Innnovative ways to staff your startups

Innovative Ways to Staff Your
Start-Up
2012
Sairee Chahal

Copyright @Fleximoms, Workflex Solutions Pvt Ltd.

Staffing for Start-Ups

Staffing is the last piece of the
hiring puzzle



Start-Ups have no staff

They have believers, doers, foot
soldiers and problem solvers
- all rolled in one!



And they are not found in the
market-place



The fact that you need to hire
means – you are seeding an
institution & it is not about YOU
anymore!


Start-Up

An entrepreneurial organization
formed to search for a
repeatable and scalable business
model
Blank, Steve (March 5, 2012). "Search versus Execute". Retrieved July 22, 2012


Constraints
• Money
• Time
• New skill on the block
• Brand
• Uncertainty


Advantages
• Agility
• Openness
• Opportunity
• Flexibility
• Innovation


Why Start-Ups
Hope
Contribute
Create
Relationships
Fit /Format
MEANING!

Entrepreneur Side Story
• Operational uphill
• Personal style + motivation
• Management style (or the lack of it)
• Living in uncertainty
• Communication patterns
• Personal growth
• Who do you reach out for help?


What’s Shaping Work?
Decision
Demographics, making, geo
Family politics,
structure, ownership of
Mobility resources

Business
Environment

Technology
Society Mindspace

Technologies,
communications, Impact on
social networks sensibilities,
supporting work responses, key
eco-system issues, culture

Key Trends
• Globalization: Global access to markets,
technology and talent reshaping businesses
• Demographics: 5 generations working
together, diversity and inclusivity
• Social Web: How we communicate, consume
and share impact on employees, customers,
and partners


What is Common Here?
Dial-a-Book (09650-457-457)


Is work changing?

Work is something you do and not
someplace you go to


ROWE


The New Currency

Cannot Park, Cannot Replace


Skills @Work


Hiring Strategy
• SKILL

• FIT

• FORMAT

• STAGE


Hiring Strategy

Change is way of life for you now
Introspection is inevitable
Reflect and recognize
ACT

Your business success or failure are not a
reflection of you!

India: in Context
• 20 years
– 6 Governments
– 5 Prime Ministers

ONE DIRECTION

6-8 Percent Annual Average
GDP Growth


Talent – Sellers Market?
• Job Hoppers Market – Naukri, IIMJobs -
counter-offer culture

• Early or late stage workforce – interns, senior
consultant

• Alternate workforce – women, defense,
differently-abled

Work Formats
• Part time
• Telecommute / Work from home
• Contract
• Project
• Full time flex / Part Flex / Core team flex
• SOHO
• Franchising / SMB / Freelance


Process
• What does work look like? – Modularity +
Clarity + Story
• Delivery
• Reporting
• Infrastructure
• Payment
• Expectation + Communication


HR Perspective
• Attracting and retaining talented people
• Organizational capability for ROWE
• Leadership skills
• Managing workforce diversity
• Talent management of multi generational
workforce
• Training in technology


HR Perspective
• Information movement fast
• Outsourcing of HR duties to rise
• Multi-disciplined, multi-skilled
administrators and leaders


Management Perspective
• Cutting-edge technology;
• Rewards and incentives with immediate
payout;
• Two-way frequent feedback
• Collaborative decision making
• Work to accommodate personal and family
life
• Manage by getting involved

Workflex
• Workflex is harder. Workflex is more
rewarding

“ Carefully managing our resources and
constantly reviewing and challenging what
we do and the way we operate”


Multiple Ingredients


Fresh Air = Diversity
• Reflection of the world we live in and
respond to
• Heterogeneous views, creativity and talent
• Adaptive vs Non-adaptive cultures
• Impact on bottom-lines and products

Business Case for Inclusion and
Engagement. By Marcus Robinson,
Charles Pfeffer, and Joan Buccigrossi,
(2003). wetWare, Inc. Rochester, NY.


Women and Workplace
• Women = Primary caregivers - India = highest
number of women grads
• Over 30 million dropouts. Over 70% of women
professionals take career breaks, opt out or
never start their careers
• Urban, Educated, Experienced, Credible.


Strength from Flex
Flexibility is one of the most
important aspects of being a
competitive employer
Kerrie Peraino, Senior Vice President, International Human
Resources at American Express


Mindset over Matter

In the networked environment,
the mindset and disposition of
workers will matter more than
ever
- John Seely Brown

Future Belongs to?

The future may belong less to
firms organized as hierarchies
than to participants in open,
networked platforms


About Fleximoms

India’s first Workflex Readiness
Specialist

Allow customers to
successfully adopt
Workflex as a value
driver


About Fleximoms
• Facilitating women professionals in making
suitable work-life choices and connecting
them to the world of work
• Providing off-the shelf and customized
Workflex readiness solutions to businesses

• Growing a platform for conversations about
women, work and workflex.


Talk to Us!

www.fleximoms.in

@fleximoms

www.facebook.com/fleximoms


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