More about Milin Desai
I have experience in diverse industries and people processes, having worked with best-in-class Indian and multinational companies and matured organisations, spanning Export houses, IT Product, Services, ITes companies.
I am an experienced Principal Cofounder with a demonstrated history of working in the human resources industry. I am a strong Human Resources professional with a Master's Degree focused in Human Resources Management and Services from XLRI Jamshedpur.
My expertise include Strategic Business HR partnering, Operations, Cultural Transformation, Organisation Building, Implementation and re-engineering of People Processes, Organisation Design and restructuring, Business Goal Setting and KRAs cascading, Leadership Mentoring, Internal Competency Building, HR Digitisation, Compensation Restructuring, designing PMS module, OD initiatives etc.
I provide Business HR Advisory services to client companies and their Boards. In particular, I offer a unique 'Director HR on Hire, Transformational HR and Business Consulting services.
I work with Start Ups, SMEs and CXOs to help design and deliver the HR Strategy.
A passionate business transformer who identifies and works on grass root issues. Working on verity of the complex issues and finding out innovative/simple solutions, keeping human factor at prime importance.
After seeing the industry closely, I strongly feel that there is a dying need of professionals who have faced the challenges of HR and Business both and take them together to create a win-win situation and to mentor and give directions to the SMEs and corporations which are not limited to solving the HR problem but to understand the global business psyche and play balancing role.
I am an experienced Principal Cofounder with a demonstrated history of working in the human resources industry. I am a strong Human Resources professional with a Master's Degree focused in Human Resources Management and Services from XLRI Jamshedpur.
My expertise include Strategic Business HR partnering, Operations, Cultural Transformation, Organisation Building, Implementation and re-engineering of People Processes, Organisation Design and restructuring, Business Goal Setting and KRAs cascading, Leadership Mentoring, Internal Competency Building, HR Digitisation, Compensation Restructuring, designing PMS module, OD initiatives etc.
I provide Business HR Advisory services to client companies and their Boards. In particular, I offer a unique 'Director HR on Hire, Transformational HR and Business Consulting services.
I work with Start Ups, SMEs and CXOs to help design and deliver the HR Strategy.
A passionate business transformer who identifies and works on grass root issues. Working on verity of the complex issues and finding out innovative/simple solutions, keeping human factor at prime importance.
After seeing the industry closely, I strongly feel that there is a dying need of professionals who have faced the challenges of HR and Business both and take them together to create a win-win situation and to mentor and give directions to the SMEs and corporations which are not limited to solving the HR problem but to understand the global business psyche and play balancing role.
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