Should you Hire a Defector.pptx

1. Should you Hire a Defector
PROF. JYOTSNA BHATNAGAR & NAKUL GUPTA
PHD, IIT DELHI, INDIA
PGDID-MIT-SLOAN, COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL, DARTMOTH COLLEGE, USA
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL AFFILIATE
PROFESSOR, HRM
MDI
TWITTER: @JB MAM

2. Read the HBR case: Should you rehire a
defector

3. Case Background
Ram is CEO of Green
Impact, A sustainable
design farm
Hari was one of the first
employees and was
instrumental to the
company’s initial
growth
Hari had left Green
Impact to join a
competitor during a
crucial time and Green
Impact struggled to fill
the void
Hari now
wants to rejoin
Green Impact
Should he be
hired?

4. Things Ram should consider before Hari
is rehired
Why Hari Left?
75% Increment
Projects Abroad
Why is he the best
candidate for the company?
Hari knows the business very well
Has proven past record

5. Should he rehire?

6. Things Ram should consider before Hari
is rehired
What Hari brings to the
Job?
Competitive intelligence
Experience of handling projects
abroad
What will be the
reaction of the team?
Hari’s replacements support the
idea
Most of the team is fine although
some still have grudges

7. Theory Behind the case?
 Why Theory ?
 Future consultants need to understand the context of the case and the
theoretical underpinning.

8. The Approaches to Increase Employees’ Loyalty: A Review on Employees’Turnover Models
•C. Sang, Musibau Akintunde Ajagbe Long, E. S. Suleiman
•Published 2012
•Business
•Australian journal of basic and applied sciences

9. Present - Socio-technical analysis
S.no Component Change Details Broad Classification
1 Structure Yes
Restructuring of
team
Social System
2 People Yes
Addition of Hari
back
3 Technology NA
Technical
System
4 Tasks Yes
Ram’s, Tuli’s and
Preeti’s
• To have a better understanding of the environment and a better perspective of the dilemma at hand we have leveraged
the socio-technical framework
• To know what all changes are anticipated: Sit-Rep (Situation Report)

11. Job Embedded and
Unfolding voluntary turnover theory

12. Voluntary Employee Turnover: A Literature Review and Evidence-Based, User-Centered Strategies to
Improve Retention
•Jinel Scott, MD, MBA
•Stephen Waite, MD
•Deborah Reede, MD
Published:October 17, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2020.09.056

13. Things Ram should consider before Hari
is rehired
Does the rehire serve Hari’s
best interests?
He can build things instead of being a
cog in the consulting wheel
Work hours are less demanding
Is anyone in the company
being overlooked to hire Hari?
Hari can be accommodated in the post
of managing Middle east business
Hari’s replacements can continue in
their existing profile

14. The case for Hiring Hari
• Already a culture fit,
does not need extra
effort to fit into the
company
• Already has strong
business
understanding, and
brings with him
knowledge of best
practices from bigger
companies
• Hiring Hari will save
cost of recruiting a
new person for
handling middle-east
portfolio

15. Case of Hiring Hari
• Hari now will have a
better idea of the job
market outside and will be
knowing all the pros and
cons of leaving the job.
Thus there will be less
chance of further attrition
• Having one of the top
performers on-board
again will boos employee
morale
• Return of Hari will
reinforce in the
employees that Green
Impact is a good place to
work for and will reduce
attrition

16. Why should he not hire Hari
Impact Team’s Morale
Will act as a bad example to other Members
He may or may not be working with the enthusiasm he had before
His tendency to shift for additional pay might persist
Preeti the team leaders stays non- committal
If his focus had been worklife balance, he may not be willing to stretch
His need for power may disrupt the existing culture

17. Recommendations
Lack of trust
from Ram
No clarity
regarding Hari’s
intentions
Change in
existing
structure
Impact on
employee
morale
Intention to
move out in the
future also
Brings better
network and
contacts
Could play a key role
in the expansion
strategy
Still a good
perception by the
peers
Could be utilized as
a source for peer
learning and
improved
performance
Cons
Pros
We recommend not to take
Hari back. If at all he was to
be taken back, Preeti Das
and Tuli Khanna should be a
part of the selection process
so as to ensure transparency.
This way they will not feel left
out and unfair. Even the
selection process would feel
more just.

18. Thank You