How should people find the right organization to work with? How can people, and organizations build a culture and a brand? Aligning values with organizations, addressing workplace conflicts, bad bosses, and more on this episode as we cover digital and social HR in the first of the People & HR Series of Voice of Achievers. Our guest is Gautam Ghosh, an independent HR Consultant, specializing in employer branding, and helping organizations tell their stories by leveraging digital media. With over 2 decades of professional experience at organizations like Flipkart, Deloitte & Touche and earlier in the HR and Learning & Development function in organizations like Dell, Hewlett Packard and Satyam Computer Services among others. Gautam has been listed as the number 1 HR influencer by SHRM & the 7th in the list of Top Most Social HR Experts on Twitter in the world by HuffPost. He has also been featured as an HR thought leader on Forbes while his blogs have found a place in books and research papers. Hear him talk about; (02:30) – Picking organizations based on personal values (06:00) – Reading between the lines about organizations + forming opinions about an organization (07:45) - Tatas and their people culture leading to policies for India & the world- 8hour shifts & more (08:30) – Glassdoor, Linked In, and leveraging the power of information (09:30) – Digital & Social HR- leveraging social mediums as employees and employers (10:00) – Your Culture is your Brand- a brief from the book ‘Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh’ (12:00) - Keeping enthusiasm alive in remote workplaces; managers being taught how to manage remote workforces (14:00) – The power of ‘asynchronous meetings’ and ensuring participation of everyone even the silent ones in meetings (16:00) - Why all people cannot be people managers; Relinquishing vs Seeking control (18:00) – The power of expression and opinions showcased publicly- blogs, Twitter, Linked In and more- capturing unstructured knowledge (21:00) - Refining ideas based on feedback & managing disagreements both online and offline (22:30) –Workplace Conflicts and the power of a Solution Mindset vs a Debating Mindset (24:30) – The top 3 things you must know as a people manager (26:30) - Communicating good and bad news top down and bottom up (27:30) – The process-people dichotomy in HR- you don’t have to like people to be in HR (29.00) – The 2 kinds of HR people- drafting policies and questioning them Original Music by Joseph Mc Dade Drop us a note on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter @voice_of_achievers Or write in directly to [email protected] We’re listening to you. Don’t forget to follow us on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple, Google, JioSaavn, Gaana or wherever you’re listening to us! You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For partnerships/queries send you can send us an email at [email protected]. DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.