In episode 14 of CultureClub, we meet Tapas Acharya, Former - Sr. Vice President HR at Renew Power. Tapas has also worked in diverse sectors like telecommunication, retail, and the energy sector. He has more than twenty-five years of experience in human resources, and has also previously worked with companies like Spice Communications, Airtel, Aditya Birla Retail, MTS - Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd, and ReNew Power.

Tapas has taken up coaching people for a long time, and his experience of spending a lot of time with the leaders has helped him coach people to set up great work culture in their respective organizations. Apart from that, he is also an avid biker and a photographer, who often likes to ride his Harley on the highway on almost all weekends.

In this episode of Culture Club videocast, Tapas, Ketan (Head of People Function, Rentomojo), and Senthil (Founder & CEO, CultureMonkey) discuss briefly how individual managers have stepped up in helping HR leaders in implementing employee engagement throughout the organization.

During this conversation, Tapas points out that managers across organizations have started getting involved in creating and carrying out HR initiatives, which has made the job of HR leaders easier. The very fact that the managers know better about their teams since they are handling them has helped HRs to resonate with them in framing policies for the organization.

He further explains how listening to employees is going to be very important in the present work scenario from a manager's perspective, suggests managers should coach/mentor their employees, connect with their teams and help them find solutions to their problems.

This conversation further touches on other vital aspects of the relationship between HR leaders and managers in establishing a great company culture. It also brings into focus the need for organizations to instill confidence in their employees that they’re being taken care of.

Listen to the entire conversation to know more about Tapas’s view on employee engagement and company culture.

View the videocast here.

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