An HR and leadership blog India can act on
This is the HR and leadership blog India's people leaders read when they need a decision, not a trend. In fact, every article draws on Seven's work with 600+ organisations across 23 sectors. Consequently, each one ends in something you can do on Monday: a question to ask, a number to check or a habit to build.
Meanwhile, new articles appear in the grid below as they publish. Older posts stay on numbered pages, so nothing is hidden behind a button.
Five pillars, one HR and leadership blog India can navigate
First, we write about the five things Seven does for clients, and nothing else. Therefore, every topic below maps to a practice area, so you can move from an article to the service it describes in one click.
Each topic opens a filtered list of posts, from leadership articles to performance management articles. In addition, the Assessments and HR Analytics topic carries our OD articles and insights on instruments and diagnostics.
Three articles to read first
If you are new to this HR and leadership blog, start with these three. Each one introduces a way of thinking we use with clients: the three handovers, the five attrition questions and the subtraction test. Above all, they show how we write, which is evidence first and advice second.
Why first-time managers fail in Indian companies: the three handovers
Most new managers are promoted for doing the work, then rewarded for continuing to do it. The handover most stall on, and four early signals.
Read the article →How to analyse employee attrition: five questions to ask before you fix it
Regretted or not, which tenure band, which manager, what it costs, what to change first. A worked example you can copy this quarter.
Read the article →AI and the future of managers: what the job loses by 2030, and what it gets back
Judgement, attention and consequence. Three scenarios for Indian organisations and five things to do in the next twelve months.
Read the article →Latest from the HR and leadership blog
Every post, newest first, including people management articles and HR insights from the field. Moreover, older articles sit on numbered pages rather than behind a load-more button, so you and the search engines can reach all of them.
AI and the future of managers: what the job loses by 2030, and what it gets back
AI and the future of managers: what AI agents will take from the job by 2030, what they hand back, and three scenarios for Indian organisations.
How to analyse employee attrition: five questions to ask before you fix it
Regretted or not, which tenure band, which manager, what it costs, what to change first. A worked example you can copy this quarter.
Why first-time managers fail in Indian companies: the three handovers
Most new managers in India are promoted for doing the work, then rewarded for continuing to do it. Three handovers, a 90-day sequence and four early signals.
Turn an article into a measurement
In practice, most of our articles end with a question to ask your own organisation. However, you can also skip the reading and measure directly. These four tools are free, and each one takes under fifteen minutes.
People OS Pulse™
To begin, twenty-one questions on how your people system is working today.
Take the Pulse →AI Readiness Diagnostic
Next, twenty-four statements, six dimensions, scored in your browser.
Check readiness →What this people management blog is, and is not
The HR and leadership blog India already has is mostly news and opinion. Ours is neither. Rather, it is an HR and leadership blog India can use as a working tool. Instead, we publish three kinds of piece, and we hold each to the same rule: a source for every figure, and a decision at the end.
Performance management insights
Firstly, how goals, appraisals and execution rhythms actually behave inside Indian companies, with the numbers that show it. For example, why a rating scale changes behaviour more than a training course does.
Workplace culture articles India can use
Culture pieces that name the mechanism, not the mood. Likewise, our people management insights on climate say what an instrument found. Specifically, what an instrument measured, what changed and what did not.
OD articles and insights on the manager's job
Lastly, new managers, delegation, feedback and the future of the role. Indeed, these are the pieces we are asked about most, because the manager is where most people decisions succeed or fail.
Articles are written by Nikhil Maini, Founder and MD of Seven People Systems, with the consulting team. Equally, where a figure is ours rather than published research, we say so in the text.
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Read it, then measure it
An article tells you what to look for. By contrast, a diagnostic tells you what you have. Start with the free People OS Pulse™, or, alternatively, ask us about the article you have just read.