HR Anno Covidi

HR Anno Covidi

There have always been two major markers of history in the western world in particular. B.C. denoting Before Christ, and A.D. denoting the Year of the Lord. This year, the world has changed in unprecedented ways. May be because HR was not so evolved during the last epidemic, Covid has challenged many basic assumptions, beliefs and practices of HR. Added to this, the pandemic fast forwarded adoption of new technologies backed by AI, practices like WFH and WFA, etc. Verily, HR AC (Anno Covidi) may be dramatically different from BC (Before Covid).

HR Policies & Systems

The world of employee manuals, conduct, discipline & appeal rules, and full time employment may be pass. This does not cover contract labor, the mainstay of most organizations today. Archaic laws and myopic attitude made organizations keep an arm’s length from contract labor for decades. As a result, when the tragedy struck, migrant labor felt helpless and hopeless, triggering a migration...

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Rajan Sinha

is Chief Executive Officer, Mantrana Consulting, an integrated HR solutions group, and also Managing Partner, Asia Coaching Network LLP.
A former Head, Human Resources with many organisations like HMT, Escorts, Denso India, Hindustan Zinc etc., Rajan is an advisor, trainer and coach to many corporates and NGOs. He has been in Governing Council of Mobile Creches and HR advisor for organisations like OCM.
He has co-authored a book on Alchemy of Change: Managing Transition through Value-Based Leadership, published by Sage Publications.

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Rajan Sinha

is Chief Executive Officer, Mantrana Consulting, an integrated HR solutions group, and also Managing Partner, Asia Coaching Network LLP.
A former Head, Human Resources with many organisations like HMT, Escorts, Denso India, Hindustan Zinc etc., Rajan is an advisor, trainer and coach to many corporates and NGOs. He has been in Governing Council of Mobile Creches and HR advisor for organisations like OCM.
He has co-authored a book on Alchemy of Change: Managing Transition through Value-Based Leadership, published by Sage Publications.

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