Breaking stereotype key for ogranisational growth

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Companies should create an ecosystem where employee experience becomes key for organisational growth, say experts.
Breaking stereotype key for ogranisational growth
(From left to right) Ajita Shashidhar, Editor-at-Large, Fortune India; Anil Verma, CEO, Godrej & Boyce; Anuj Poddar, MD & CEO, Bajaj Electricals; P.S. Vishwanath, MD & CEO, Randstad; and Santosh Iyer, MD & CEO, Mercedes Benz Credits: Fortune India

At a time when organisations are taking significant steps toward recruiting and retaining diverse workforces, experts believe that the  workforce should mirror both population and customer. Speaking on the discussion on 'Workforce Mirroring Consumers: The Great Connect' at Fortune India's MPW Awards event, a panel of experts shared their valuable insights on how companies should create an ecosystem where employee experience becomes key for organisational growth.

Anil Verma, CEO, Godrej & Boyce, says women play a leading role in decision-making for appliances, furniture, and home interior stuff. So for businesses like Godrej & Boyce, which are engaged in consumer goods like appliances, furniture, locks, and security solutions, women employees act as influencers who mirror consumers by relating the fact that what they want.

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Verma adds, "the willingness to give charge to people irrespective of their gender brings diversity.”

P.S. Vishwanath, CEO, Randstad India, says diversity brings progress. “Diversity at the workplace is not a compromise, it’s a must-have today,” he says.

He further says, “Talent is scarce as well as borderless, and it liked to be what they are. So, we need to provide an environment where people can bring their true self forward, and for those corporate needs to make changes as quickly as possible. Otherwise, they are going to be redundant.”

Santosh Iyer, MD & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India, says that a lot of women are buying luxury cars today, which shows transformation is happening in society. Talking about diverse work culture, not only from women's perspective but region-wise, he says that it brings positive spirits and transformation within an organisation, which has now become a mantra for the successful business model. 

Anuj Poddar, MD & CEO, Bajaj Electricals says, "We are more diverse today than we used to be”. On the gender pay gap, he says that organisations need to create an ecosystem that genuinely embraces them and embraces diversity.       

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