Discrimination, Bias and Exclusion – Lessons from Mahabharata
Diversity and Inclusion are two valuable pillars of successful management. It not only ensures equal rights to all the potential choices, but also brings a lot of creativity, different viewpoints, and shared knowledge to the table.
These principles of Diversity and Inclusion are not just restricted to corporate organizations, but every form of management to ever exist in human history. To...
Initiatives that Increase Women’s Ratios at Managerial Levels
The banter of excited friends meeting at their 10th year reunion filled the college lawn. Gautam, a classic backbencher and now Marketing Director took this opportunity to flippantly tease his batchmate Neetu, presently the AVP-HR of a prominent bank.
Gautam angled – ‘Neetu, I heard that women in the Banking industry are getting promoted for their gender?’
Neetu – ‘Promoting...
Common Biases in the Workplace
We cannot pretend that biases do not exist. They do. It is a natural part of us and because of decades of stereotyping and heuristic thinking, it is deeply ingrained. Biases can permeate the air of an organization, influencing everyday decisions and eventually deterring the organization’s ability to thrive in a hyper-competitive world. In the last decade, organizations have focused on...
Diversity for Dummies
Diversity is not a fluffy HR topic anymore. It is a necessity, directly impacting organizational competitiveness. The competitive edge that an organization can obtain, depends on its ability to appreciate the various dimensions of diversity.
Diversity includes respecting and appreciating what makes people different, in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation,...
Benefits of a diverse organisation
Benefits of a diverse organisation
We live in a land of diversity. Organizations in this country have employees from different religions, speaking diverse languages, belonging to various castes, regions of origin and even dissimilar sexual orientation. More women have entered the workforce, and those with a physical disability are beginning to find a place for themselves. To top it off, 65%...