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Dealing With Managers From Various Cultural Backgrounds, Sriman Venkatesan, Raman Attri May 2010

Dealing With Managers From Various Cultural Backgrounds, Sriman Venkatesan, Raman Attri

Raman K. Attri

A successful relationship with one’s manager results in satisfaction at work, chances of growth and increased pay, and general happiness. Conversely, a poor relationship with your manager can inhibit a person’s chances of success at work, and will most likely lead to frustration and stress which can also affect other areas of life. While developing good rapport with your manager, the cultural differences may come in between hampering a successful relationship. This article will provide some proven tips to successfully work with managers from different cultural backgrounds and respond effectively in various inter-cultural work situations commonly occurring between a manager …


A Systems Model To Talent Management, Staff Retention And Bench Strength, Raman K. Attri Jul 2009

A Systems Model To Talent Management, Staff Retention And Bench Strength, Raman K. Attri

Raman K. Attri

Numerous attempts to formalize the talent management as a strategic practice by the corporate have been mostly focused on corporate framework, policies and overall organization model and systems to drive talent management and succession planning. Mostly talent management has been presented from a HR manager’s perspective. Major issue with such approaches is that it does not provide simple to use toolset to the direct manager to manage the talent, succession planning and bench strength. The practical approach to talent management starts with right pre-hiring process, on-boarding, performance evaluation and review of long-term potential. This paper presents a practical model with …