Tuesday, 08 February 2022 / Published in Career Development, Global HR Trend, Learning & Development, WorkSMART Blog

Upskilling in HR: Be a T-Shaped HR Professional

Ishtiak Ahmed Taher, SHRM-SCP “Upskilling” is no more just a buzzword, it is a “must do” for professionals at all levels if they want to remain relevant in this rapidly progressing world of business. For HR professionals, it is even more critical as they are the people who are driving this people development agenda within
Thursday, 30 December 2021 / Published in Education, WorkSMART Blog

ভালোর সাথে আলোর পথে

Ishtiak Ahmed Taher, SHRM-SCP কোন ব্যক্তি বা প্রতিষ্ঠানকে “খারাপ” বলা সহজ, কিন্ত তাকে “ভাল” করার পদক্ষেপ নেয়া আসলেই কঠিন কাজ । প্রায় দুই দশক আগের ঘটনা, খুব সম্ভব ২০০৩ বা ২০০৪, সঠিক দিন তারিখ মনে নাই । আমি তখন আমার নৌবাহিনীর সামরিক জীবনে ইতি টেনে আবার পুরোপুরি ছাত্র জীবনে ফিরে গেছি । ঢাকা ইউনিভার্সিটির IBA
Tuesday, 06 July 2021 / Published in Talent Acquisition, WorkSMART Blog

Dilemma with Hiring Boomerang Employees

Ishtiak Ahmed Taher, SHRM-SCP “By the way, please do not send us any CV of any of our ex-employees who left us in the past and now want to rejoin. As per our policy, we do not rehire any ex-employee” – that was the clear instruction that I received from one of our clients who
Wednesday, 23 June 2021 / Published in Performance Management, WorkSMART Blog

Your Performance Objectives are SMART! But are they Properly Implemented?

By Ishtiak Ahmed Taher, SHRM-SCP Forming SMART Objectives is undoubtedly one of the the most talked about and practiced topics in the employee performance management space in the corporate world today. Social medial is replete with posts on different organizations rolling out KPI (Key Performance Indicator) based performance management system. Needless to say, our performance