Author Archives: Dipayan Roy Associates

Slow but sure – tempered radicals lead change

“CEO axed….fails to perform…new skills and strategy required…..” A sad headline fast becoming familiar and it’s no surprise if we accept that fifty percent of the largest US firms are expected to have a new CEO within the next four … Continue reading

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Unconscious bias – from training to practice

Sheryl Sandberg’s recent decision to share Facebook’s unconscious bias training video with the world has brought the entire issue of unconscious bias to the forefront of public domain. Just over an hour long, two articulate Facebook trainers take an audience … Continue reading

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Employee Engagement – ABC

After hearing my work was about helping clients achieve their workforce potential, a fellow participant at a recent CEO conference enquired, if it was “basically HR stuff”. I asked the CEO what he meant and he replied, “you know, hiring … Continue reading

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Performance Management – it doesen’t have to be like this

An alternative view to the much maligned and dreary performance management review where innvesting the time to genuinely knowing your reports will generate high commitment, better enagement and better business results. Continue reading

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Is today’s talent also tomorrow’s talent?

As a Sociology student I have always been fascinated by Robert Merton’s theory of cumulative advantage. It illustrates how small initial advantages in trained capacity, structural location and available resources create increments of advantage that, over a period of time, … Continue reading

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