People Matters Podcast Series

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 i...

Twitter’s Head IDEA - JAPAC, Preet Grewal, talks to People Matters about the allyship framework, meritocracy in diversity hiring, eliminating racial inequities, and accelerating the DEI agenda at the workplace. Listen to the podcast for a deep dive into channelling leadership engagement to enhance inclusion, fostering education, advocacy and allyship through BRGs and boosting ethnic diversity thro...

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...

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 Circl...

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.

To discuss the role of the right employee value proposition policies in hiring and retention, Nikhil Arora, Vice President and Managing Director of GoDaddy India joined us for an episode of the People Matters Podcast.

In an interaction for an episode of the People Matters Podcast, Irena Stetska, Sales Leader at Turing shared insights on how the lives of working women have changed with the introduction of remote work. Hailing from Silicon Valley and having worked closely with the IT industry, she shared how some companies have been supportive of women employees during tough times. 

In this exclusive podcast with People Matters, Priya Mathilakath, Titan's Head HR, highlighted the importance of gender-agnostic allyship, sustainable and scalable gender-neutral practices, and recommended ways for organisations to steer clear of tokenism in their hiring and cultural transformation efforts.

Sahil Dharia, the CEO and Founder of Soothe Healthcare, shares insights on creating awareness around the holistic wellbeing of women both at offices and homes. He shares how the participation of women can boost the GDP of a nation and also the journey that women have seen over the past two years. 

Sanket Atal is the Senior Vice President and MD - Sites at Salesforce. In this episode, he shared how the increased participation of women can help employers meet talent needs and bridge the skills gap. For more, listen to the full episode. 

"Instead of increasing the employee headcount, companies must focus on building skills of the existing workforce in order to survive the talent shortage," said Sandeep Sharma, President Asia at Workday.  

While discussing the graph of the Indian gig economy, Gurpreet Singh and Vineet Arya noted that 2022 is going to be the game-changer. While Gurpreet is the Co-Founder and CRO of Awign, Vineet is Founder of Cohire. 

For this episode, CHRO of Ather Energy had joined us to discuss some of the major concerns in 2022 and also all the aspects of bringing employees back to the offices this year. Sunitha, besides being a CHRO, is also an author and talks about various aspects of leadership.

In this episode, have Kavita Viswanath, General Manager of Jfrog has discussed with People Matters, the various aspects of skilling needs of the tech employees in 2022. She also cast light on how academic modification can bridge the skills gap.  Kavita has held a number of leadership roles in companies namely Microsoft, Flipkart and Oracle. She expertises in sales and B-2-B strategies.

A tectonic shift is underway, from organisations to people and from profit to purpose, as 2021 draws to a close. With the changing dynamics of businesses, workers and employees, the world of work has transformed – for the better - offering the global leaders a never-before opportunity to reframe work, workforce and the workplace.  Pranali Save, CHRO of Icertis joined us on this episode to dis...

“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...

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,...

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...

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 podca...

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...

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.