IMA Insights

Conventional wisdom holds that being kind is a risk in the cut-throat corporate world where performance and productivity are prized over everything else. However, social scientists argue that exhibiting pro-social behaviour at the workplace heightens employee engagement, promotes brand loyalty and improves business performance in the long run.

In this podcast, R Rajnarayan, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Titan Industries, Dr Prince Augustin, Executive Vice President – Group Human Capital & Leadership Development at Mahindra & Mahindra, and Rashmi Pradeep, Partner in the General Corporate Practice of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, share their diverse perspectives on critical workforce-related challenges, the impact of the new labour codes on business and what these mean for CHROs.

Hybrid work’, ‘remote work’ and ‘work from anywhere’ are just some of the phrases that have become commonplace in the corporate lexicon since Covid-19 struck. To gauge the sustainability of the new working models and explore innovative ways to engage a remote workforce, we drew insights from several CXOs from among IMA India’s peer group forms.

Illustrating his talk with a series of recent, path-breaking media campaigns, Sukesh Nayak, Ogilvy’s Chief Creative Officer, spelled out what it takes to succeed in today’s ‘6-feet economy.

An IMA India Research update on the key DM-related challenges facing CMOs today.

Illustrating his talk with a series of recent, path-breaking media campaigns, Sukesh Nayak, Ogilvy’s Chief Creative Officer, spelled out what it takes to succeed in today’s ‘6-feet economy.

This podcast, based on conversations with HR leaders across the services and manufacturing space, highlights the acceleration in the pace of technology adoption in this function, and how smart technologies are creating the most impact and the opportunity for HR to leverage the current momentum.

Suhasini Haider, Diplomatic Editor at The Hindu, highlighted India main foreign policy challenges as the world approaches the end of a traumatic year.

Suhasini Haider, Diplomatic Editor at The Hindu, highlighted India main foreign policy challenges as the world approaches the end of a traumatic year.

In this IMA India research update, we examine important labour-market trends that are visible in the EPFO’s data series on EPF enrolments. These include rising formalisation, greater labour-market stability and an increase in female employment as a share of the total. Adit Jain shares his insights.