There was a time when everyone aimed for a work-life balance. With work at the center, recreation, entertainment, and family commitments were worked around it. However, work-life integration is the new age mantra. It is about bringing together different elements from both realms—work and life outside work. Work-life integration has several benefits —ensuring well-being, improving

Diversity is imperative to all workplaces. And gender diversity is simply the equitable representation of men and women. It means that men and women are hired at a consistent rate and provided with equitable opportunities for growth and development. Gender diversity is the untapped power play upon which organizations can build their success. How to

The Best of the Best, Avtar’s flagship year conference, witnessed thought-provoking conversations from leaders across industries. One such discussion, Unbundling the building blocks of goodness at the workplace, a breakout session, comprised Akanksha Sane, Senior Director, PTC Software, Jyoti Menon, APAC HR Advisory and India Head HR, UBS, and Rajeev Bhardwaj, CHRO, Sunlife Asia Service Centres. The

Help can be sought only when you know there is a redressal mechanism. In this series on the Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act), Diversity Digest presents the what, who and how of it. POSH Act is an important law that enables the safety of women in the

Equity and Equality are often used interchangeably as if they were synonyms, but the two words have different meanings and outcomes. In the workplace context, Equality means giving all individuals fair treatment and equal rights to opportunities, whereas equity refers to providing resources and opportunities to employees based on their individual needs. Let’s look at

A conference to identify attainable pathways and goals to strengthen the representation of women in leadership positions in India and Global health ecosystem was held recently. The conference titled, “Women Leading Change in Health and Science in India” was held in New Delhi. Dr. Bharti Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health and Family

The Best of the Best Conference held recently saw companies presenting their best practices. Citi’s session, ‘Pride in Inclusion’, touched upon the rainbow of programs and policies supporting different diversity strands. Subha V, APAC Lead at Citi, took the audience through Citi’s Best Practices by delivering a Ted-style talk on “Pride in Inclusion”. Subha iterated

Algorithms are programs that use large databases to predict the future. The large databases reflect the history, and they are susceptible to bias.  In the last millennium, the world’s largest and most valuable companies belonged to the Oil and Gas, Automobile industries. The likes of Chevron, Exxon Mobil, General Motors, et al. were the largest

On World Disability Day marked on December 3 every year, Diversity Digest looks at how workplaces can welcome persons with disabilities.   According to the United Nations, in developing countries, 80% to 90% of persons with disabilities of working age are unemployed, whereas, in industrialized countries, the figure is between 50% and 70%.   However, the talent

Women don’t ask. Or perhaps don’t ask often enough. Our hesitancy stems from several factors: fear of rejection, low sense of entitlement (“I don’t really deserve to ‘ask), high compliance behavior (both of which are a legacy of our gendered socialization and internalization of society messages that ‘good girls don’t ask’) and gender stereotypes about