People Matters Podcast Series

“If we haven't talked about inclusivity, in the context of what it really means, I think we need a lot more education around it,” is what Maureen Kyne said while elaborating on the aspects of inclusivity along with the mindsets triggering the behaviour of being non-inclusive. Maureen is the Managing Director of Maureen Kyene & Associates and a subject matter expert in the management of workplace crises and bullying including sexual harassment and inclusivity. In a PMPodcast episode, Maureen cast lights on the global picture of workplace bullying. Though this is a matter of serious concern globally, are the employers doing enough to address it? Several studies have found that employee wellbeing and mental health have been two of the major reasons causing the talent crisis and attrition. According to Maureen, despite this fact, education about these acts is still lacking in both employees and employers.

From health risks, ensuring workplace safety at home, mental health, and resilience, leaders need to ensure that they are leading the business, their teams, and themselves in this crisis. There’s also a need to ensure organizational reliance as businesses take on the current wave and future waves. And reexamine productivity while bolstering mental health initiatives. In this episode, Kamal Dutta, Managing Director, Skillsoft India talks about the shifts that L&D professionals need to be aware about. 

Pilar Orti gives a summary of the Episode 1 of the Virtual Team Leader course.

In this podcast, listen to Ester Martinez, CEO & Editor-in-Chief of People Matters in conversation with Nitin Sethi, Chief Executive Officer, Human Capital Solutions, Aon, India & South Asia decoding the trends in executive compensation.

As a new and evolving workplace shapes the future – one where digital collaboration, personal productivity, and team work are going to be critical as a hybrid workplace model takes over, companies need more data and insight to align their agile strategy. And this means rethinking the employee journey (across full time, part time, and remote employees) and identifying specific actionable steps that can lead to disproportionate outcomes. In this podcast, Dr. Suryanarayan Iyer, Senior Director, Solution Engineering, Oracle India and Yasmin Taj, Managing Editor, People Matters discuss the new ground that technology platforms cover.

The government had late last year notified the Industrial Relations Code, the Social Security Code and the OSH & WC Code. It had earlier notified the Code on Wages in 2019. These four codes will significantly impact the workers and the employers as it aims to improve the ease of doing business and provide universal social security to all 500 million workforces of India. In this exclusive podcast, PV Murthy, a Labor Law Consultant at Economic Laws Practice (ELP) will explain the key provisions and how they will impact employers and employees.  

In this podcast Priya Mathilakath, Head- HR, Retail and Corporate, Titan Company Limited shares some of the ways by which organizations can create a gender-balanced workplace.

The World Economic Forum's global gender gap report for 2020, banks, it is among the five worst-performing countries on the economic participation and opportunity metric. As per the periodic labor force survey, 2019, the female labor force participation rate was only 19.7% in rural India and 16.1 in urban India was this greater than 55% for means. In this podcast, listen to Ruchira Bhardwaja, CHRO, Future Generali India Life Insurance in conversation with Yasmin taj, Managing Editor, People matters where she reflects upon how the pandemic has put more women out of the workforce and how organizations need to gear up and take steps to create a gender-balanced workplace. Listen to the podcast as Ruchira addresses the following questions: How the pandemic has impacted women's workforce participation in the workforce? Could women be leaving the workforce more than men? Working mothers absorb a disproportionate amount of childcare and homeschooling responsibilities, and with COVID-19 & lockdown, the double shift has grown to a “double-double” shift. It has also been quoted as one of the reasons for women to step down from the workforce. How can organizations address this challenge? What are some of the immediate actions that organizations can take to support women working remotely? What are the possibilities for women out of the workforce due to pandemic today and in a post-COVID world? What are some of the opportunity areas that organizations should focus on accelerating the needle of a gender-balanced workplace? Listen to the podcast here:

In this podcast, listen to Sarah McCann-Bartlett, Chief Executive Officer at Australian HR Institute (AHRI) in conversation with Yasmin Taj, Managing Editore, People Matters where she shares more about how organizations can create development programs aimed at promoting more diversity.

In this podcast, listen to Maria Rajesh, CHRO, Embassy Group in conversation with Yasmin Taj, Managing Editor, People Matters on creating reward, succession, and promotion processes bias-free.