How does a Culture of Silence Creep into the Workplace
After reading an amazing article by Dulini Fernando and Ajnesh Prasad on “How Managers, Co-workers, and HR Pressure Women to Stay Silent About Harassment” made me think of Kripa, the smart recruit, whose short stint in our team was marked with turbulence. Kripa was hired to provide Senior Management with daily operations numbers. To ensure that Kripa’s dashboard did not throw any surprises,...
Handshakes of retention – the stay and exit interviews
Leaders of organizations are unanimous that honest feedback from employees is critical to improving organizational culture and retaining valuable talent. The million dollar question teases – how does one collect such open and honest feedback?
Let us look at two powerful feedback mechanisms – the exit and stay interviews. Timing is the difference between the two. Exit interviews take...
