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Dr. Rumeet Billan, President and CEO of the Viewpoint Leadership, leads the study on the Tall Poppy Syndrome - occurring when people are attacked, resented, disliked, criticized or cut down because of their achievements or success. She closes day one of the HR Leaders Summit in Toronto with a keynote session about how companies can make immediate changes in the workplace, retain top talent and improve employee engagement.

With the ongoing technological disruption, business models changing at a rapid pace. There are high expectations from the HR function in driving the business transformation through this disruption. The roles of HR are getting re-invented. What are the skills that will be required by HR in managing the ongoing transformation? As part of the Lets Talk Talent initiative, People Matters in partnership with Oracle asked leading people and business leaders about key skills that HR professionals must have.

Very often the HR is seen as a spokesperson of the employees and not as a management partner. It should play both roles. Secondly, become a member of the total management team instead of staying outside as an advisor. Be the people's person within the management team and talk the HR language there. With the people, you should talk the business language. Also, continuously update yourself. Seek some additional line-managerial role. Bright HR people should aspire to transcend beyond the HR function to become senior managers and even chief executives.

Listen to Abhishek Tiwary, the Executive Director & Head of People at KPMG Global Services talk about what he looks for in future HR leaders.

From being the first woman in the Management Committee of Hindustan Unilever, to the first woman on Unilever South Asia Leadership Team, then to becoming the first female, first Asian, youngest ever CHRO of Unilever, Leena has trail-blazed repeatedly. 

Check out this session from Talent Acquisition Conference on human-less hiring as a part of the new-age recruitment strategies.

With a bouquet of technologies taking over most of the steps in recruitment, like initial screening, video interviewing, will the future of recruitment totally let go of the human touch? What impact would that have?

Saleel Panse, Head TA, Mondelez International
Rajat Mathur, MD, Head of HR, Morgan Stanley
Steven Murray, Head(Global)- People Development, Zomato
Harjeet Khanduja, VP & Head HR, Reliance Jio (C)

Aditya Birla's Group Executive President (HR) Preeti Gupta was awarded 'HR Leader of the Year' at the inaugural edition of ETPrime Women Leadership Awards (ETPWLA) 2019 in Mumbai Friday. Hailing the virtues of leadership and success, ETPWLA is here to set a benchmark of success for women in business and inspire a million others to come forward and wield the baton of excellence. The awards recognise women leaders who have helped create a new and lasting template for leadership.

Naval Ravikant - founder of Angel List, Coin List, and prominent Silicon Valley investor - discusses crypto, being happy, and government policy settings for attracting entrepreneurial talent to New Zealand.

In conversation with NASSCOM President Debjan iGhosh on the sidelines of the 2019 ETPrime Women Leadership Awards (ETPWLA) jury meet. ETPrime.com has recently launched India's first and only awards for women leaders. To be held in Mumbai on 29 March 2019, the awards will recognise women leaders who have helped create a new and lasting template for leadership.

Listen to Mr. Arun Singh who has industry experience over 21 Years talk about next generation Leadership and navigating to the future. He gives instances of NETFLIX and how it progressed to have presence over 190 countries from 60 in a month and he even quotes about Walmart closed their branches and GE(General electric) shifts its headquarters just because it’s closer to the talent pool.