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People Matters is Asia’s largest and leading community platform of talent professionals with over 300K professionals and a vision to be a pivotal thought leader in the arena of people and work. We bring to fore ideas, trends, innovations and expert viewpoints that raise the collective consciousness of business leaders & the talent fraternity.
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The COVID 19 pandemic has quickly re-prioritized the employee expectations, today, employees need to have access to the digital tools and technologies to get work done, and they also need a supportive workplace culture to help them navigate new business realities. Delivering on the promise of great employee experience will be a key differentiator. In an attempt to help businesses design employee experience as thoughtfully in the times of turbulence, People Matters in partnership with SAP SuccessFactors brings to you #EXWeek. In this podcast, we have Raj Narayan, Senior Vice-President and CHRO, Titan, who will share how technology can bridge the needs of employees and what are some key cultural factors that would be critical to navigating these uncertain times. 
"Future of work will create more demand for flexibility and respect across the workforce and thus, employers have to prioritise these in the future. Value in coming back to office will play a significant role in the future and it may also cause employees to switch, thus contributing to attrition," said Akhil. Additionally, casting light on 'moonlighting' he mentioned that other than simply for money, many employees also moonlight for other factors such as skilling and developing. 
As we head into the future of work, restructuring the workforce and the workplace becomes an imperative. The fact is that the changes brought about by the pandemic are irreversible. Hybrid workplace with partial or full dependence on technology and other automation processes is here to stay. With such anticipations across all business sectors of the world, how are leaders planning to prepare themselves for the future of work?  In this episode of the podcast series, Viijay Colaco, HR Director, Intel India joined us to share his perception of the future of work and also how leaders should buckle up to lead the future employees who are probably pursuing their academics right now. 
In the latest episode of People Matters Podcast, Chris Murdock joined us to share how the hiring process will get influenced by AI in the future of work. Recruiters have to make sure that they know who the right candidate is and also, that the candidates are elaborated about the roles that the recruiters are hiring for. Otherwise, in the process of spamming resumes and candidate profiles, crucial time is lost,” said Chris Murdock, Chief Sourcing Officer and Co-Founder of IQTalent. 
S. Venkatesh, Group- President HR  of RPG Group shared insights on how the conglomerate looks at the importance of employee wellness, in this episode of People Matters Podcast. 
In this episode, we chatted with Ritu Sharma from AppFlyer who joined us to share how she looks at the leadership transformation coming parallelly with the changes in the future of work.  
Along with the transformation in the definition of mental health, leadership definition has transformed too. Several surveys and studies have found that employees seek empathetic leaders today. In this episode of People Matters Podcast, we chatted with Rajesh Rai, the vice president - people team and head of human resources, India, GlobalLogic to explore the new aspects of hybrid leadership.
Katie Ballantyne joined us for the episode to share the various aspects of leadership in the hybrid era and also how leaders can create and atmosphere of wellness among the workforce, by leveraging the wellness policies themselves and setting examples of how to enjoy work-life balance. 
In this episode of People Matters Podcast, Shilpa Kabra Maheshwari joined us to share insights on the leadership transformation in the hybrid period. 
"In the era of hybrid working leaders need to be empathetic. They need to understand that there is no need for employees to stay logged in throughout the day and that the outcome matters over time span. Today, people are working from several locations and time zones. So, this calls for a difference between the traditional leadership and team management in hybrid environment. Today flexibility is the essence of leadership," said James Ong, CEO Asia of Sedgwick.
According to In the world of increasing concerns over mental health and new leadership styles, leaders are required to be more agile and approachable. Jayanthi Vaidyanathan, Senior Director HR of PayPal India states that leaders need to be the role models of the employees and create a safe and happy workplace. She stressed that the right way to start this is by letting people know that even leaders juggle between work and life, they can be messy too and that they are not super-humans. 
While number of DEI policies are placed by leaders and organisations, not much is practically implemented. An inclusive workplace calls engagements on the part of the companies in order to ensure inclusivity. Sarika Naik, Chief Marketing Officer and DEI Chairperson of Capgemini, shared some minute but highly significant details which the organisations should pay attention to. Listen to the full episode to know more. 
With the changing employee-employer relationship, it has become an imperative for the employers to track keep a track of the latest priorities of the job seekers and employees. As we transitioned into the remote working mode and are bouncing back to the office floors, have the behaviour of the workforce towards the LGBT+ employees changed for good or bad? In this episode, Aubrey Blanche, Senior Director of Equitable Design, Product & People answered the questions. 
Priorities of the job seekers and the employees have seen huge change over the last two years. A mentally healthy workplace and flexible work culture have surfaced as two major criteria that the job seekers have been pressing on. With the market running short of talent, is the organisation well aware of the latest needs of the workers? Are they working on meeting those needs? Rachel Clements, Director of Psychological Services at the Centre for Corporate Health (CFCH) shared her thoughts on scenarios of mental health issues being faced by both the leaders and employees, and also the fate of the same in the long run. 
Wellbeing has been discussed for a long time but the onset of pandemic and remote working pushed the wellbeing quotient upward on the list of employees' priorities. This led to employers rethinking over their wellness and retention strategies. To discuss further about how the global players are looking at this scenario, Deepti Varma, Director- HR for Amazon in APAC and Middle East joined us for an episode of the People Matters Podcast. 
On the occasion of International HR Day, People Matters spoke with Rowan Tonkin for an episode of People Matters Podcast, to discuss how the leaders are looking at this transformation. Rowan is the Senior Director of HR Transformation JAPAC at Oracle.
As hospitality was one of the hardest-hit industries by the pandemic, it saw job losses like never before. However, as places reopen to travellers and customers, what is the scenario for hiring in the industry? Answers Chef Saransh in interaction with People Matters. "We are currently running 100% capacity, whether it's restaurants or hotels. People are looking to hire as many human resources as it's practically possible to do quick recovery in their businesses," Chef added. 
Informal employment makes up a huge section of the global workforce. Though informal labour has been transformed into formal ones across many countries, some regions, especially the ones with developing economies are yet to see the change. In this episode,  Lohit Bhatia, the President of the Indian Staffing Federation shared insights on why the informal workforce needs to be transformed into the formal one and also, that how it can be done. 
Focused on demystifying, simplifying and accelerating the multi-faceted journey of LGBT+ inclusion at the workplace, People Matters and Pride Circle, among India’s leading Diversity and Inclusion consultancy firms, bring to you an exclusive six part exclusive podcast series.  In this episode, Surbhi Srivastava, DE&I Manager - APJ at ServiceNow and Srini Ramaswamy, Co-founder - Pride Circle & Pride Circle Foundation, talk to People Matters about the why and how of mobilising allyship at the workplace. 
As the office culture surfaced as one of the significant causes of attrition, a post surfaced on LinkedIn that those who leave for money may return for culture but those leaving for culture may never return for money. How true is this statement? Answers Sreekanth Arimanithaya, Global Talent and Enablement Services Leader of EY GDS.
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sushma vaddagiri

background music going on during conversation is such a bad idea

Sep 25th
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