Employee resource groups (ERGs), a network and employee-led initiative in organizations, have an extensive role covering multiple aspects of a business. Primarily, ERGs are grassroots-level initiatives led from the bottom to the top involving groups of underrepresented intersectionality. The groups bring together people and foster an inclusive and diverse workplace. However, when aligned with the

Inclusion begins with embracing all people irrespective of their race, gender, sex, medical needs, and neurological differences. Inclusion elevates people’s level of supportive energy and commitment to do their best at work. Inclusion has visible effects, such as participation in meetings, taking initiatives, and working beyond office hours if necessary. While Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

A Jaipur-based apparel company recently announced period leaves for its women employees, bringing the discussion back to the point if such leaves support women’s participation in the workforce or pose impediments. Jaipurkurti.com, the e-commerce and retail brand, has said granting the leave– one per month over and above regular holidays and leaves– has a few

Communication is an underrated aspect of our lives. Most often it gets limited to the language we converse in. At the workplace, we tend to restrict the definition of communication to the way we talk, how we word our emails, and body language. While all of these aspects are important, an organization, which looks at

There are over 100 biases that exist in one form or the other in our world not limiting to the corporate environment. These are deeply rooted in the structure of our brains. In our experience working with organizations that demonstrate intentionality in building inclusive workplaces, biases can be categorized within the 12 broad categories.We call

Having a future-ready workforce is one of the priority tasks undertaken by organizations across the globe. In this growth, the impact and influence of digital prospects are optimum, both for business and people development. Digitalization has so far and will further help multinationals to grow manifold, given its dynamic quality. Digitalization achieves overarching business goals

Ambition is a strong desire to do or achieve something in life— be it goals, and targets— along with a sense of direction and motivation to work towards them. Ambition is important to achieving success, for it overrides excuses and the available resources. So, can the miniscule percentage of women in workforce in India be

Almost one and a half years have passed since Covid-19 changed our lives with remote working, and ideas translated into actions than ever before. To cope with changes, organizations have implemented new policies and processes to enhance the digital work experience. Some of the visible differences in which remote work made workplace accessible are, Leaders

As all of us are coping through our most vulnerable and fragile selves during this pandemic and its aftermath, it is important that we collectively focus on our psychological well-being, as much as we focus on our physical well-being. Mental health and well-being positively looks at the entire range of an individual’s emotional, psychological, and

E-commerce is fast evolving to be the catalyst in increasing women’s workforce participation, offering both employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. In recent times, e-commerce has shown its potential to enable entrepreneurs who look for avenues to make it into the market. While women entrepreneurs account for just about 13 percent of the businesses, the potential is