Vantage Influencers Podcast

Conny Kunert is an accomplished People and Organizational Development Executive with over 25 years of experience in diverse workplace environments, cultures, and geographies, including Fortune 500. She is passionate about people, the way we want to work, and getting companies ready for the challenges they face to be attractive for top talents. In this podcast, Conny puts forward her views on the r...

Kyle Chetty is an HR Executive with over 11 years of experience in the HR fraternity. He was recently awarded the Young CHRO of the year and named Top 100 Inspirational leaders of 2021. He was also nominated as HR Director of the year, and for the best HR strategy for the year. In this podcast, Kyle explains performance appraisal and its goals. He forwards his views on modern and traditional perfo...

Alec Bashinsky is a Strategic business thinker/innovator and Future of work specialist who disrupts traditional Talent/ HR models and aligns people focus to deliver business outcomes. Alec is currently the APAC Partner for the Josh Bersin Academy which is the first global Professional Development Academy for HR. He also is the Managing Partner of Blackhall & Pearl Talent Advisory which focuses on...

Shreya Sawant is an HR professional with 10 years of expertise in managing a full spectrum of human resources programs, services, and functions. She has a strong understanding and hands-on experience in business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Employee Engagement, and Training and Development. In this podcast, Shreya talks about the differences between rewards and recognition. A...

Zubair Bhura is a Master's degree qualified senior HR professional with 10+ years of demonstrated Human Resources experience in Australia with a proven history of working with distinct ownership models and global/multi-national organisations spanning unionised & non-unionised environments including Retail & FMCG, Fast Food, Hospitality and Customer Service, Aviation & Airlines specifically Ground...

Kriti has over 4.5 yrs of work experience in HR specially in Talent Management processes like Talent Engagement, Performance Management, Recruitment and Rewards & Recognition.  Currently, Kriti is working as an employee experience specialist with a leading multinational IT services company. In her role, she strives to be aligned with every priorities of her organization keeping employee experience...

Justin Raj is an HR mystic who is highly passionate about his professional journey in the field of Human Resources. He is currently working as an HR Business Partner for the Research and Development Tech department of an American MNC in the Healthcare Industry. In this podcast, Justin talks about the basics of workplace planning in 2021. We are looking for a better and brighter 2021. Decisions of...

Charu Purohit has worked in the industry for over 13 years leading HR assignments, primarily focused on rewards and talent, in organizations like Aditya Birla Group, Abbott, and Tata. She has worked across South Asia, the US, and the Middle East leading multiple projects.  In this podcast, Charu talks about total rewards and employee engagement. According to Charu, total rewards is about looking a...

Lionel Paul David is Head of HRBP, for Corporate Functions- India Region, at Groupe PSA, a multinational automotive OEM.  In this podcast, Lionel talks about the secret to a great workplace experience. According to Lionel, designing the workplace experience approach should be human-centered and not copy-pasted from other organizations. HR teams should have a grip on the employee profiles, understa...

Namrata is an HR and operations leader with a rich, diversified experience across the industry in Strategy and Leadership roles. She works in a US Mortgage Industry in a Business Unit. An HR by heart, she believes every person has innate talents. In this podcast, Namrata talks about how an organization prioritizes and build strengths. According to Namrata, it's high time that we stop fixing our em...

Manesh Kumar is an HR manager at EFI, a specialist in Human Resources and Learning & Development. Some of his key outcome areas are HR management, compensation and benefits, employee communications, employee relations, leadership and management development, input on training effectiveness, and content development, to name a few . In this podcast, Manesh talks about employee engagement trends durin...

Pandi Alagu Raja Mahamuni is an HR Business Leader. A competent professional with over 15+ years of experience in diversified areas of segments in Human Resource Management like Strategic Planning, HR Operations, HR Business Partner, Employee Relations, Employee Engagement, Performance Management and Training & Development.   An effective communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills and hand...

Mr. Manish Khanolkar is an HR consultant with Leap2Excel Consulting. He has worked as a trainer with core experience of Training Senior Management on Leadership Skills, supporting Employee Engagement and coaching for senior management, assisting employee reward & recognition initiatives and there are a lot more on the list. Manish is also a passionate public speaker & a toastmaster. In this podcas...

Having managed global talent acquisition portfolios with some of the country's leading brands for 18 long years, Vikas Dua is currently the Chief HR Mentor at Attayn, a groundbreaking HR tech firm that works to improve and democratize knowledge sharing in the academic room. He is also TEDx Speaker.  a Vlogger (and blogger) under his under self-designed 'HR in my HeaRt' umbrella or speaking at a Ca...

Shaakun Khanna is the Head - HCM Applications, APAC at Oracle. Prior to joining Oracle, Shakun was the CEO of Right Management, India.   He is also the Co-founder of Consentus Advisory, a specialty HR consulting firm. In his earlier roles, Shaakun has been the Head of IBM Smarter Workforce and also Head of Employee Engagement & Leadership Development Practice for Gallup Consulting and worked acros...

Leena Sahijwani is a Vice President - Group Human Resources at TATA Group. In this role, she is responsible for group Performance, Rewards, Diversity and Digital Transformation along with leading HR function for Tata Sons. She is a seasoned HR leader with over two decades of experience, having previously worked with Sun Pharmaceuticals, GE, Accenture, Aon Hewitt, and Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Heal...

Vivek Anand is a Performance Consultant | Chief Trainer at Skillhub Learning.  He helps build strong performing Teams through the following types of training: Hiring Strategies, Competency Mapping, Behavioral Analysis, Structured Interviews, Learning & Development, Performance Management He believes that HR is one of the most important contributors for any Business and he is very passionate about...

Dr. Wayne Brockbank is a Clinical Professor of Business at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. At the Ross School of Business, Dr. Brockbank is the Co-Director (with Dave Ulrich) and core faculty of the Advanced Human Resource Executive Program. He is also the Director of HR Executive programs in Hong Kong, India, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Over the past thirty years...

Ruth Aarthy Asha is the head, Human Resources Business Partner at Maveric Systems. She comes with a total experience of more than 23 years in the HR industry. At Maveric, she is specialized in aligning HR function to business focusing on transformation and strategy. Her core competencies lie in Business Partnering, Talent Management, Performance Management Systems, OD strategies, Employee Experien...

Padmajaa Iyer is a Conscious Living Coach and the Head of Wellness at Mu Sigma Business Solutions, one of India's first home-grown Unicorns. She has over two decades of experience in her practice and has trained extensively under the tutelage of some of the luminaries in the field of Conscious Living. She is the founding member of the Wellness Program at Mu Sigma.   Saurabh Madan is a Computer Eng...

Amit Kataria is the Chief  Human Resource Officer of Hanu Software. He is responsible for the design, implementation, administration and operation of end to end human resources programs, practices and procedures with primary focus in Talent Acquisition & Management, Rewards and recognition, Capability Development, Employer Branding and Extended Employee Engagement. With the support of the Hanu Roc...

Ashish is the Vice President and Principal, Talent Transformation at Eightfold India. Presently he is responsible for enabling global organizations to transform their HR functions, using their Talent Intelligence Platform.  In this episode, Ashish Mediratta talks about Artificial intelligence and its role in shaping HR and employee experience. According to Ashish, the top three applications of AI...

Srinath Gururajarao is the CHRO & Vice President with Nexval Group. He has a diverse experience in Strategy Execution & Innovation, with a humane approach in People Practices. Srinath has been in leadership roles within Media, IT, ITeS & banking Industries. He has worked with global organizations such as iGATE, Satyam BPO, SREI Group in various leadership capacities before joining Nexval Group. Sr...

Kelly Loudermilk has 10 years of experience in HR as a founder of Build HR and an HR Manager of Ascent Geometics Solutions.   She has a Masters of Science in Employment and Labor Law, is part of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) National, SHRM MileHigh, Association for Talent Development (ATD), along with SCORE Mentoring for Small Business Owners, and is SHRM-SCP & Talent Optimizatio...

Ritika Jagwani is a Human Resource Consultant and a mind coach based in Dubai, with a demonstrated history of working in MNCs. She is passionate about people and believes that the backbone of any successful organization lies in strong Human Resources. In this episode, Ritika Jagwani, talks about Workplace Spirituality and the role of HR. According to Ritika, workplace spirituality flows in the for...