HR Strategist & Content Creator
15 years in HR taught me this is not a soft function.
I write about hiring, workplace culture, and the parts of HR nobody puts in a deck.
Lokesh Sharma
Strategist · Writer · Speaker · Mentor
I’ve been the entire HR department, and I’ve been one voice in a room full of HR people. I’ve built a culture from a Slack channel, and I’ve tried to fix one across forty offices. None of it gets easier.
Where I help HR teams get unstuck
Writing
Things I’ve Written Recently
The Motivation Myth: Why ‘Follow Your Passion’ Is Terrible Career Advice, and What Actually Sustains Drive for Indian Professionals
“Follow your passion” is the most repeated career advice on earth and one of the most quietly damaging, especially in India. We hang it on convocation stages and LinkedIn posts as if it were settled wisdom…
The New Hire Experience Economy: Why Onboarding Is the Highest-ROI HR Investment of 2026
Ask most HR teams where their time and budget goes, and the honest answer is recruitment. Sourcing, screening, interviewing, closing the offer. Ask what happens in the ninety days after the offer is signed, and the…
The Structured Hybrid Work Policy: Why Indian Companies Are Getting Specific About Flexibility
For about three years after the pandemic pushed Indian companies into remote work overnight, hybrid policy meant exactly one thing: vagueness. “Work from wherever makes sense.” “Flexibility based on role and manager discretion.” “Hybrid by default.” These phrases…
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