Discover 100s of HR secrets & strategies to build a team of power performers
For Founders, HR Professionals & Students

Read 3 Power-packed books to gain end-to-end HR knowledge & transform your approach to team building at your organization

By Harjeet Khanduja

Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Reliance Jio, spilled all his secrets, strategies & frameworks in HR Mastermind

30+ HR Awards
Indeed the best HR Professional to Learn From
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HR Leadership Award
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Pride of Nation Award
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HR Personality of the Year
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LinkedIn Power Profile
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Global Learning Award
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Top 50 HR Tech Leader
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Top 100 HR Minds
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ET Top 20 HR Influencers
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Top 100 Global Thought Leaders
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SHRM top 50 HR Social Media Influencers
Employee Engagement
Talent Acquisition
Performance Management
Succession Planning
Training and Development
Workforce Diversity
Compensation and Benefits
Employee Wellness
Leadership Development
HR Analytics
Talent Retention
Employee Engagement
Talent Acquisition
Performance Management
Succession Planning
Training and Development
Workforce Diversity
Compensation and Benefits
Employee Wellness
Leadership Development
HR Analytics
Talent Retention
Employee Engagement
Talent Acquisition
Performance Management
Succession Planning
Training and Development
Workforce Diversity
Compensation and Benefits
Employee Wellness
Leadership Development
HR Analytics
Talent Retention
Employee Engagement
Talent Acquisition
Performance Management
Succession Planning
Training and Development
Workforce Diversity
Compensation and Benefits
Employee Wellness
Leadership Development
HR Analytics
Talent Retention

As an HR Professional, you deal with PEOPLE!

Anddd...
People are the most complicated yet important resource of any company. Your job role literally describes dealing with people from start to end.

You end up
Hiring the best talent for high performing organization
Designing the incredible benefits for them
Maintaining their work quality according to your organization’s goals.
Ensuring everyone has the clear vision for the company
Negotiating the best package with them
Ensuring the job satisfaction at all the levels
Creating roadmaps for employee’s growth opportunities
Taking daily decisions on 100s of things
The biggest companies in the world we see are running smoothly! The reason?

Their unbeatable teams!

How can you build a team that makes companies like PwC, Google, Microsoft etc.?
Formulate an HR Strategy
Establish Organization Design
Define Talent Assessment Strategy
Improve Employee Experience
Establish SMART goals for Organization
Ensure Performance Management
Deploy Career Planning Models
Create Total Reward Strategy
Build Team Dynamics
Build High Performing Teams
Implement HR Technology
Establish Metrics and Enable People Analytics
Here’s the truth.

The people you hire can either make your company unbeatable or make it vulnerable in the competitive landscape!

      “As per Gartner research, 66% of the organizations lack effective HR Strategy as it is not aligned with their business objectives. ”

A lot of strategic planning and decision making goes behind building a team that can scale your company as per your goals

HR Professionals are required to make a strategy-based employee experience end-to-end

Introducing
Introducing: The HR Mastermind
Set of 3 Power-packed Books!
A trilogy with in-depth coverage of all three HR aspects
Hire

From the Fundamentals of Job Design to the Depth of Talent Acquisition

Retain

From Employee Experience to Managing Low Performers

Manage

From Talent Lifecycle Management to Analytics & AI in HR

100% Practical
Written by Author from Top 100 HR Minds

Here’s the curriculum for you to know what you get inside!

1. Fundamentals of HR
  1. Overview of Human Resources
  2. HR Strategy
  3. Building Culture
  4. HR Policies and Procedures
  5. HR Structure
2. Organization Design
  1. Organization Structure
  2. Organization Design
  3. Job Design
  4. Job Analysis and Evaluation
  5. Strategic Workforce Planning
3. Talent Acquisition
  1. Defining the Right Talent
  2. Talent Sourcing Strategy
  3. Employer Branding
  4. Talent Assessment and Selection
  5. Employment Contracts
1. Learning and Development
  1. Individual Development
  2. Leadership Development
  3. Organization Learning
  4. Learning Design and Delivery
  5. Learning Effectiveness
2. Talent Retention and Engagement
  1. Employee Experience
  2. Employee Health and Wellness
  3. Talent Mobility & Internal Talent Marketplace
  4. Career Planning
  5. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
3. Performance Management
  1. Performance Management
  2. Organization Performance
  3. Managing Low Performers
  4. Managing HiPer’s and HiPo’s
  5. Building High Performance Team
1. Compensation and Benefits
  1. Total Rewards
  2. Salary Structuring
  3. Taxation and Benefits
  4. Variable Pay, Incentives, Bonus and Equity
  5. Salary revisions
2. Talent Life Cycle Management
  1. Onboarding, Induction and Confirmation
  2. Time, Attendance and Leaves
  3. Salary and Reimbursements
  4. Transfer and Deputation
  5. Exit Management
3. Risk, Governance and Employee Relations.
  1. Labour Compliances
  2. Succession Planning
  3. Accidents and Deaths
  4. Grievance Management
  5. Disciplinary Action
4. Digital HR and Analytics
  1. HR Platform
  2. Data Management and Governance
  3. HR Metrics and KPIs
  4. HR Analytics and Data Visualization
  5. AI in HR Technology

How can a recruiter go from just hiring to becoming a HR Manager?

In HR Mastermind, everything is covered to start from scratch!
Conduct Job Design & Recruit Candidates
  • Coordinate candidate discovery & hiring with HRM framework (Pg- 30)
  • Develop HR Policies & Organizational Structure (Pg - 70)
  • Conduct Job evaluation, Job Design & analysis (Pg - 128)
  • Undertake the Strategic workforce planning process (Pg - 166)
  • Learn Talent sourcing strategies (Pg - 194)
Handle benefits administration
  • Learn how to manage employee benefits (Pg - 88)
  • Labour compliances & Risks according to the laws (Pg - 160)
  • Manage & improve employee experience (Pg - 88)
  • Manage organization performance (Pg - 186)
  • Organize Talent Mobility & internal talent marketplace (Pg - 124)
Train Employees & Strategize Employee Engagement
  • Design new learning opportunities and certification programs for employees (Pg - 14)
  • Give employees all the tools they need to thrive in organization (Pg - 40)
  • Plan out Employee Experience end-to-end (Pg - 88)
  • Help employees in their career planning (Pg - 140)
  • Manage tools for leadership development (Pg - 28)
Review Employee Performance
  • Keep confidential files secure & track employee progress (pg - 172)
  • Identify their pain points & address them wherever needed.  (Pg - 222)
  • Monitor continuous performance management & develop stronger strategies for workplace success.(Pg - 174)
  • Manage low performers (Pg - 198)
  • Manage HiPer’s & HiPo’s (Pg - 210)
Use next-generation HR Software
  • Specialty talent management software that help you make everyday operations more streamlined (Pg - 222)
  • Learn how to integrate AI in HR (Pg - 276)
  • Manage HR Metrics & KPIs (Pg - 246)
  • Decode HR analytics (Pg - 258)
  • Learn Regression analysis (Pg - 176)

Why should you read 3 Books?

The HR Mastermind covers major three aspects for HR Professionals. From hiring the right talent to retaining them and managing their performance in the process of building successful organizations!

Hiring Mastermind

6 types of organization structure
7 Elements of Org Design
3 approaches to job design
4 influencing factors of job design
4 Methods of Job analysis
6 Candidate Sourcing Methods

Employee Retention Mastermind

4 key levers of onboarding
4 steps to build leader
4 types of learning styles
5 steps of Design thinking
6 methods of learning delivery
5 dimensions of trust index

Employee Management Mastermind

4 ways to integrate AI in HR
5 step process of tax deduction
5 Popular HR Metrics
5 step process of designing onboarding
2 types of employee transfers
4 types of compliances

All that learning in just three books! Can’t believe it?

Author’s 2 Lac+ followers have believed it, see it for yourself!

Sumit Dhawan
President, VMware

This book series stood out to me - it does an excellent job in laying out the proven fundamentals and practical examples using easy  Read more.

Nidhi Raina
CEO and Founder Quoncious

The art of finding a solution is in articulating the problem and then, only the most brilliant can keep it simple. Harjeet looks. Read more.

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Partner | Deloitte India

There are almost no books available for SMEs and startups. In a sense this book is unique. The book is at one end a ready reckoner for early career professionals, Read more.

Yuvaraj Srivastava
Group CHRO MakeMyTrip

HR Mastermind is a true rockstar publication that transcends professional domains, catering to professionals of all backgrounds. Read more.

Subodh Batra
Executive Director - HPCL

A complex subject like HR has been dealt with and explained in such a systematic and simple manner by Harjeet that it’s Read more.

Kshitiz Sachan,
Leadership Coach, Keka

This book offers a brilliant blend of theory and real-world application, guiding readers through strategic decision-making, team dynamics,  Read more.

Gauri Das
SVP and Head HR, IFFS

If you want to create a great work environment and understand HR in a great detail, Read HR Mastermind!  Read more.

Dr. Brillian SK
Chief People Officer - Times Pro

I love this interesting HR trilogy by Harjeet Khanduja because of the way in which concepts are presented so that learners and readers can take back a lot.  Read more.

Dipak Gadekar
Senior HR and IR professional

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Editor In Chief at SightsIn Plus

A must read book for young HR leaders.  Read more.

HR Strategies Included
Key HR Policies Explained
Strategic Workforce Planning

The HR Mastermind trilogy is not your average theory book!

Learn everything with real-world examples & practical approaches, frameworks,and models!

Learn 9+ Dynamic HR Frameworks to Transform the Workplace
12+ Powerful Models shaping Modern Human Resource Practices
Explore 5+ Game-changing approaches to redefine strategy and impact in HR

Even if you don’t know anything about HR, this trilogy is made to cover everything from A to Z!

HR Mastermind has all of these questions answered for everyone who wants to learn Human Resources from scratch!
What is HR Strategy & Why do you need it?
How to write an effective HR Policy?
How many HR people and skills you need?
How to conduct Job Analysis and Job Evaluation?
How is Employer Brand built?
What is the difference between Employee engagement & Employee Experience?
How to Investigate Poor Performance & Fix Poor Performance?
How to design onboarding?
Should you use MBO, OKR or Balanced Scorecard?
How to use analytics?
How to integrate AI in HR?
How many metrics to measure?
5 Popular HR Metrics Discussed
6 Candidate Sourcing Methods Discussed
3 Approaches to Job Design Discussed

Who is this trilogy for?

Students in HR

looking to get an insight into practical aspects of organization building.

Professionals in Human Resources

looking to upgrade their knowledge base

Entrepreneurs

with team of 20+ members looking to make HR their organization’s strength

5 Step process of designing onboarding
4 Step process of strategic workforce planning process
Meet the author,
RK Laxman of Business,
Harjeet Khanduja

Harjeet has set multiple green field projects and has handled Human Resources for large multinational organizations some in various geographies like India, The United States & Canada. Harjeet is a certified practitioner of SAP HCM, Executive Coaching, Design Thinking,Tata Business Excellence Model, Kaizen and 5S.

Harjeet Khanduja

Harjeet Khanduja

RK Laxman of Business,

Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Reliance Jio | Author | Speaker | Influencer | Inventor

  • 30+ Awards including Top 100 HR Minds, Top 100 Global Thought Leaders
  • 9 Sectors experience, Guest Faculty @ IIM Ahmedabad
  • 4 published patents & 4 authored books
  • Member of Federation of World Academics, CII HR IR Committee and Nasscom Diversity Committee

Why should you read Harjeet Khanduja’s book?

A Global Digital Ambassador, from the top 100 HR minds and top 100 thought leaders, has poured all his HR learning and experience into the HR Mastermind. This is the best opportunity to grab all experience for your organization's growth!

I love this interesting HR trilogy by Harjeet Khanduja because of the way in which concepts are presented so that learners and readers can take back a lot.

Dr. Brillian SK
Chief People Officer,Times Pro

If you want to create a great work environment and understand HR in a great detail, Read HR Mastermind!

Gauri Das
SVP and Head HR, IFFS

I like the trilogy because of its lucidity and its ability to engage with the reader.

Dr. Deepak Deshpande
Senior Director, NTT India

I know this book will be a bestseller and a lot of people will gain from it.

Vikas Dua
Head of People, Weber Shandwick

A must read book for young HR leaders.

Romesh Srivastava
Editor In Chief at SightsIn Plus

A true rockstar publication that transcends professional domains, catering to professionals of all backgrounds.

Yuvaraj Srivastava
Group CHRO MakeMyTrip

A quick read with a potential to drive strategic long term value.

Sumit Dhawan
President, VMware

I love this interesting HR trilogy by Harjeet Khanduja because of the way in which concepts are presented so that learners and readers can take back a lot.

Dr. Brillian SK
Chief People Officer,Times Pro

If you want to create a great work environment and understand HR in a great detail, Read HR Mastermind!

Gauri Das
SVP and Head HR, IFFS

I like the trilogy because of its lucidity and its ability to engage with the reader.

Dr. Deepak Deshpande
Senior Director, NTT India

I know this book will be a bestseller and a lot of people will gain from it.

Vikas Dua
Head of People, Weber Shandwick

A must read book for young HR leaders.

Romesh Srivastava
Editor In Chief at SightsIn Plus

A true rockstar publication that transcends professional domains, catering to professionals of all backgrounds.

Yuvaraj Srivastava
Group CHRO MakeMyTrip

A quick read with a potential to drive strategic long term value.

Sumit Dhawan
President, VMware
4 Step Talent assessment strategy
Key HR Policies Explained
Strategic Workforce Planning
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You might have these questions

Why is the HR Mastermind divided into three parts?

Human resources has three aspects, Hiring, retaining, and Managing. With three parts, approaching three aspects in a sequential way becomes easier.

Should I read the books in one go!

You can, but the books are designed to be a hands-on guide. Whenever you need some information on an aspect, you go to the book.

What makes the book different from the rest?

The author is a successful HR professional, respected throughout the country and the world as well. His inputs are time-tested for success.

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