{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Beyond the Paycheck","title":"Not everything in HR needs a KPI, here's why...","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1186,"description":"Summary\nTarangita Gupta, global HR leader at Tenarai Inc, joins host Kelsey Willock Jones on Beyond the Paycheck to trace a line from her first paycheck, 6,000 rupees earned as the first working woman in her family, to the way she leads HR for a 6,000 person AI consulting firm today. She makes the case that not every people program needs a KPI, explains why 70 plus percent of employees never fully use the benefits they already have and how Tenarai's monthly vendor sessions fixed it, and describes the change most leaders are not ready for: AI-stitched performance systems that end the era of reviews built on a manager's three month memory. Along the way she shares the yoga program that flopped, the post-COVID Headspace rollout, and her 70/20/10 framework for staying current on AI. Built for CHROs, HR leaders, and total rewards teams who want practical language for defending people investments that the spreadsheet cannot see yet.\n\nChapters\n00:00 Introduction\n00:50 Meet Tarangita Gupta and Tenarai\n02:10 A first paycheck and a promise to dad\n03:50 Balancing compliance, employees, and the organization\n05:50 The benefits employees never use\n08:55 Why not everything needs a KPI\n11:05 What a failed yoga program taught the team\n12:40 Where financial health fits in\n14:00 AI adoption and personalized coaching at Tenarai\n17:25 The future of performance reviews\n\nTakeaways\n- Not every people program needs a KPI; some initiatives are justified by employee feedback, and their return arrives over time as retention, productivity, and wellbeing scores.\n- 70 plus percent of employees and leaders do not know how to fully use their existing benefits, so run monthly vendor-led sessions before buying anything new.\n- Treat employee questions as a benefits roadmap; Tenarai added pet insurance and expanded accident and family coverage because people kept asking.\n- Weigh every HR decision against three fixed points at once: compliance, employees, and the organization, then seek feedback at...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JIYEsfsi51sw9dAl9I1QhUhSrAX9V6MCXZ34oR09gz4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80MTA4/NDk4NWM2OTI3Nzk5/Mjk4NzUxN2UyYjI4/NTg1Zi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}