Prediction by friend and HR colleague , Asmita Sen whose world view never ceases to surprise me

Future predictions by Asmita

*Executive coaching gaining performance in India .In fact it will be a key role of HR practitioners in the future .Thus HR practitioners can help themselves by honing their coaching skills .
*Counseling will develop as a big area in corporate India later .This is so because there is a lot of imbalance and stress in modern day existence .There would be a lot of rationalization which will follow the hectic growth pace and hence there would multiple decisions on the downsizing and workforce rationalization front . This would call for a lot of onsite counseling help
*Compensation will soon be commensurate with the skill sets. Hence the current trend of paying disproportionate salaries will discontinue. After sometime there will be a lot of rationalization and hence lot of people will be rendered redundant
*Sumedas, IAOD gaining prominence as national credentialing institutes of repute . Hence their programs and initiatives will have industry wide repercussions .
*Organizational development related skills and actual delivery would be a must for HR professionals . The requirement would be far more deeper and HR professionals would need to develop and hone their delivery skills .
*AIDS and depression will be the major workforce killers in India
*Communication and its effective use plays a vital role for success in the HR profession
*India and China specific management practices will emerge in the near future with the rapid growth in their respective economies The world will look to the East even for progressive management thoughts and practices
*There will be a blend of the Orient and Occident in management thought and practice
*Quality of work life would be extremely important for Generation Next and issues like staying next to your place of work , five day week would be extremely crucial
*Training and Industrial Relations would be vital areas of specialization for the HR professionals . They will have to choose between these two areas in their career span
*Sooner or later any fast growing person (in case he/she does not update his/her skill levels ) will arrive at their level of incompetence
*Future lies with the specialists ( this again calls for the extinction of the species called the HR generalists ). The idea of a shamrock organization comprising of teams of core specialists will gain prominence
*We can build a body of knowledge in the realm of management based on allegories , allusions , examples drawn from Indian mythology . This can be a huge project by itself requiring lot of energy and resources
*Each passing generation seems to expend itself on issues which are not extremely critical and value adding . Hence they seem to be playing a less significant role than their predecessors and not able to create the kind of value which probably the earlier generation created


Asmita Sen's linkedin profile is as follows :
http://in.linkedin.com/pub/asmita-sen/9/75a/83b