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Latest HR Carnival

Have a look at the latest Carnival of HR- on show at Jon Ingham’s Strategic HCM blog.

The theme is largely on teams and social networking. I liked many of the blog posts. I hope you too will find them informative and useful.

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Psychologists as Coaches

In your time you must have come across many executive coaches. Not all of them have similar backgrounds. One key difference is that some have backgrounds in psychology while others may not.

Would there be any difference between psychologists and non-psychologists as coaches? This question is answered by Ken Novack in his blog post ” Do Psychologists Make Better Executive Coaches? “. What do you think? Read the rest of this entry »

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What Does India Mean To You?

What does India mean to you? No, not just to people who have visited here but the many others who have not. I read with interest a blog post by Kamini Banga in the Economic Times called ” Incredible India! And The Long Road Ahead”. Kamini is an expert in Marketing and Branding.

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Debate on Entrepreneurs

You must have heard this question a million times before: Are leaders born or made? Here comes another: “Are entrepreneurs born or made? “  asks Scott A. Shane, Professor of  Entrepreneurial Studies at Case Western. What do you think?

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Carnival of HR Coming Up

I am delighted to host the next Carnival of HR on August 5. Please point out interesting posts which can be featured in this carnival. To give you an idea of the kind of blogs featured, have a look at the last carnival  hosted by Mick Collins at Infohrm.

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Talent Management Blog Power Rankings

What I like about lists and rankings is that they point you to an amazing variety of blogs which are worth looking at- if not actually tracking. A list I have seen for sometime now is the “Fistful of Talent/HR Capitalist Talent Management Power Blog Rankings”. Version 4.0 came out a few days ago. Have a look at the Top 25.

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Carnival of HR- August 5

I am delighted to host the Carnival of HR on August 5, 2009. Started by the Evil HR Lady, back in 2007, the Carnivals have been a lot of fun over the years giving readers an impressive amount of information from many diverse bloggers. If you would like your blog post to be featured, send me a mail: bprao@people1stconsulting.com.

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The Carnival of HR

A quick way to grab insight into interesting developments and trends in the world of HR is to take a peek into the HR Carnival. The latest edition is being hosted by Rowan Manahan of Dublin, Ireland in his blog Fortify Your Oasis.

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” Must Read” Indian Blogs

I was recently informed by Jeff Behrendt of INForum.in that they have published their list of ” 15 Must Read Indian Blogs About Investing & Business “.

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Supporting Your CEO

In TechRepublic, Polly Schneider Traylor writes of 10 ways you can support your CEO. Although the article is directed towards CIOs, in my view it is as applicable for any senior executive working for the CEO. Isn’t it interesting that while outwardly all are supposed to be on the same page, in reality there is a lot of variance in most organisations?

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Blogger: Prem Rao


Management Consultant & Executive Coach based in Bangalore, India
Alumnus of Lawrence School, Lovedale, Loyola College, Chennai & XLRI, Jamshedpur ('74)
First generation entrepreneur.
Founded People 1st Consulting in 2000.
Working with people for 34 years...and still learning!
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