M P Sriram Email & Phone Number

Kochi, Kerala, India

Working at the intersection of People , Performance and Change i am focussed on 1. Enabling organisations and people articulate and sustain changes to realise "Meaningful goals" 2. Enabling people and groups move closer to being " in harmony" by preventing, reducing and resolving conflicts.3. Creating an ecosystem of professionals and practitioners who can drive this agenda.Continued learning of organisational and people contexts enables me and the team support the initiators and implementers translate core ideas into actionable steps and enable usage and adoption .Solutions and Interventions are aimed at articulating and institutionalizing the desired change and have included - Envisioning the future state organisation including Long & medium term goals ,values and desired work culture - Facilitating strategy formulation and deployment - Defining unique roles and organizational structures - Creating performance scorecards,and performance measures - Designing Performance based pay & reward plans - Modelling employee ownership plans- Assessing and impacting employee engagement - Assessment and development of managerial and leadership skills (Competencies) - Building People leadership skills and capabilities I also enable key individuals to understand the process of realising meaningful goals and guide them in making the necessary changes Interventions range from short term (less than 3 months), medium term (6-9 months) and multi- year partnerships

Delhi, India

June 2020 to date - Shareholder and Brand AmbassadorJune 2007- May 2020 : Partner and Practice Leader - HR and Talent consulting .Responsible for 1. Creating a sustainable professional services firm2. Enabling our Clients connect people to strategyClients who benefited include Large mature corporates such as Asian Paints, Axis Bank, Glenmark, HSIL, VVF High growth enterprises such as Avendus Capital ,Synthite ,True North (IVFA) and its investees KIMS, Cloud Nine, VKL spices, Seedworks MSMEs like Absolutdata, Sreedhareeyam, Merisis Advisors, Srijan Tech, Club millionaire, Inapp. Frameworks and tools used have included Strategy Canvas ,Kaplan and Nortons Balanced Scorecard,Peter Senges "Creating shared Vision ", MBTI, Predictive Index, Gallups Strength Finder Multi-source & 360 Feedback , SHLs OPQ and Universal Competency Framework ,RIASEC Self Directed search.

Interventions revolved around fostering a culture of execution and strengthening the leadership capabilities in the Government and in State Owned enterprises as a part of the E&Y project teams . These included 1)Supporting governmental reforms and decentralization through robust outcome based Performance management and measurement processes and ,enabling role clarity 2)Providing Policy Support in social security programs3) Leadership development and Capability building through Development centers. and Leadership development workshops.4) Enabling Leaders assess and develop leadership competencies in their organisation and teams Clients served: Government of Kerala, GNFC , Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL),Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL),Indian Oil Corporation, Maruti Suzuki

Delhi, Mumbai,Ksa

Was responsible for providing advise to clients and leading teams on specific HR management engagements.Projects included Competency modelling and Assessments, Design of career paths , Redesign of Compensation policy and structures , Assessing and Strengthening Employee engagement, Review and redesign of HR policies and systems and facilitating smooth closure of the business and consequent employee redundancy.Clients served: Al Khafji Joint Operations, Canon India , Kraft Foods, Lafarge, Nasscom , Avaya Global (Tata Telecom), VSNL (Tata Communications)

New Delhi , Bangalore

Responsibilities included managing and being a team member on HR consulting projects spanning Manpower planning and rationalization,Severance, Employment Laws ,Audit and Design of HR policies, programs and Employee Benefits,Key talent Retention plan, International Compensation,Competencies modelling and assessments (BEI and Multi source feedback),Job Evaluation,Redesign of Roles, Performance Measurement.A few Clients served: Heinz, IBM, HP,eFunds,Lever Lanka,SHV Gas

Mumbai, Hydrebad, Greater Noida

Multiple roles June 1994-November 1995 : As a Personnel Executive in the Corporate Personnel Function was responsible for- Providing HR business partnership support to the sales organisation.This included Recruitment , training , and performance management for the Sales force - Assisting the Corporate IR Manager on IR and legal issues across the countryDecember 1995- March 1999: Personnel Executive/Manager -Personnel - Patancheru Plant April 1999- August 1999: Manager Personnel - Kasna Plant .In both these roles was responsible for-Leading all HR and IR initiatives of the manufacturing plant including employee union management and anchoring the wage settlement process .-Led a team of professional and support staffDoubled the manpower in the plant across cadres to keep pace with the capacity expansion and ensured 95% manning at all times.Systematized and formalized training activities in the plant thus giving it the necessary focus in the plant priorities. Average mandays of training per employee raised from 0.75 per employee per year to 3.5 over a period of 3 years.Compensation & Benefits: Transitioned from a fixed grade linked compensation system to a performance-linked system for all non-unionised employees which was later replicated all across the organization.Successfully negotiated a 3-year long-term productivity linked wage settlement with the employees union.Part of the team responsible for ISO certification of the plant.Along with the systems team developed and later implemented the HR Module in Sybase.Functioned as a resource person to the Corporate HR Manager in organization wide initiatives like Performance Management Systems, Executive trainee’s Orientation Program etc.

Bengaluru Area, India

Worked on 2 Projects as a part of the Corporate HR team - Design of the Training System and Processes including work flows (From Training Needs Identification to Assessment of Impact)- Analysis of the key factors that influence student choices in Pre-Placement Presentations in B Schools

Pgdpmir, Human Resource Management, Industrial Relations, Recipient Of Parineet Reddy Gold Medal For Excellence In Labour Laws

Bsl,Llb, Law, First Rank Holder In University -Awarded Sir Chimanlal Sethalwad Gold Medal

Activities and Societies: Moot courts

Class 12, Cbse, Maths,Science

Activities and Societies: Table Tennis- Ernakulam district Sub Junior Team 1984 , School Hockey team