HR: “The Fire-fighters between Big Boss and The Hunger Games”

HR: "The Fire-fighters between Big Boss and The Hunger Games"
The leadership might decide that the organisation needs a more Zen like philosophy. "We want every department to reflect compassion, calmness and mindfulness in their operations! Start with the Legal Department.

The life of an HR professionalis like being a juggler, diplomat, firefighter all rolled into one, walking a tightrope, balancing corporate mandates with human unpredictability! An HR professional, though the unwitting star of the Workplace Sitcom, is forever caught in the crosshairs between employer demands and employee expectations!
HR is the ultimate middle child of the corporate family-trapped in a Kafkaesque nightmare, desperately trying to navigate the minefield of interpersonal drama, expected to make peace all around. They’re everyone’s favourite scapegoat when things go wrong and the unsung hero when things go right. In fact HR professionals are perhaps always the buffer, rarely the hero, trying to turn chaos into harmony, yet somehow, the glue holding the chaos together! Welcome to the HR function, where being mercilessly sandwiched is just another day in the office.

The first email of the day, can quite possibly be “If Google has nap pods and sushi bars; why can’t we have couches instead of work stations? It’s a global trend...

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Anupreeta Lall

is the founder of IntellSearch, a boutique search firm in existence since 2010. She is an MBA in Human Resources from XISS, with 30-plus years of experience. Anupreeta is a passionate reader, speaker, writer and is known for her passion for social causes.

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Anupreeta Lall

is the founder of IntellSearch, a boutique search firm in existence since 2010. She is an MBA in Human Resources from XISS, with 30-plus years of experience. Anupreeta is a passionate reader, speaker, writer and is known for her passion for social causes.

February 2025

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