executive has to go through and thus this can make him more acceptable by his executive and allows him to get more aware of what otherwise he would not be sharing with his immediate superior. Mentoring provides the mentee with an opportunity to think about career options and progress.

   A mentor should help the mentee to believe in own self and boost their internal confidence. A mentor should ask questions and challenge, while providing guidance and encouragement. Mentoring allows the mentee to explore new ideas with confidence.

Wonders of career assessment:

     

      Every assessment has a proper evaluation technique which helps to serve the core objective behind it. Career assessment helps to understand what way an employee is leading to and where is he proceeding in comparison to his real destination.  A tracking mechanism helps to know what we have covered and what we are yet to achieve in order to deeply plot out our real position.  Career assessment even helps an employee and employer to project at a larger vision. It’s much more similar to exam paper sheets as they provide information to a student to know what outcome has his inputs yielded. Many times a problem with an organization with respect to its human capital is that certain limitations are not at times known thus a proper career assessment helps to find solution of it and deal them with proper care. Clarity of objective becomes a fruitful outcome and helps organization to understand and plan its future actions. 

HR - then and now

     Before HR was just a small plant which was not so required in any organizational premises but now it is a tree whose roots are well spreaded holding the base of organizations. An effective HR injects a vaccine of healthiness in organization which in turns helps it to cope up with routine as well as specific activity according to its desired level of treatment. Any industry or field today we look into showcases one thing which is very interesting to know  that is how well you maintain the people within predicts how well you will be treated by the people outside; this was not the case before and it was not even this much important. Human resource in this dynamic era is very much inbuilt as far as its place was not so particular in earlier times. Before it was just a managerial term use for understanding a theoretical aspect of business, but today it has far further moved out of then confined plot and has made its own existence felt. An employee in today’s time will not only look to monetary aspect which he/she will be getting in form of pay cheques but apart from this there is one factor which will be more crucial then economical rewards is what way he/she is treated by, within an organization and this where HR of present comes into action.

   Radius of circle can be associated with human resource practices before but now HR is like diameter of circle where each and every thing of personnel is known and taken note of. 720 degree approach is basic need of any unit as then only proper plan of actions can be worked on. Moving out of mere recruitment and selecting now modern Inc. looks forward to scientific process of functioning by putting right person with required temperament at right job designation. As for any book, its book cover shows and tells to much extent as to what it has to serve in the same way human resource in today’s time helps to draw out efficiency and working methodology of an firm. Importance of team building and proper allocation of resources with compatible authority and accountability is widely accepted business mantra.

    Monitoring with guidance, over all role of employer has changed now. An employer just cannot keep on informing his employees about their work but he also has to provide his employees them with all the mentoring requisites which can   be helpful to his employer. Now the task is not just limited to employing personnel but it’s all about ‘employing as well as developing personnel’. Each and every employee if gives an extra genuine effort then and only then marginal productivity in reference to output and efficiency cane be experienced.

    In today’s times an HR has to deal with overall business activity i.e. all the areas where there is human factor involve an there can be hardly any area where human input is not required in business so it becomes an serious and important task for human resource handler. Cost of doing any activity also has to be controlled and should be made sure that there is no wastage or repetition of any processes or process this also an HR look out as he can easily know which person to place at which place can yield best returns and how the productivity of an personnel can be raised by giving him an fair opportunity and allowing subordinates to prove their mettle. Human capital now has to be thus dealt accordingly which makes job of HR very prior, proper knowledge of job requirement and job specifications and justifying that with suitable candidate is what an good HR of today’s time is expected before the work load was not this much on shoulders of an HR. “Minimum of risk and maximum of efficiency” that is the main target area for any HR and that can be done only when the HR is well acquainted with his role and expected output from him, its all about an continuous process where an person is responsible for the activities and making each of the process smooth and easy going- this an HR of today.

    GLOBAL VILLAGE- globalization has already started to show its effect on market thus an HR has to be generator of “innovative global workforce” who can withstand the competition and can give a tough fight to white competitors. With all this qualities an HR of today is involved is of helping the employees to adjust in as accepted frame and also helping them to get a proper chance to reframe it accordingly. Proper resources are to be allocated to employees and also with this required authority also should be delegated to them then and only then they can give best of results.

         Practical and emotional stability, an HR of today should have mix of this both elements in order to understand other people and to deal with their problems before this was not the part of HR’s duty. Apart from work targets an individual also has his personal life and now just 360 degree approach towards employee is not accepted, with an individual proper guidance relating to develop personality and over all of growth is also to be taken care by an HR.