The Shape of Work

#144: Vipin Sharma on why it's time for a remote employee retention strategy, and agile talent management strategies for the changing workplace

November 12, 2021 Springworks Season 1 Episode 144
The Shape of Work
#144: Vipin Sharma on why it's time for a remote employee retention strategy, and agile talent management strategies for the changing workplace
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On this episode of The Shape of Work podcast, our guest is Vipin Sharma, Head of HR at VT Netzwelt Pvt Ltd.

Having been a part of the HR industry for over 20 years, Vipin is a strategic HR thinker with hands-on expertise in managing internal HR MIS and reporting matrices, HR yields and matrices for the success of entire human capital management.

In addition, he consults HR leadership on how to approach and create strategies on all elements of talent acquisition, RPO, leadership development, and total rewards to enable achieving business and operational goals.  

 With a background that extensive, it’s no surprise this episode covers a lot of ground: 

  • The failure-accepting culture: strategies for learning from failure
  • The rise in voluntary attrition: why it's time for a remote employee retention strategy
  • Agile talent management strategies for changing workplace
  • Why do you need a skills-based approach to hiring and developing talent
  • The power of frequent employee recognition
  • Soft skills in the workplace: Why they matter

Failure-accepting culture: it covers strategies to learn from your failure.

Orthodox practices of HR practice do not seem fit for today's corporates. It is the world of a hybrid working style, with the Work From Home model for most employees after the pandemic. With the acceptability of opening opportunities and trust among the companies to switch to the new model, there is a broad acceptance for learning from failure. However, it primarily depends on the kind of trust and category you are looking for in your organization's resources.

The importance of retention strategy

People working from home have a different set of problems, which is required by HR to understand. Indeed, today's HR should work as a corporate monk, with the right tone of communication. Moreover, as there is a shift from rational to emotional model, there should be an engagement value added to the HR's responsibility to build people's trust.

Agile talent management strategies for changing workplace

It majorly depends on the industry a person is working with. For instance, if the drive is from the IT workspace, the primary concern to provide a better life to employees revolves around the concept of power. Talent management keeps your organization's business continuity running to prevent any risk for failure. Plus, the strategy to use talent management also includes grouping the tools where the individualistic frontier of an employee is valued.

What are the skills-based approach to hiring and developing talent

Firstly, talent acquisition teams have to change the gears for the recruitment channels they are utilizing. Secondly, how the organizations are reaching out to the resources is a big question to deal with. Indeed, creating trust in the arena of the talent pool is equally essential to retain the best talent for the organization. So, instead of head-hunting, recruiters should consider the different aspects of where the selection starts and where recruitment starts!

BONUS: Willing to figure out ways to save your employee turnover cost? Read our latest blog post.

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The failure-accepting culture: strategies for learning from failure
The rise in voluntary attrition: why it's time for a remote employee retention strategy
Agile talent management strategies for changing workplace
Why do you need a skills-based approach to hiring and developing talent
Soft skills in the workplace: Why they matter